[quote name=\'CaseyAbell\' date=\'Feb 24 2004, 01:11 PM\'] Millionaire didn't do too badly against strong competition. It still bettered most anything ABC tries at 10:00.
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and it also hurt NBC, as Average Joe went down from a 7.8 last week to a 6.8, despite the fact it was the second part of a 90-minute episode.
Tonight and Friday night are going to be key indicators of it's staying power....Thursday night is probably going to be a washout because of the competition (ER and Without a Trace will probably swamp it), but Tuesday night they at least might be competitive, if they repeat that 7.9 Friday, it would probably win the timeslot (last week, a 7.8 won the slot). Also, Tuesday and Friday night are probably ABC's strongest nights lead in wise with their comedies.
SM actually increased their lead in by quite a bit (Fast and the Furious only averaged a 5.0), so I think ABC is happy with the numbers so far.