It was the same for Boston, Greensboro, and Jacksonville.

ButRoseannestill had a bigger premiere.

Below is a comparison of the premiere night household ratings in the individual markets metered by Nielsen.

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Credit: Adam Rose/ABC; Andrew Eccles/NBC

(Each household rating point in these metered markets equals about 796,800 households).

Its not exactly an apples-to-apples comparison:W&Gdebuted at 9 p.m. (Our chart only focuses on the shows 8:30 p.m. And lets be clear:bothreunions have been major boons to their respective networks.

Critics likeours dug it, too.