I'm another Angel only viewer. Actually, I probably watch it live less than half the time, the rest of the time I DL the ep later in the week. I would be more committed to watching it live, but my WB station's signal is total junk (and this is cable, not ota). Dark shows like Angel are almost unwatchable.

My Wednesday viewing isn't quite as complicated as other people's. I'm watching Ed while taping Enterprise and watching The West Wing while taping King of Queens for a friend.

Now that Angel is sucking, and The O.C. is back, I think I'll be watching The O.C. in 480p widescreen on Fox EDTV, and stop watching Angel in HDTV because it's such a dark show anyway, the HD doesn't really help the visual presentation enough to wring more enjoyment since the show is on life support (in my eyes).

wednesday's fast national ratings
(households, listed by program)

1. "Law & Order" (NBC) - 11.3/20
2. "The Bachelor" (ABC) - 9.0/14
3. "60 Minutes II" (CBS) - 8.7/14
3. "The West Wing" (NBC) - 8.7/13
5. "King of Queens" (CBS) - 8.3/13
6. "Becker" (CBS) - 7.4/11
7. "48 Hours Investigates" (S, CBS) - 6.7/12
8. "That '70 Show" (FOX) - 6.6/11
9. "My Wife and Kids" (ABC) - 6.5/11
10. "Ed" (NBC) - 6.1/10
10. "It's All Relative" (ABC) - 6.1/9
10. "The O.C." (FOX) - 6.1/9
13. "Karen Sisco" (ABC) - 5.5/10
14. "A Minute With Stan Hooper" (FOX) - 4.8/7
15. "Smallville" (WB) - 4.2/7
16. "Angel" (WB) - 3.1/5
17. "Star Trek: Enterprise" (UPN) - 2.5/4
18. "Jake 2.0" (UPN) - 1.7/3


wednesday's fast national ratings
(18-49 demographic, listed by program)

1. "The Bachelor" (ABC) - 6.4
2. "Law & Order" (NBC) - 6.0
3. "That '70 Show" (FOX) - 5.1
4. "The West Wing" (NBC) - 4.4
5. "The O.C." (FOX) - 4.3
6. "It's All Relative" (ABC) - 4.1
7. "King of Queens" (CBS) - 4.0
7. "My Wife and Kids" (ABC) - 4.0
9. "A Minute With Stan Hooper" (FOX) - 3.7
10. "Ed" (NBC) - 3.3
11. "Becker" (CBS) - 3.2
11. "Karen Sisco" (ABC) - 3.2
13. "48 Hours Investigates" (S, CBS) - 2.8
13. "Smallville" (WB) - 2.8
15. "60 Minutes II" (CBS) - 2.6
16. "Angel" (WB) - 2.2
17. "Star Trek: Enterprise" (UPN) - 1.6
18. "Jake 2.0" (UPN) - 1.0


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Like I have said since the move of The O.C. was announced, I think this was a bad move on the part of FOX. It is getting beaten in the key demographic by 2 other shows. Huge win for The Bachelor. I certainly did not expect it to have the high 18-49 rating of the night.

I didn't realize Karen Sisco was doing so poorly. It'd be a shame to lose it.

I also can't believe how well The Bachelor is doing. I don't understand the draw...

Only by the magic of multiple time zones, thanks to Dish (and the reason I won't switch to directtv).

I'm in CA, but I also get east coast feeds of nbc, fox and upn, and east coast and mountain feeds of wb. This is, of course, in addition to the west coast feeds that I get.

Wednesdays are a bit of a hassle, even with multiple time zones. I can barely fit all of the shows in the recording schedule as it is. If I could, I'd use my DVR for all recording, but there's just too much overlap.

With my DVR I timeshift Smallville to 5pm, Jake 2.0 to 6pm, Angel to 7pm, That 70's Show to 8 pm, West Wing at 9pm and Karen Sisco at 10pm. In the other room, using my old 4900 to program my (gasp) vcr, I tape The OC at 6pm and Law and Order at 7pm.

If I had the time to watch live tv I could go in the other room and watch OC and L&O, but I prefer to skip commercials.

Just so you know, The Office plays the same episode several times on Sun nights/early Mon morning - I record it at 11pm or 11:40, can't recall exact time (note that I get east coast feed of bbc america).

I'm sure Punk'd will reair numerous times on MTV too, so there is no reason to miss another show for it.

Hmm... don't watch any of them, not a problem.... just South Park at 10pm

How about Thursdays? Survivor, Friends & Tru calling. I can only record two (or watch one, record one), but Tru Calling sounds interesting...

That's easy. I'm jettisoning Friends. It sucks now. Plus NBC will repeat Friends so many times (when they use Friends repeats to fill in for struggling shows that they pull).

Here's another vote for none of the above.

MAUDE: Lord. You can imagine where it goes from here.
DUDE: He fixes the cable?

I watch King of Queens - and new South Park at 10pm