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Nielsen Ratings for
Angel's Fourth Season


National Ratings for the Fourth Season

Notes:

1. For the 2002-2003 television season, each ratings point represents 1,067,000 households or one percent of the nation's estimated 106.7 million television households. So, for example, a rating of 3.4 means that an average of approximately (3.4 x 1,067,000) = 3,627,800 households were watching Angel.

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 Angel was in 93rd place out of the 112 network prime time shows that week. In the last column is the episode's rank among The WB network's shows for the week. For example, 4/14 means that particular episode of Angel placed 4th out of the 14 programs on The WB that week. A "(t)" indicates a tie for that position. After February 17, 2003, the PAX network is no longer included in the listing of prime time network shows. (My new sources don't count the PAX network.) After February 24, 2003, the ranking is based on total viewers and not household rating.

3. There is additional information in a second table. This table contains the ratings data in numbers of millions of people. For example, 4.99 means 4.99 million people were watching Angel. The third column of the second table contains the average rating for the entire hour of the episode. The last two columns contain the ratings for the first half hour and second half hour of the episode, respectively. Note: The change in presentation of this second table from earlier seasons was necessitated by a change in how Variety presents its Nielsen data. (Variety is the magazine used to obtain the data for this second table.) Millions of people is now used instead of household rating/share.

4. If you want to compare Angel'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 WB Shows
May 7, 2003Home2.692/104 (t)8/13
April 30, 2003Peace Out2.692/108 (t)6/15
April 23, 2003Sacrifice2.599/116 (t)7/16 (t)
April 16, 2003The Magic Bullet2.688/113 (t)5/17
April 9, 2003Shiny Happy People2.694/120 (t)2/17
April 2, 2003Inside Out2.397/121 (t)4/17 (t)
March 26, 2003Players2.2101/118 (t)7/17
March 23, 2003Orpheus (repeat)1.389/9015/15
March 19, 2003Orpheus2.468/90 (t)3/15
March 12, 2003Release2.493/1164/17
March 5, 2003Salvage2.391/1127/17
February 12, 2003Calvary2.3102/135 (t)8/16
February 5, 2003Soulless2.4101/135 (t)8/16
January 29, 2003Awakening2.298/13110/17
January 22, 2003Long Day's Journey2.396/131 (t)8/16
January 15, 2003Habeas Corpses2.690/1306/16
December 15, 2002The House Always Wins (repeat)1.6110/13513/16
December 8, 2002Ground State (repeat)1.8110/13612/16
December 1, 2002Deep Down (repeat)1.599/123 (t)10/14 (t)
November 17, 2002Apocalypse, Nowish2.6108/1368/17
November 10, 2002Spin The Bottle2.499/1279/16
November 3, 2002Supersymmetry2.2106/13510/17
October 27, 2002Slouching Towards Bethlehem2.697/131 (t)6/17 (t)
October 20, 2002The House Always Wins2.895/130 (t)8/17 (t)
October 13, 2002Ground State2.595/124 (t)9/17
October 6, 2002Deep Down (Season Premiere)2.897/128 (t)8/16


DateEpisodeEntire Hour RatingFirst Half-Hour RatingSecond Half-Hour Rating
May 7, 2003Home3.954.193.71
April 30, 2003Peace Out4.043.964.12
April 23, 2003Sacrifice3.713.753.66
April 16, 2003The Magic Bullet4.093.984.20
April 9, 2003Shiny Happy People3.923.993.86
April 2, 2003Inside Out3.553.313.79
March 26, 2003Players3.453.583.32
March 23, 2003Orpheus (repeat)1.831.861.80
March 19, 2003Orpheus3.913.873.95
March 12, 2003Release3.913.873.95
March 5, 2003Salvage3.723.663.79
February 12, 2003Calvary3.693.743.64
February 5, 2003Soulless3.463.423.51
January 29, 2003Awakening3.193.263.12
January 22, 2003Long Day's Journey3.463.363.56
January 15, 2003Habeas Corpses4.013.964.06
December 15, 2002The House Always Wins (repeat)2.462.382.53
December 8, 2002Ground State (repeat)2.642.742.54
December 1, 2002Deep Down (repeat)2.292.322.25
November 17, 2002Apocalypse, Nowish4.254.344.17
November 10, 2002Spin The Bottle3.633.743.52
November 3, 2002Supersymmetry3.643.653.62
October 27, 2002Slouching Towards Bethlehem4.134.174.08
October 20, 2002The House Always Wins5.075.105.04
October 13, 2002Ground State4.214.114.32
October 6, 2002Deep Down (Season Premiere)4.574.614.53


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

3. Each overnight ratings point represents 735,454 households or one percent of the estimated 73,545,430 TV households in the 55 overnight markets. Share is the percentage of households in these markets actually watching TV at the time that were in fact watching Angel.

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 Angel are now taken from the Futon Critic Angel season ratings page linked on the date next to each program below.

DateEpisode
Overnight Rating/Share
May 7, 2003Home3.8/5
April 30, 2003Peace Out3.6/5
April 23, 2003Sacrifice3.4/5
April 16, 2003The Magic Bullet3.4/5
April 9, 2003Shiny Happy People3.4/5
April 2, 2003Inside Out3.4/5
March 26, 2003Players3.3/5
March 23, 2003Orpheus (repeat)1.7/3
March 19, 2003Orpheus3.5/5
March 12, 2003Release3.4/5
March 5, 2003Salvage3.7/5
February 12, 2003Calvary2.7/4
February 5, 2003Soulless3.3/5
January 29, 2003Awakening3.2/4
January 22, 2003Long Day's Journey2.7/4
January 15, 2003Habeas Corpses3.2/5
December 15, 2002The House Always Wins (repeat)2.2/3
December 8, 2002Ground State (repeat)2.5/4
December 1, 2002Deep Down (repeat)2.0/3
November 17, 2002Apocalypse, Nowish3.5/5
November 10, 2002Spin The Bottle3.2/4
November 3, 2002Supersymmetry3.2/4
October 27, 2002Slouching Towards Bethlehem3.3/4
October 20, 2002The House Always Wins4.0/6
October 13, 2002Ground State3.7/5
October 6, 2002Deep Down (Season Premiere)3.7/5

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