Modified On August 31, 2004
Courtesy of Mediaweek.com, one of the cooler websites out there:
On this first evening minus The 2004 Summer Olympics, although the 90-minute, fifth-season premiere of NBC’s Fear Factor was third in the overnights (7.4/11), the now veteran reality series was first in both total viewers (10.90 million) and adults 18-49 (4.5/13) from 8-9:30 p.m. As I mentioned yesterday, Fear Factor remains the show to beat Monday at 8 p.m. next season. At 9:30 p.m., the third-season premiere of Last Comic Standing was third in the overnights (5.3/ 8) and total viewers (7.78 million), but second among adults 18-49 (3.8/10) from 9:30-11 p.m. Retention for Last Comic Standing out of Fear Factor was a respectable 84 percent among adults 18-49.