Date: 12th January 2001

Temptation Island Tempts Viewers - And How!


The debut of Temptation Island on Fox Wednesday night scored an 11.5 rating and a 16 share, to put the habitually last-place major network in second place for the night. Temptation Island also wound up in second place during its 9:00 p.m. time period among all viewers but captured first place among adults 18-49. (More than 16 million tuned into the show, about half a million more than tuned in to the first episode of Survivor last summer.) NBC, however, continued to hold the lead for the night, as an episode of Law and Order pulled a 15.2 rating and a 23 share. ABC was in third place with a 9.1/13, while CBS remained a distant fourth with a 6.9/10.

Source: Studio Briefing