Audiences also love Two and Half Men, doesn't make it anything more than attrociously terrible. American Idol, CSI, Greys Anatomy are like, the top 3 shows in America right?

I actually don't watch 24 or Alias, though I might try 24 next year.

For the record, I thought Alias was more original from the episodes I saw. 24 was terribly bleh and boring.

Try thursday at 8. See how that works out for you.

Not that you were able to keep your audience around when it was on Sundays for the first three years anyway.

Buffy set the bar too high for ALIAS. But I really am running out of good shows to watch.

I am an Alias fan, and i have no plans to ever watch 24. I tried S2 (or 3?), but it was just not interesting to me at all and i did not find jack bauer to be a solid lead. The supporting players were all rather "meh" as well, but i was comparing them to Alias'. It wasn't intentional or anything, i was just watching and thinking "okay, she's like this show's Marshall. Only Marshall i way better." Plus, Alias' Jack was always more fascinating to me, not to mention Victor Garber is a better actor than Keifer "damn it" Sutherland.

I could also argue that 24 wouldnt have ever found its audience if FOX hadn't whoored it like it was the saviour of television But I can see another flamewar starting there and I just dont have the energy.

My name was changed by the admins when i admitted Titwank was all a performance show.

I've decided to try and watch Veronica Mars. I like a female protagonist in my shows, and it seems to have a similar kind of vibe going on. Can anyone give me the basic premise to get the party started?

Uhh, 24 was outrated by Alias in its first two years, and year four was neck in neck.

I could also argue that 24 wouldnt have ever found its audience if FOX hadn't whoored it like it was the saviour of television But I can see another flamewar starting there and I just dont have the energy.

And I shall end it with the season averages found in my Entewrtainment Weekly collection:

Season 1:
24 - 8.6M
Alias - 9.7M

Season 2:
24 - 11.7M
Alias - 9M

Season 3:
24 - 10.3M
Alias - 8.2M

Season 4:
24 - 11.9M
Alias - 10.4M

24 > Alias 3 out of 4.

And as X pointed out, pimping a show to hell won't keep viewers around. How come viewers didn't feel the need to stick around for say, Invasion even though ABC pimped the hell out of that?

By the way, I'm not sure about this but it looks like EW messed up alias' Season 2 average and 24s Season 4 average. How many of those seasons had American Idol fueling them?

Just because a network whores out a show, doesn't mean viewers are obligated to watch.

But, that's only going to get me into a discussion on viewers watching quality shows, and that just doesn't work in my favor when I look at the top 15 rated shows.

And change back to Felicity Titwank. Much hotter.

Seasons 2 & 3. S4 aired nonstop after premiering after a football game. As for Alias, the best I can come up with is that the averages probably include repeats.

Oh well, advantage 24 then. I always thought that shows like this should be aired in blocks like 24 did.

Ill watch the first season of veronica mars soon. It airs on the most obscure network here. Im better downloading it or renting DVDs.