TV Guide Cover Statistics 1998-2004

	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999	1998
Mean	2.08	1.92	2.81	3.44	3.66	2.98	2.40
Median	1.00	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	1.00	1.00
Mode	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00	1.00
Largest Number	11 (3/20/04)	16 (8/30/03)	35 (4/20/02)	18 (10/6/01)	24 (10/21/00)	34 (8/28/99)	30 (8/29/98)
Number of Covers per Network Each week counts as 1.00; fractional credit is awarded for multiple covers
ABC	9.10	7.34	7.35	5.17	8.10	11.10	4.45
CBS	7.16	6.07	6.72	6.11	4.95	5.92	2.45
Fox	4.79	7.91	4.37	5.41	6.25	6.25	4.32
NBC	8.10	6.10	7.66	3.79	3.75	3.89	9.50
PBS							1.25
Univision			0.10
UPN	0.34	0.50	0.20	2.10	0.25	0.75	1.00
WB	1.00	4.33	2.78	1.00	1.13	2.33	2.87
A&E				0.90
CNN							1.00
COM	2.00						0.50
DIS		0.50
ESPN						0.10
FNC				0.90
FX	1.00
HBO	2.50	3.00	2.67	2.11	2.00	2.00	0.60
MTV			0.20	1.11	1.90	1.00
NIK		1.00		0.90			1.00
SCI		1.00	0.70		0.50
Sundance			0.25
TBS	0.50
TCM				1.00	2.00
TLC		1.50
TNN			0.20
TNT				0.90			0.50
TVL	1.00			0.80		1.00
USA		1.50					2.20
VH1		1.00					1.00
WGN				0.10			0.10
PPV	0.66			1.00
None	12.85	10.75	18.10	18.70	21.27	16.36	18.65
Note: "None" includes covers depicting syndicated shows and covers for certain programming that airs on too many networks to divide (i.e., the annual NFL football covers), as well as covers that aren't TV-related.

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