JustTV: 2003 Fall TV Recap
2003 Fall TV Review
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       You loved it last year, but you'll love it even more this year. I've gone ahead and added even more pointless bits of information to this list. It's almost as pointless as my "Useless Information" column I do at the end of every season.
 
Combined Viewership This Fall 52.1 million  (-3.0%)
Combined Total Adults Rating 18.8/52  (-6.5%)
% Of Viewers 18-49 47.4%  (48.9% last season)
Combined Adults 25-54 Rating 21.4/51
% Of Viewers 25-54 51.4%  (54.0% last season)
Top 10 New Series Viewers
Rank		 Viewers Network Adults 
Rating		 % of Viewers
18-49
Two & A Half Men
Cold Case
Navy NCIS 
Coupling
Las Vegas
Joan Of Arcadia
Average Joe
I'm with Her
It's All Relative
Hope & Faith		 10
15
25
28
35
36
38
42
48
55		 15.8
14.2
12.6
12.1
11.4
11.3
10.9
10.1
9.6
9.3		 CBS
CBS
CBS
NBC
NBC
CBS
NBC
ABC
ABC
ABC		 5.3
3.4
2.8
6.2
4.8
2.8
5.6
4.3
3.9
3.4		 43.5
31.1
28.6
66.3
53.7
32.1
66.2
54.9
52.7
47.2
Highest Rated Telecasts Viewers (in millions) Date
CSI  (CBS)
CSI  (CBS)
CSI  (CBS)
CSI  (CBS)
ALCS: Boston vs. New York (Fox)
CSI (CBS)
CSI (CBS)
CSI (CBS)
NLCS: Chicago vs. Florida  (Fox)
Friends		 29.7
29.3
29.3
27.6
27.5
27.3
27.0
26.7
26.5
24.5		 November 6
November 13
November 19
October 23
October 16
October 31
September 25
October 2
October 17
September 25
Lowest Rated Telecasts Viewers (in millions) Date
The Mullets (R, UPN)
Jake 2.0 (R, UPN)
The Mullets (R, UPN)
Movie: Ready To Rumble (R, UPN)
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (R, WB)
Run Of The House
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment (R, WB)
Hillary Duff's Birthday Party (R, WB)
Various tied with 1.9mil		 1.2
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.6
1.7
1.8
1.8
.		 September 26
September 26
September 26
October 3
November 27
September 25
November 27
September 28
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Biggest Increases (Returning Series vs. Last Fall's Series Avg) % Biggest Declines (Returning Series vs. Last Fall's Series Avg) %
Sunday Night Movie   (CBS)
PrimeTime Thursday   (ABC)
Charmed  (WB)
8 Simple Rules   (ABC)
20/20   (ABC)
Without A Trace  (CBS)
Fear Factor  (NBC)
60 Minutes   (CBS)
Less Than Perfect   (ABC)
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment   (WB)		 30.9
21.1
19.2
14.1
13.2
8.5
8.1
7.5
6.8
5.6		 Boston Public  (Fox)
Good Morning Miami   (NBC)
Boomtown   (NBC)
Disney Saturday Movie  (ABC)
One On One  (UPN)
The George Lopez Show  (ABC)
King of The Hill  (Fox)
The Practice  (ABC)
American Dreams  (NBC)
Enterprise  (UPN)		 -50.4
-44.7
-40.6
-33.3
-31.8
-30.8
-28.7
-28.2
-26.5
-25.3
Biggest Increases (Returning Series, Same timeslot)  % Biggest Declines (Returning Series, Same timeslot)  %
Sunday Night Movie  (CBS)
PrimeTime Thursday  (ABC)
Charmed (WB)
8 Simple Rules   (ABC)
20/20  (ABC)
Without A Trace  (CBS)
