By that time, you've seen everything the competition can throw at you.

We pretty much know people will try it.

It's tougher, sure. But we haven't seen anything at this point that suggests it's coming out of our hides. Good network programming just leads to more viewers.

We realized that, for a new show, three days a week is asking an awful lot of the audience.

Essentially, it's a kind of a vacuum. Then all sorts of new shows show up.

People see the pot available there, and they want to get some. Thursday has a lot of economic sway.

After three weeks, you have a pretty good sense of where a show is headed.

There's no doubt it is going to be a horse race for every rating point.

We like the quality of the show, but we realize three times a week is a lot to ask of the audience.