Editing Just Shoot Me! (section)

==Series history==
Early on, the series was a very competitive hit, consistently winning its time slot.<ref>{{cite news|first=Susan|last= King |date=November 25, 1997|title=Sophomore 'Just Shoot Me' Proves Timing Is Everything; Television: When the series moved from Wednesdays to Tuesdays behind 'Frasier', its ratings took off|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-nov-25-ca-57375-story.html|access-date=September 13, 2007}}</ref> The first season of six episodes was all aired by [[NBC]] in a single month in March 1997. It was renewed for a 13-episode second season and fitted at 9:30&nbsp;p.m. after ''[[Frasier]]'', and then was moved in the spring to Thursdays between ''[[Friends]]'' and ''[[Seinfeld]]''.<ref>{{cite news|first=Steve |last=Weinstein|date= April 16, 1998|title= Lightweight With a Punch; With his TV, film and stand-up careers all booming, David Spade is the first to acknowledge he's not a 'studly guy.' Thank heavens.|url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/image/159039108|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|pages=50, 52|access-date=July 21, 2019|via=[[Ancestry.com#Newspapers.com|Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> After just two of these airings, the order was bumped up to a full season. When ''Seinfeld'' ended in 1998, ''Just Shoot Me!'' was one of the contenders to take the coveted 9:00&nbsp;p.m. Thursday slot.<ref>{{cite news|first=Bill|last= Carter|date=January 28, 1998|title=Show Could Be A Contender|work=[[The New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/28/arts/tv-notes-show-could-be-a-contender.html|access-date=September 13, 2007}}</ref> ''Frasier'' instead won the slot, and ''Just Shoot Me!'' was instead given ''Frasier''{{'}}s 9:00&nbsp;p.m. Tuesday slot.

[[File:Just-Shoot-Me cast.jpg|thumb|right|The series' main cast, from left to right: Colantoni, Malick, Spade, San Giacomo, and Segal]]
''Just Shoot Me!'' was never given a definitive time slot during its series run. The show ended up being moved around on the NBC schedule. It still retained good ratings, though; in its fourth season, it was the top-rated show for NBC Tuesday nights and had an average rating/share of 6.1/16 in the 18–49 demographic.<ref>{{cite news|first=Joe |last=Schlosser|date=April 16, 2000 |title='Just Shoot Me'-for the fifth time|work=[[Broadcasting & Cable]]|url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/just-shoot-me-fifth-time-86098|volume=130|issue=17|page=34|access-date=September 13, 2007}}</ref>

===Nielsen ratings===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#e0e0e0;"
! Season
! Episodes
! Timeslot (ET)
! Season Premiere
! Season Finale
! TV Season
! Rank
! Viewers<br />(in millions)
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | '''1'''
| style="font-size:13px;text-align:center" |6
| style="background:#F9F9F9;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%" | Tuesday 9:30 <br /> Wednesday 9:30
| March 4, 1997
| March 26, 1997
| 1996–1997
| style="text-align:center" |'''#64'''
| style="text-align:center" |8.10
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | '''2'''
| style="font-size:13px;text-align:center" |25
| style="background:#F9F9F9;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%" | Tuesday 9:30 <br /> Thursday 8:30
| September 23, 1997
| May 12, 1998
| 1997–1998
| style="text-align:center" |'''#12'''
| style="text-align:center" |11.66
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | '''3'''
| style="font-size:13px;text-align:center" |25
| style="background:#F9F9F9;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%" | Tuesday 9:00
| September 22, 1998
| May 25, 1999
| 1998–1999
| style="text-align:center" |'''#37'''
| style="text-align:center" |11.40
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | '''4'''
| style="font-size:13px;text-align:center" |24
| style="background:#F9F9F9;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%" | Tuesday 8:00 <br /> Tuesday 9:30
| September 21, 1999
| May 16, 2000
| 1999–2000
| style="text-align:center" |'''#53'''
| style="text-align:center" |11.70
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | '''5'''
| style="font-size:13px;text-align:center" |22
| rowspan="2" style="background:#F9F9F9;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%" | Thursday 9:30
| October 12, 2000
| May 10, 2001
| 2000–2001
| style="text-align:center" |'''#19'''
| style="text-align:center" |15.61
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | '''6'''
| style="font-size:13px;text-align:center" |22
| September 27, 2001
| May 2, 2002
| 2001–2002
| style="text-align:center" |'''#20'''
| style="text-align:center" |14.40
|- style="background:#f9f9f9;"
| style="background:#F9F9F9;text-align:center" | '''7'''
| style="font-size:13px;text-align:center" |24 (21 aired)
| style="background:#F9F9F9;font-weight:normal;text-align:left;line-height:110%" | Tuesday 8:00 <br /> Tuesday 8:30 <br /> Saturday 8:00 <br /> Saturday 8:30
| October 8, 2002
| November 26, 2003
| 2002–2003
| style="text-align:center" |'''#107'''
| style="text-align:center" |6.39
|}