Defying Predictions, UPN's Wednesday Ratings Rise

See Also: 'Proving Ground' Episode Guide

UPN saw an increase in both ratings and total viewers this week despite competition from the launch of American Idol 3.

According to Mediaweek.com's Programming Insider, UPN earned a 2.4 total rating/4 share for the night of Wednesday, January 21st. This means that approximately 2.4% of American households with television sets were tuned to UPN, while the network was watched by 4% of households with televisions on at the time.

Though Programming Insider Marc Berman did not provide numbers for each hour of primetime and fast national ratings indicated that America's Next Top Model in the 9 p.m. slot would outrank Star Trek: Enterprise at 8 p.m., these numbers show an improvement upon the 2.1/3 rating UPN posted on January 14th.

UPN also had more viewers this week, 3.69 million to last week's 3.14 million. All the other networks competing with FOX and American Idol 3 had declining ratings.

Unfortunately The Futon Critic has removed its show-by-show ratings comparison charts at the request of Nielsen Media Research, so the total ratings for "Proving Ground" are not yet available.

MediaWeek's overall total ratings for UPN for January 21st are here, while the ratings for January 14th are here.

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