Fear Factor  (NBC)
60 Minutes   (CBS)
Less Than Perfect   (ABC)
No other series posted an increase		 30.9
21.1
19.2
14.1
13.2
8.5
8.1
7.5
6.8
-----		 The Practice (ABC)
American Dreams   (NBC)
Enterprise   (UPN)
Gilmore Girls (WB)
Will & Grace  (NBC)
Friends  (NBC)
Frasier   (NBC)
Ed  (NBC)
NYPD Blue  (ABC)
Scrubs  (NBC)		 -28.2
-26.5
-24.3
-22.7
-22.6
-22.4
-22.4
-21.1
-20.1
-17.5
Biggest Timeslot Increases (all returning series)  % BiggestTimeslot Declines (All Returning Series) %
Life With Bonnie   (ABC)
Smallville (WB)
King of Queens  (CBS)
Reba  (WB)
Sunday Night Movie  (CBS)
The Jamie Kennedy Experiment  (WB)
PrimeTime Thursday (ABC)
According To Jim  (ABC)
Charmed  (WB)
Angel   (WB)		 61.9
47.4
37.5
37.0
30.9
25.2
21.1
21.1
19.2
18.8		 Boomtown   (NBC)
Third Watch   (NBC)
The Practice (ABC)
American Dreams   (NBC)
Enterprise   (UPN)
One On One  (UPN)
Gilmore Girls (WB)
Will & Grace  (NBC)
Friends  (NBC)
Frasier   (NBC)		 -51.7
-30.1
-28.2
-26.5
-24.4
-24.3
-22.7
-22.6
-22.4
-22.4
Biggest Timeslot Increases (New Series)  % BiggestTimeslot Declines (New Series) %
Hope & Faith  (ABC)
Extreme Makeover   (ABC)
PrimeTime Monday   (ABC)
Whoppi   (NBC)
Cold Case  (CBS)
Steve Harvey's Big Time   (WB)
Joan Of Arcadia  (CBS)
Rock Me Baby   (UPN)
The Handler  (CBS)
The OC  (Fox)		 72.3
64.2
36.9
33.4
24.7
24.5
23.3
22.2
20.8
20.0		 One Tree Hill  (WB)
Miss Match  (NBC)
Grounded For Life  (WB)
Joe Millionaire   (Fox)
Luis (Fox)
10-8   (ABC)
Married To The Kelley's  (ABC)
Jake 2.0  (UPN)
All About The Andersons  (WB)
LA Dragnet  (ABC)		 -59.1
-43.2
-38.7
-38.3
-30.3
-27.5
-25.4
-25.2
-24.5
-23.7
Best Lead-in Retention Rates  (New Series)  % held Worst Lead-in Retention Rates  (New Series)  % held
PrimeTime Monday  (ABC)
Whoppi  (NBC)
Hope & Faith  (ABC)
The O.C. (Fox)
Steve Harvey's Big Time  (WB)
Joan Of Arcadia  (CBS)
All Of Us  (UPN)
Extreme Makeover  (ABC)
Eve  (UPN)
10-8 (ABC)		 136.9
133.4
132.7
127.3
124.5
123.3
120.0
117.9
109.7
101.1		 Karen Sisco  (ABC)
Joe Millionaire  (Fox)
Jake 2.0   (UPN)
Tarzan   (WB)
Miss Match   (NBC)
I'm With Her   (ABC)
The Brotherhood  (CBS)
L.A Dragnet  (ABC)
One Tree Hill  (WB)
Lyon's Den  (NBC)		 60.6
61.7
63.2
65.2
65.7
67.2
67.3
68.0
68.2
68.2
Fasting Growing  (New Series- last original episode / in season premiere) % Fasting Shrinking  (New Series- last original episode / in season premiere) %
PrimeTime Monday  (ABC)
One Tree Hill  (WB)
Extreme Makeover  (ABC)
Regular Joe  (NBC)
Run Of The House  (WB)
Joe Millionaire  (Fox)
Rock Me Baby  (UPN)
Steve Harvey's Big Time  (WB)
Las Vegas  (NBC)
Navy NCIS  (CBS)		 +44.4
44.0
30.0
25.8
17.6
17.6
12.0
9.6
5.6
0.0		 Tarzan  (WB)
Lyon's Den  (NBC)
The Handler  (CBS)
Coupling  (NBC)
Skin  (Fox)
I'm with Her  (ABC)
The Brotherhood  (CBS)
Hope & Faith  (ABC)
Karen Sisco  (ABC)
All About The Andersons  (WB)		 -49.1
-43.1
-41.3
-37.3
-35.0
-28.8
-27.2
-27.1
-26.4
-24.2