The War of 18-49, Pre-2001 Comedies: Raymond, Will & Grace, Malcolm and more!

To wrap up this summer in The War of 18-49, this week will be a massive dump of War of 18-49 tables for broadcast series that don't have their own posts. Monday and Tuesday are what I call the "tail end" posts, looking at my incomplete record for a slew of notable shows that premiered before the 2001-02 season (the start of the A18-49+ era). Wednesday and Thursday are the "front end" posts, covering currently running scripted series that aren't yet four years old. And Friday will be news and sports series.

Pre-2001 Comedies

A handful of shows that aired prior to the start of the era already have standalone posts (Family Guy, Friends and The Simpsons). For convenience, these posts are linked in the list below, but they're also listed on the main index. There are also a couple shows listed that had complete 4+ year runs within the era but don't have their own posts (George Lopez and Still Standing). It's possible they'll get posts in the future, but they didn't make the cut this summer and I didn't want to withhold them.

For the pre-2001 posts, in order to make these pages load a bit faster I'm just doing the purple (A18-49+) table for each series. If you really want the raw numbers you can always reverse-engineer them using that season's league average. (Raw A18-49 = A18-49+ * League Average / 100)

Jump to a show: Becker | The Drew Carey Show | Everybody Loves Raymond | Family Guy | Frasier | Friends | Futurama | George Lopez | Girlfriends | King of Queens | King of the Hill | Malcolm in the Middle | My Wife and Kids | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | The Simpsons | Still Standing | That '70s Show | Will and Grace | Yes, Dear

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Becker (CBS, 1998-04)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
4	2001-02	125	hit	2.10		51	158	139	128
5	2002-03	54	flop	0.91	-57%	36	70	59	45
6	2003-04	78	marginal	1.31	+43%	59	94	79	79
AVERAGE (2001-04):		86	marginal
CAREER (2001-04):		257

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The Drew Carey Show (ABC, 1995-04)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
7	2001-02	97	marginal	1.64		77	132	114	79
8	Summer 2003	56	marginal(sum)	0.94	-43%	38	79	70	72
9	Summer 2004	46	flop	0.77	-18%	30	64	54	64
AVERAGE (2001-04):		66	marginal(sum)
CAREER (2001-04):		199

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Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS, 1996-05)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
6	2001-02	179	big hit	3.01		139	204	195	160
7	2002-03	155	big hit	2.61	-13%	118	199	181	172
8	2003-04	149	hit	2.51	-4%	126	168	160	158
9	2004-05	155	big hit	2.61	+4%	132	275	145	275
AVERAGE (2001-05):		160	big hit
CAREER (2001-05):		639

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Frasier (NBC, 1993-04)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
9	2001-02	157	big hit	2.64		125	195	195	156
10	2002-03	116	solid	1.95	-26%	72	199	199	81
11	2003-04	116	solid	1.95	-0%	64	242	133	242
AVERAGE (2001-04):		130	hit
CAREER (2001-04):		389

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Futurama (Fox/Comedy Central, 1998-13)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
4	2001-02	66	flop	1.10		51	86	60	74
5	Summer 2003	47	flop	0.78	-29%	38	63	41	41
6	Summer 2011	31				28	43	43	28
7	Summer 2012	27				22	33	32	28
8	Summer 2013	33				21	55	35	55
AVERAGE (2001-13):		41
CAREER (2001-13):		205

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George Lopez (ABC, 2001-07)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
1	2001-02	81	marginal	1.36		65	88	88	65
2	2002-03	95	marginal	1.59	+18%	72	120	106	77
3	2003-04	65	solid(Fri)	1.10	-31%	49	81	81	59
4	2004-05	71	marginal	1.20	+10%	44	93	86	61
5	2005-06	62	flop	1.04	-13%	47	84	74	57
6	2006-07	56	flop	0.94	-10%	40	74	53	42
AVERAGE:		72	marginal
CAREER:		430	utility

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Girlfriends (UPN/CW, 2000-08)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
2	2001-02	45	hit(CW)	0.75		37	56	56	49
3	2002-03	43	solid(CW)	0.73	-3%	32	57	45	47
4	2003-04	44	solid(CW)	0.73	+1%	30	57	49	44
5	2004-05	41	solid(CW)	0.68	-7%	32	49	39	47
6	2005-06	41	solid(CW)	0.68	-0%	32	49	47	42
7	2006-07	33	marginal(CW)	0.55	-19%	27	40	35	35
8	2007-08	29	marginal(CW)	0.48	-12%	21	36	36	27
AVERAGE (2001-08):		39	solid(CW)
CAREER (2001-08):		274

