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Night-by-Night
Overview
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Last
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The
New Season
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CBS continued with their winning Monday night
strategy as well as found a show for
the 10pm slot with Family Law (which
premiered on Monday night while the much hyped
Once and Again premiered on Tuesdays
on ABC)
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FOX and WB continued to hold their own with
existing series (Ally McBeal and 7th
Heaven), but had no luck with their freshman
entries
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NBC’s attempt at filling Monday night up with
past Thursday Night rejects once again proved
unsuccessful
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ABC, CBS, UPN, and WB are basically maintaining
their same Monday night strategies
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FOX is maintaining their strategy of counter-programming
Monday night with dramas. This fall,
they will be pairing the David E.Kelley produced
Ally McBeal with a new entry from Kelley
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Once again, NBC is attempting to compete in
the sitcom category from 8-9pm with existing
shows relocated from more high profile time
slots. With Monday night’s Dateline
gone, they are programming back-to-back dramas
from 9pm-11pm
Go to The New Monday
Night Programs
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1999/2000
Survivors
Family Law (CBS)
Law & Order: SVU (NBC - Moving to Fri.)
The Parkers (UPN)
Once and Again (ABC - Tuesdays)
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1999/2000
Casualties
Ladies Man (CBS)
Time of Your Life (FOX)
Grown Ups (UPN)
Safe Harbor (WB)
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Last
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The
New Season
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ABC’s introduction of Who Wants to Be a
Millionaire allowed them to dominate the
8-9pm time slot
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CBS continued to hold their own with the older
skewing audience while WB maintained their
success with younger viewers
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While both ABC and NBC had successes with
their 9pm sitcoms, the same could not be said
regarding their 9:30pm sitcoms
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Both CBS and WB are returning with the same
schedules they aired throughout 1999/2000
season
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ABC has maintained their 2000 mid-season strategy
of Millionaire and sitcoms followed
by a drama (with NYPD Blue and Once
and Again splitting the season)
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Although the shows have changed, NBC is still
sticking with a night of sitcoms and Dateline
while FOX is returning with sitcoms followed
by an action/adventure drama
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Having seen no success with their sitcom/drama
strategy in 1999/2000, UPN will now be airing
movies on Tuesday night
Go to The New Tuesday
Night Programs
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1999/2000
Survivors
Judging Amy (CBS)
Angel (WB)
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1999/2000
Casualties
Ally (FOX)
Mike O'Malley (NBC)
Shasta Mcnasty (UPN)
The Strip (UPN)
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The
New Season
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Both ABC and NBC did quite well thanks in
part to the successful introduction of The
West Wing on NBC and the continued strength
of Drew Carey on ABC
FOX experienced their final year with 90210
as well as the poor performance of Get Real.
CBS also had no luck with their 8-9pm sitcoms
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UPN continued to see a small, but loyal, audience
for Voyager and 7 Days while
WB held their own with the teen/young adult
market
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CBS is continuing their strategy of sitcoms
followed by a movie while UPN returns with
their same 1999/2000 schedule/strategy
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Newsmagazines are out and dramas are in with
ABC replacing 20/20 and NBC replacing Dateline.
