I was looking at the ratings for the two part 1997 mini series, and while it wasn't a huge success compared to Dallas (mostly because it was too soon and they had tied up all of the loose ends before going off the air), I was surprised that the ratings for each night were decent.
Part 1 came on a strong 2nd place on Wednesday night opposite Drew Carey Show & Ellen (this episode was the follow up episode after coming out of the closet), and it improved on the regular programming on CBS at the time (Wednesday Night Movie).
Part 2 came on Friday night with lower ratings than the first part. And while it was a decline, compared to the average ratings for programming on that night.. the ratings kind of improved (two weeks previous was the Dukes of Hazard reunion movie and it scored better ratings than KL.. probably because Dukes of Hazard was on Friday nights traditionally while KL was a Thursday night show).
So while it wasn't as successful as hoped, considering that they were coming back within a few years of ending... the ratings were decent, but it might have worked better as just a two hour movie instead of four hour mini-series..imho.
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