This still did not help the station's ratings.
What also didn't help the station's ratings was the declining popularity of the Top 40 format in general in the very late 1980s - early 1990s.
The eight so-called 'Salem Saga' episodes helped the show's sagging ratings.
The WB executives said that they believed the same thing would happen this year and that the film would help their ratings into the fall.
In truth only some of the Fox summer programs have helped its ratings.
Helping its ratings for this week, Fox eked out a win on Monday among 18-to-49-year-olds.
Also, he said, the publicity the show has received because of Mr. Duchovny's relative absence seems to be helping its ratings.
The episode (broadcast on April 23, 1982) was scheduled against Dallas, which did nothing to help the show's moribund ratings.
The re-imaging and airstaff changes did not help the station's ratings, however.
By November 2003, it shifted to Rhythmic Top 40, but this didn't help their ratings.