Additionally, ABC’s schedule will feature
a fourth night of Millionaire
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WB is returning with a night of dramas featuring
Dawson’s Creek and Felicity/Jack
and Jill (who will be splitting the season
similar to what ABC is doing Tuesdays at 10pm)
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With nothing remaining from their 1999/2000
schedule, FOX is launching a new drama preceded
by two sitcoms (one of which is not premiering
until mid-season)
Go to The New Wednesday
Night Programs
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1999/2000
Survivors
The West Wing (NBC)
Roswell (WB - Now on Monday)
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1999/2000
Casualties
Oh, Grow Up (ABC)
Work With Me (CBS)
Get Real (FOX)
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Last
Season
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The
New Season
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As expected, NBC continued to be the big winner
on Thursday night while CBS continued to hold
their own with older audiences with Diagnosis:
Murder. Conversely, ABC had no real
success with their new 1999/2000 shows
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With Manchester Prep never premiering
on FOX, WB’s Popular had no teen-specific
competition
- WWF
Smackdown provided a loyal core of young
male viewers to UPN
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NBC returns with their “Must See TV” scheduling
strategy while ABC is continuing with the
strategy that they premiered in mid-season
(Whose Line followed by Millionaire)
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CBS is maintaining their same basic scheduling
strategy (although 48 Hours is switching
places with Diagnosis: Murder) and
UPN is continuing with a night of Smackdown
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WB has returned with the younger skewing Charmed
at 9pm. In 2000/2001, Charmed
will be partnered with Gilmore Girls,
the beginning of a WB objective of airing
more family-friendly fair (similar to 7th
Heaven)
Go to The New Thursday
Night Programs
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1999/2000
Survivors
WWF Smackdown (UPN)
Popular (WB - Moving to Fridays)
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1999/2000
Casualties
Then Came You (ABC)
Wasteland (ABC)
Manchester Prep (FOX - Never Aired)
Action (FOX)
Stark Raving Mad (NBC)
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Last
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The
New Season
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Although Cold Feet under-performed
(as expected), NBC continued to do well with
Providence and Dateline.
Moving Law and Order: SVU to 10pm further
strengthened their performance
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FOX had no success with their dramas while
WB placed last with their sitcoms
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ABC continued to see a downward trend in the
performance of “TGIF” while CBS had difficulties
in the early part of the night
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With Sabrina moving to anchor a teen/young
adult schedule on WB, ABC is moving away from
their own teen-oriented strategies of the
past and scheduling more adult-oriented sitcoms
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Despite the poor performance of genre programs
on Friday night in the past (with The X-Files
as a rare exception), both UPN and FOX have
scheduled Sci-Fi shows from 8pm - 10pm
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NBC continues with the same schedule that
worked for them in mid-season of 2000 while
CBS is premiering two new action-adventure
shows to accompany their already successful
Nash Bridges
Go to The New Friday
Night Programs
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1999/2000
Casualties
Odd Man Out (ABC)
Love or Money (CBS)
Now & Again (CBS)
Ryan Caulfield (FOX)
Harsh Realm (FOX)
Cold Feet (NBC)
Blockbuster Shockwave Cinema (UPN)
Downtowners (WB)
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Last
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The
New Season
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While CBS continued their lead on Saturday
night, only Walker lived up to their
expectations. Meanwhile, Fox continued to
be satisfied with the performance of their
long running schedule
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As expected, the poorly scheduled Freaks
and Geeks under-performed for NBC and
was quickly removed from the schedule.
Their attempt to move Profiler to 9pm
with Others moving in at 10pm also failed
to live up to their expectations
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After their unsuccessful attempt with the
Saturday Night “Thrillogy”, NBC is joining
ABC in scheduling movies on Saturday nights.
The ABC strategy will change however in 1Q
2001 when the XFL, a new football league designed
by WWF’s Vince McMahon, premieres
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FOX is once again returning with the same
Saturday night schedule while CBS is maintaining
a night of dramas
Go to The New Saturday
Night Programs
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1999/2000
Casualties
Freaks and Geeks (NBC)
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Last
Season
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The
New Season
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Although Snoops (even after being “retooled”)
was a low point for ABC, they bounced back
successfully thanks to the mid-season introduction
of Millionaire
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CBS continued to do well with their long standing
Sunday night strategy while FOX greatly benefited
from the mid-season debut of Malcolm
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While NBC fell into third place behind ABC
and CBS, WB fared even worse as a result of
the under-performance of Felicity (“blamed”
on the length of the star’s hair) and Jack
and Jill
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CBS is returning with their long standing
Sunday night schedule while both ABC and FOX
are returning with the schedules that worked
for them in mid-season 2000
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WB has moved their night of sitcoms from Friday
to Sunday while NBC is hoping Ed will
fill the void between Dateline and
their Sunday movie
Go to The New Sunday
Night Programs
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1999/2000
Survivors
Malcolm in the Middle (FOX)
Third Watch (NBC - Moving to Monday)
Jack & Jill (WB - Moving to Wednesday)
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1999/2000
Casualties
Snoops (ABC)
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