Leap of Faith (TV series)

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Leap of Faith
Genre Sitcom
Created by Jenny Bicks
Written by Jenny Bicks
Becky Hartman-Edwards
Directed by Adam Bernstein
Alex Graves
Starring Sarah Paulson
Lisa Edelstein
Ken Marino
Regina King
Jill Clayburgh
Tim Meadows
Brad Rowe
Composer David Schwartz
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
Camera setup Single-camera
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesPerkins Street Productions
NBC Studios
Original release
Network NBC
ReleaseFebruary 28 (2002-02-28) –
April 4, 2002 (2002-04-04)

Leap of Faith is an American single-camera sitcom that aired on NBC in early 2002, right after Friends on NBC's Thursday comedy block at 8:30 PM EST, as part of Must See TV.

Contents

Plot

Cast

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date Viewers
(millions)
1"Detours"
"Pilot"		 Fred Savage Jenny Bicks February 28, 2002 (2002-02-28)20.76 [1]
2"Whole in One" Ted Wass Andrea Savage March 7, 2002 (2002-03-07)18.65 [2]
3"The Balls Game" Jenny Bicks Chris Parnell March 14, 2002 (2002-03-14)15.19 [3]
4"Peeps" Eric Appel Robb Cullen March 21, 2002 (2002-03-21)15.20 [4]
5"The Baby Snugglers" Jenny Bicks Bob Fisher March 28, 2002 (2002-03-28)14.53 [5]
6"Carmic Behavior" Nat Faxon Jenny Bicks April 4, 2002 (2002-04-04)14.61 [6]

Broadcast

Friends was in its eighth season and was the number one show on television and ratings expectations were very high for the television that followed its timeslot. Inside Schwartz filled the time slot before Leap of Faith, but Inside Schwartz was canceled after six episodes despite averaging 14.6 million viewers. [7] After Leap of Faith finished airing, the timeslot was ultimately filled with repeats of Friends for the rest of the season; the repeats averaged 18.6 million viewers.

Ratings

The series averaged 16.5 million viewers for the season. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (Feb. 25-March 3)". The Los Angeles Times . March 6, 2002. Retrieved June 23, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  2. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (March 4–10)". The Los Angeles Times . March 13, 2002. Retrieved June 23, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  3. ↑ "Top 20 Network Primetime Report". Zap2it. Archived from the original on March 21, 2002. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  4. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (March 18–24)". The Los Angeles Times . March 27, 2002. Retrieved June 23, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  5. ↑ "Top 20 Network Primetime Report". Zap2it. Archived from the original on June 9, 2003. Retrieved June 23, 2023.
  6. ↑ "National Nielsen Viewership (April 1–7)". The Los Angeles Times . April 10, 2002. Retrieved June 23, 2023– via Newspapers.com. Lock-green.svg
  7. 1 2 "How did your favorite show rate?". USA Today . May 28, 2002. Retrieved November 20, 2017.


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