No schedule changes occurred to the lineup.
The new decade/millennium brought unilateral drops with 1st Place Y&R dropping into the 5's, the first time since its earlier years it traversed this range. 3rd-8th Place contenders shoveled town an average of two-tenths, Passions held steady and PC shed a half point of its already meager rating.
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