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ANGEL RATINGS NEWS FOR UNDERNEATH
15 APRIL 2004

As expected, AMERICAN IDOL led Fox to Wednesday victory with the live one-hour telecast no. 1 for the evening with a 14.5/22 in the overnights, 22.56 million viewers and a 9.5/28 among adults 18-49 from 8-9pm. Comparably, and based on the overnights, that was 142 percent ahead of CBS' older-skewing, and second place, 60 MINUTES II (6.0/9). Third overall in the hour was a repeat of NBC's THE APPRENTICE (5.0/8), followed by a repeat of ABC's MY WIFE AND KIDS (5.4/8) and a Wednesday telecast of THE BIG HOUSE (4.4/7), The WB's SMALLVILLE (4.4/7), and a repeat of UPN's STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE (2.0/3).

Among adults 18-49, and following AMERICAN IDOL, was the MY WIFE AND KIDS (2.6/8)/BIG HOUSE (2.5/7) combo, THE APPRENTICE (2.2/7), 60 MINUTES II (1.5/5), SMALLVILLE (1.9/6) and STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE (0.8/3).

At 9pm, and in preparation for tonight's two-hour season finale, a special edition of DATELINE focusing on THE APPRENTICE led the hour in the overnights with an 8.9/13. Second was ABC's THE BACHELOR (7.7/12), followed by Fox's THE O.C. (7.1/11), two repeat episodes of CBS' KING OF QUEENS (6.5/9 each), The WB's ANGEL (3.6/5), and the series premiere of UPN's I'M STILL ALIVE (2.5/4). Although a 2.5/4 is nothing to crow about, comparably that was 25 percent higher than repeat lead-in ENTERPRISE.

Among adults 18-49, and sticking with 9pm, ABC's THE BACHELOR (4.7/12) was first followed by THE O.C. (4.6/12), DATELINE (4.3/11), the KING OF QUEENS repeat double (average 2.9/8), ANGEL (1.6/4) and I'M STILL ALIVE (1.1/3). I'M STILL ALIVE outdelivered STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE by 37 percent in the demo.

At 10pm, although there is no stopping NBC's LAW & ORDER (13.1/20, 16.19 million, adults 18-49: 5.3/14), the time-period debut of ABC's EXTREME MAKEOVER gave the network some mileage with a 7.9/12 in the overnights, 9.76 million viewers and a 4.3/12 among adults 18-49. Comparably, that was a considerable improvement over former time-period occupants STEPHEN KING'S KINGDOM HOSPITAL and KAREN SISCO. With so many other hours to worry about, if ABC can find a suitable sitcom lead-out from MY WIFE AND KIDS, Wednesday is now set for next season.

On CBS, the overused 48 HOURS INVESTIGATES was a distant third at 10pm, with a 5.7/9 in the overnights, 8.29 million viewers and a 2.8/8 among adults 18-49. BACK TO THE TOP