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King of Queens (CBS, 1998-07)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
4	2001-02	120	solid	2.02		81	144	144	107
5	2002-03	100	solid	1.69	-17%	75	113	108	75
6	2003-04	100	solid	1.68	-0%	69	128	118	72
7	2004-05	89	marginal	1.50	-11%	59	125	96	66
8	2005-06	85	marginal	1.43	-4%	59	108	89	66
9	2006-07	106	solid	1.78	+24%	74	138	85	138
AVERAGE (2001-07):		100	solid
CAREER (2001-07):		601

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King of the Hill (Fox, 1996-09)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
6	2001-02	82	marginal	1.37		51	123	123	51
7	2002-03	93	marginal	1.57	+14%	50	142	142	72
8	2003-04	77	marginal	1.29	-18%	52	138	138	72
9	2004-05	56	flop	0.94	-27%	44	74	74	51
10	2005-06	64	flop	1.07	+14%	44	89	79	62
11	2006-07	64	flop	1.08	+1%	42	96	96	61
12	2007-08	96	marginal	1.61	+49%	75	133	115	78
13	2008-09	91	marginal	1.53	-5%	47	140	113	96
AVERAGE (2001-09):		78	marginal
CAREER (2001-09):		622

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Malcolm in the Middle (Fox, 1999-06)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
3	2001-02	133	hit	2.23		63	169	169	123
4	2002-03	107	solid	1.80	-20%	86	129	122	99
5	2003-04	89	marginal	1.50	-16%	62	111	104	91
6	2004-05	63	flop	1.06	-29%	47	105	78	56
7	2005-06	41	flop	0.69	-35%	30	84	37	84
AVERAGE (2001-06):		87	marginal
CAREER (2001-06):		433

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My Wife and Kids (ABC, 2000-05)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
2	2001-02	103	solid	1.73		74	135	128	84
3	2002-03	101	solid	1.70	-2%	66	142	142	90
4	2003-04	91	marginal	1.54	-10%	57	143	143	72
5	2004-05	64	flop	1.08	-30%	42	86	86	49
AVERAGE (2001-05):		90	marginal
CAREER (2001-05):		359

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Sabrina the Teenage Witch (WB, 1996-03)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
6	2001-02	29	hit(CWFri)	0.48		23	39	37	28
7	2002-03	28	hit(CWFri)	0.48	-1%	16	36	34	16
AVERAGE (2001-03):		29	hit(CWFri)
CAREER (2001-03):		57

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Still Standing (CBS, 2002-06)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
1	2002-03	121	solid	2.04		93	147	147	113
2	2003-04	101	solid	1.69	-17%	74	128	101	104
3	2004-05	78	marginal	1.31	-23%	61	93	78	76
4	2005-06	53	flop	0.89	-32%	39	66	54	52
AVERAGE:		88	marginal
CAREER:		353	utility

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That '70s Show (Fox, 1998-06)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
4	2001-02	115	solid	1.94		86	160	132	116
5	2002-03	122	solid	2.06	+6%	95	149	118	142
6	2003-04	122	solid	2.05	-0%	79	165	123	165
7	2004-05	85	marginal	1.43	-30%	66	105	96	105
8	2005-06	75	marginal	1.25	-12%	42	116	94	116
AVERAGE (2001-06):		104	solid
CAREER (2001-06):		519

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Will and Grace (NBC, 1998-06)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
4	2001-02	224	megahit	3.76		186	316	267	279
5	2002-03	222	megahit	3.74	-1%	165	266	249	240
6	2003-04	187	big hit	3.14	-16%	126	247	242	247
7	2004-05	117	solid	1.97	-37%	59	199	199	86
8	2005-06	94	marginal	1.58	-20%	49	207	108	207
AVERAGE (2001-06):		169	big hit
CAREER (2001-06):		844

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Yes, Dear (CBS, 2000-06)

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now15	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
2	2001-02	123	solid	2.07		79	158	142	98
3	2002-03	108	solid	1.82	-12%	88	122	111	90
4	2003-04	87	marginal	1.47	-19%	62	104	94	81
5	2004-05	80	marginal	1.35	-8%	59	101	74	83
6	2005-06	62	flop	1.04	-23%	49	74	62	49
AVERAGE (2001-06):		92	marginal
CAREER (2001-06):		461

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Jump to a show: Becker | The Drew Carey Show | Everybody Loves Raymond | Family Guy | Frasier | Friends | Futurama | George Lopez | Girlfriends | King of Queens | King of the Hill | Malcolm in the Middle | My Wife and Kids | Sabrina the Teenage Witch | The Simpsons | Still Standing | That '70s Show | Will and Grace | Yes, Dear