Monday, November 26, 2001

"Fox was the primetime master on Sunday as its world TV premiere airing of "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" blew away the competition on the final Sunday of the November sweep. Fox's 7-10 p.m. airing of "Phantom Menace" averaged 17.6 million viewers and 7.9 rating/18 share in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. Fox won the night in adults 18-34, teens and other key young demos. "Phantom Menace" opened up with a solid 14.4 million viewers and 6.4/17 in the demo at 7 p.m., peaking from 9-9:30 p.m. with 19.4 million viewers and 8.7/19 in adults 18-49." Apparently the rise in viewership during the latter half of the film can be attributed to a kick-ass lightsaber duel between two Jedis and one tattoo-faced Sith Lord.


SCREENCAPTURES courtesy of TheForce.Net

Rest mouse arrow on pictures to read my witty captions...for one of them, at least

Naboo waterfall
Padmé looking worthy of being...courted
Anakin the Biker Dude.  Actually, he's riding a swoop bike across the Tatooine landscape
Before Boba...there was...Jango Fett
Count Dooku A.K.A.the guy who's gonna beat the crap out of Anakin Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan hanging on an assassin droid as it flies through Coruscant's cityscape
Slave One heads for unknown ringed planet (Don't worry, I know what the name is)
A Jedi Starfighter is pursued in an asteroid field
Is Anakin on the verge of the Dark Side, or is he constipated?  You be the judge...
Nevermind.  This is Anakin's first Dark Side victim
Ya can't have a complete screencapture without showing the movie's title...