JustTV: 2003 Fall TV Recap
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The Losers:

NBC: In a season of widespread discontent, NBC signifies exactely what is wrong with network tv. Almost zero new hits, rapidly aging new shows, and nights that rely on one show as the lychpin. It's already down 12%; I can olnly see those numbers getting worse.

WB: This is just like NBC, only with a different set of reasons. The WB's momentum over the past few seasons has been reliant on new hit series. Two years ago it was "Smallville." Last season it was "Everwood." This season? "One Tree Hill" ? A show which has lost more than 60% of its timeslot?

NBC sitcoms: To be fair, NBC isn't doing that badly with dramas. "Las Vegas" is a hit. "SVU" is winning Tuesdays. But what about those sitcoms? Key laffers "Friends, "Frasier" and "Will & Grace" have all dropped around 22%, while "Scrubs" is off 21%. "Good Morning Miami" lost 45% of its audience. Where have these viewers gone? And this is even "Friends" final season. 

Enterprise:  So it dropped "Star Trek" from its name. So it has an attractive male star at the helm. Do viewers actually care? Apparently not, as the show has lost 25% of its audience and isn't even averaging 4mil viewers so far this season. Yikes!

Fox Friday:  Thought Fridays were a disaster last season Fox? With "Boston Public" shedding half of its audience and "Luis" and "Wanda At Large" already cancelled, it got a whole lot worse, now did it?

Boomtown:  Some people were really upset when this show got cancelled. Too bad they didn't actually watch it. It lost 52% of its timeslot and 40 odd percent of its own audience and was dumped after just two episodes.

Miss Match:  I hate to pick on NBC, pick I can't, for the life of me, figure out why it's sticking with this show. It holds only 65% of its lead-in, is down 42% from last season and is not improving. Sure its cute, NBC, but really, can you afford to let another night die?

Lyon's Den:  Scratch that, NBC isn't doing that well in the drama department. "Den" was NBC's biggest flop of the season (well, kind of), losing 45% of its premiere audience, 32% of its lead-in and 8% of its timeslot. This should teach Rob Lowe a lesson in David Carusology.

Joe Millionaire:  Could Fox fool the audience twice? Nope. Less than 25% of the people who watch the first final watched the second, and the show even lost nearly 40% of "Boston Public"s audience from last season.

The Biggest Loser

Coupling:  NBC was calling it the next "Friends." Critics were calling it crap. Even I got caught up in the hype, thinking that it might actually break 20mil for its premiere. But apparently the American audience is more saavy than that. It may not have been cancelled first, but boy, did it deserve to be cancelled the most.