Leap of Faith (TV series)

Leap of Faith is an American single-camera sitcom that aired on NBC in early 2002, right after Friends on NBC's Thursday comedy block at 8:30 PM EST, as part of Must See TV.

Cast

 * Sarah Paulson as Faith Wardwell
 * Ken Marino as Andy
 * Lisa Edelstein as Patty
 * Tim Meadows as Lucas
 * Regina King as Cynthia
 * Brad Rowe as Dan Murphy
 * Jill Clayburgh as Cricket Wardwell

Broadcast
Friends was in its eighth season and was the number one show on television and ratings expectations were very high for the television that followed its timeslot. Inside Schwartz filled the time slot before Leap of Faith, but Inside Schwartz was canceled after six episodes despite averaging 14.6 million viewers. After Leap of Faith finished airing, the timeslot was ultimately filled with repeats of Friends for the rest of the season; the repeats averaged 18.6 million viewers.

Ratings
The series averaged 16.5 million viewers for the season.