In response, the network aired the first season finale on a Wednesday night at 10:00 pm instead of its usual 9:00 pm Thursday slot.
The pilot episode drew only a 2.1/6 among the 18-49 demos with 8.76 million viewers in Thursday slot on ABC.
From 6 January 1988, all ITV regions networked the show in the Wednesday and Thursday 18.30 slot.
From January 1990 all other regions followed the Central and Anglia schedule in the familiar Tuesday and Thursday 19:00 slot.
"The 6:30 Show with John Urban" filled that Thursday slot.
There was little effective competition from the other networks in the Thursday slot.
In its place, the Thursday slot featured an episode of quiznation.
"Grace, Replaced" was the first episode to debut on the Thursday slot.
As of this week, CBS moved "Wickedly Perfect" from its Thursday slot to television's equivalent of purgatory, Saturday night.
He's going to take the Wednesday slot, and I'm going to take the Thursday slot.