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.

Leap of Faith
Genre	Sitcom
Created by	Jenny Bicks
Written by	Jenny Bicks Becky Hartman-Edwards
Directed by	Adam Bernstein Alex Graves
Starring	Sarah Paulson Lisa Edelstein Ken Marino Regina King Jill Clayburgh Tim Meadows Brad Rowe
Composer	David Schwartz
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6
Production
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production companies	Perkins Street Productions NBC Studios
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	February 28 (2002-02-28) – April 4, 2002 (2002-04-04)

Plot

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

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date	Viewers (millions)
1	"Detours" "Pilot"	Fred Savage	Jenny Bicks	February 28, 2002 (2002-02-28)	20.76[1]
2	"Whole in One"	Ted Wass	Andrea Savage	March 7, 2002 (2002-03-07)	18.65[2]
3	"The Balls Game"	Jenny Bicks	Chris Parnell	March 14, 2002 (2002-03-14)	15.19[3]
4	"Peeps"	Eric Appel	Robb Cullen	March 21, 2002 (2002-03-21)	15.20[4]
5	"The Baby Snugglers"	Jenny Bicks	Bob Fisher	March 28, 2002 (2002-03-28)	14.53[5]
6	"Carmic Behavior"	Nat Faxon	Jenny Bicks	April 4, 2002 (2002-04-04)	14.61[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[7]