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Nielsen Ratings for
Buffy's Sixth Season


National Ratings for the Sixth Season

Notes:

1. For the 2001-2002 television season, each ratings point represents 1,055,000 households or one percent of the nation's estimated 105.5 million television households. So, for example, a rating of 3.4 means that an average of approximately (3.4 x 1,055,000) = 3,587,000 households were watching Buffy.

2. In the fourth column is the episode's rank among all prime time network shows for the week. For example, 93/112 means that particular episode of Buffy was in 93rd place out of the 112 network prime time shows that week. In the last column is the episode's rank among UPN network shows for the week. For example, 3/10 means that particular episode of Buffy placed 3rd out of the 10 programs on UPN that week. A "(t)" indicates a tie for that position.

3. There is additional information in a second table. The third column of that second table contains the same national household rating as in the first table, but that is followed by the share, both of which are averaged for the entire hour of the episode. Share represents the percentage of households actually watching TV at the time that were in fact watching Buffy. The last two columns contain separate ratings and share for both the first half hour and second half hour of the episode.

4. If you want to compare Buffy's ratings with those of other shows, check out the latest list of national Nielsen ratings from the San Jose Mercury News.

5. If you want insight into the way that Nielsen ratings are obtained, here is an article entitled What TV Ratings Really Mean from the official site of Nielsen Media Research.

DateEpisodeNational RatingRank: All Prime Time Shows Rank: All UPN Shows
May 21, 2002Two To Go/Grave3.375/119 (t)3/9 (t)
May 14, 2002Villains3.275/112 (t)2/10
May 7, 2002Seeing Red2.793/1235/10
April 30, 2002Entropy2.889/125 (t)3/10
April 23, 2002Older And Far Away (repeat)1.7105/129 (t)9/10 (t)
April 16, 2002Dead Things (repeat)1.2123/14210/10
April 16, 2002Doublemeat Palace (repeat)1.8113/142 (t)7/10 (t)
April 9, 2002Gone (repeat)1.9106/140 (t)3/11 (t)
April 2, 2002Wrecked (repeat)1.9105/140 (t)4/11 (t)
March 26, 2002Smashed (repeat)1.8104/140 (t)7/11
March 19, 2002Tabula Rasa (repeat)2.395/135 (t)5/12
March 12, 2002Normal Again3.289/1422/12
March 5, 2002Hell's Bells3.487/145 (t)1/12 (t)
February 26, 2002As You Were3.184/1302/10
February 19, 2002All The Way (repeat)1.695/123 (t)10/10
February 19, 2002Life Serial (repeat)1.794/1239/10
February 12, 2002Older And Far Away3.177/1203/10
February 5, 2002Dead Things3.385/1303/10
January 29, 2002Doublemeat Palace3.587/136 (t)3/10
January 22, 2002Bargaining (Parts 1 and 2) (repeat)1.9106/135 (t)8/9 (t)
January 15, 2002The Gift (3rd repeat)1.3113/136 (t)10/10
January 15, 2002The Weight Of The World (2nd repeat)1.6108/136 (t)9/10
January 8, 2002Gone3.383/1332/10
January 1, 2002Flooded (repeat)1.5102/128 (t)9/10 (t)
December 25, 2001Buffy Vs. Dracula (3rd repeat)1.3108/134 (t)9/11
December 18, 2001The Body (2nd repeat)2.2104/137 (t)6/10 (t)
December 11, 2001Hush (3rd repeat)2.4104/141 (t)5/10 (t)
December 4, 2001After Life (repeat)2.0101/132 (t)8/10
November 27, 2001Wrecked3.790/137 (t)3/10
November 20, 2001Smashed3.482/1112/10
November 16, 2001Once More, With Feeling (repeat)1.0123/138 (t)11/11
November 13, 2001Tabula Rasa3.689/138 (t)2/11 (t)
November 6, 2001Once More, With Feeling3.488/131 (t)3/10
October 30, 2001All The Way3.782/130 (t)3/10
October 23, 2001Life Serial3.585/137 (t)3/10
October 16, 2001Flooded3.593/1363/9
October 9, 2001After Life3.782/131 (t)3/9
October 2, 2001Bargaining (Parts 1 and 2)
(Season Premiere -
first episodes aired on UPN)		4.378/135 (t)2/9


DateEpisodeEntire Hour Rating/ShareFirst Half-Hour Rating/ShareSecond Half-Hour Rating/Share
May 21, 2002Grave3.4/53.4/53.4/5
May 21, 2002Two To Go3.3/53.1/53.4/5
May 14, 2002Villains3.2/53.1/53.2/5
May 7, 2002Seeing Red2.7/42.6/42.8/4
April 30, 2002Entropy2.8/52.7/52.9/5
April 23, 2002Older And Far Away (repeat)1.7/31.7/31.8/3
April 16, 2002Dead Things (repeat)1.2/21.3/21.1/2
April 16, 2002Doublemeat Palace (repeat)1.8/31.8/31.8/3
April 9, 2002Gone (repeat)1.9/31.9/32.0/3
April 2, 2002Wrecked (repeat)1.9/31.9/31.9/3
March 26, 2002Smashed (repeat)1.8/31.8/31.9/3
March 19, 2002Tabula Rasa (repeat)2.3/42.2/42.4/4
March 12, 2002Normal Again3.2/53.2/53.2/5
March 5, 2002Hell's Bells3.4/53.3/53.5/5
February 26, 2002As You Were3.1/53.1/53.1/5
February 19, 2002All The Way (repeat)1.6/21.5/21.7/2
February 19, 2002Life Serial (repeat)1.7/31.7/31.8/3
February 12, 2002Older And Far Away3.1/53.0/53.2/5
February 5, 2002Dead Things3.3/53.3/53.3/5
January 29, 2002Doublemeat Palace3.5----
January 22, 2002Bargaining (Part 2 of 2) (repeat)1.9/32.0/31.9/3
January 22, 2002Bargaining (Part 1 of 2) (repeat)1.9/31.9/32.0/3
January 15, 2002The Gift (3rd repeat)1.3/21.3/21.3/2
January 15, 2002The Weight Of The World (2nd repeat)1.6/31.6/31.6/2
January 8, 2002Gone3.3/5----
January 1, 2002Flooded (repeat)1.5/21.5/21.5/2
December 25, 2001Buffy Vs. Dracula (3rd repeat)1.3/3----
December 18, 2001The Body (2nd repeat)2.2/42.2/42.1/3
December 11, 2001Hush (3rd repeat)2.4/42.4/42.5/4
December 4, 2001After Life (repeat)2.0/32.0/32.0/3
November 27, 2001Wrecked3.7/63.7/63.6/5
November 20, 2001Smashed3.4/53.3/53.5/5
November 16, 2001Once More, With Feeling (repeat)1.0----
November 13, 2001Tabula Rasa3.6/53.5/53.6/5
November 6, 2001Once More, With Feeling3.4/53.4/53.5/5
October 30, 2001All The Way3.7/53.7/53.8/5
October 23, 2001Life Serial3.5/63.4/53.6/6
October 16, 2001Flooded3.5/63.5/63.6/5
October 9, 2001After Life3.7/63.7/63.7/6
October 2, 2001Bargaining (Part 2 of 2)
(Season Premiere -
first episodes aired on UPN)		4.4/74.4/74.4/7
October 2, 2001Bargaining (Part 1 of 2)
(Season Premiere -
first episodes aired on UPN)		4.3/74.2/74.3/7


Overnight Ratings for the Sixth Season

Notes:

1. The following table contains the overnight household ratings that are based on results from viewing in some of the largest television markets, not the nation as a whole. This means that they cannot be directly compared to the national ratings above. Here is a list of the overnight markets.

2. Buffy's overnight ratings tend to be higher than its corresponding national ratings for a couple of reasons. UPN reaches a higher percentage of households in these larger markets than in the nation as a whole because UPN lacks affiliates in some of the smaller markets. In addition, Buffy just tends to do better in these larger, urban markets.

3. Each overnight ratings point represents 717,311 households or one percent of the estimated 71,731,090 TV households in the 53 overnight markets. Share is the percentage of households in these markets actually watching TV at the time that were in fact watching Buffy.

4. Zap2it has changed their site so old overnight ratings pages are removed after a few weeks, so it doesn't pay anymore to link to their site. Overnight ratings for Buffy are now taken from the Futon Critic Buffy season ratings page linked on the date next to each program below. In cases where I believe the Futon Critic overnights aren't correct, I've left the values as taken originally from Zap2it.

DateEpisode
Overnight Rating/Share
May 21, 2002Grave4.3/6
May 21, 2002Two To Go4.1/6
May 14, 2002Villains4.0/6
May 7, 2002Seeing Red3.8/6
April 30, 2002Entropy3.6/5
April 23, 2002Older And Far Away (repeat)2.3/4
April 16, 2002Dead Things (repeat)2.0/3
April 16, 2002Doublemeat Palace (repeat)2.4/4
April 9, 2002Gone (repeat)2.3/4
April 2, 2002Wrecked (repeat)2.5/4
March 26, 2002Smashed (repeat)2.7/4
March 19, 2002Tabula Rasa (repeat)2.8/4
March 12, 2002Normal Again3.9/6
March 5, 2002Hell's Bells4.3/7
February 26, 2002As You Were3.9/6
February 19, 2002All The Way (repeat)2.3/3
February 19, 2002Life Serial (repeat)2.4/3
February 12, 2002Older And Far Away3.9/6
February 5, 2002Dead Things4.0/6
January 29, 2002Doublemeat Palace4.2/6
January 22, 2002Bargaining (Part 2 of 2) (repeat)2.3/3
January 22, 2002Bargaining (Part 1 of 2) (repeat)2.4/4
January 15, 2002The Gift (3rd repeat)2.0/3
January 15, 2002The Weight Of The World (2nd repeat)2.5/4
January 8, 2002Gone4.4/6
January 1, 2002Flooded (repeat)2.5/4
December 25, 2001Buffy Vs. Dracula (3rd repeat)1.6/3
December 18, 2001The Body (2nd repeat)2.7/4
December 11, 2001Hush (3rd repeat)2.8/4
December 4, 2001After Life (repeat)2.8/4
November 27, 2001Wrecked4.3/6
November 20, 2001Smashed4.2/6
November 16, 2001Once More, With Feeling (repeat)1.7/3
November 13, 2001Tabula Rasa4.3/6
November 6, 2001Once More, With Feeling4.5/6
October 30, 2001All The Way4.5/6
October 23, 2001Life Serial4.5/7
October 16, 2001Flooded4.4/6
October 9, 2001After Life4.9/7
October 2, 2001Bargaining (Parts 1 and 2)
(Season Premiere -
first episodes aired on UPN)		6.2/9

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