• Fourth 'Average Joe 2: Hawaii' episode wins key demos, draws over 11 million viewers

  January 27, 2004
  Average Joe 2: Hawaii's roller coaster ratings ride continues. After watching its second episode ratings drop significantly from its already mediocre premiere numbers, the program roared back to post series highs in its third episode... only to now once again drop with the show's fourth episode.

• Average Joe 2: Hawaii - Episode 3 summary

  January 26, 2004
  "The Invasion Of The Jerks," our episode summary for the third episode of NBC's Average Joe 2: Hawaii, written by Howard Dean, has now been posted.

• Ratings jump for third episode of 'Average Joe 2: Hawaii'

  January 20, 2004
  After last week's ratings we wondered if the significant ratings drop for the second episode of NBC's Average Joe 2: Hawaii was a harbinger of things to come, or whether the second installment of the series was just experiencing the same "bump in the road" ratings hiccup as the original series. It appears we now have an answer.

• Average Joe 2: Hawaii - Episode 2 summary

  January 20, 2004
  "Hawaii, Five No's," our episode summary for the second episode of NBC's Average Joe 2: Hawaii, written by GuessItRains, has now been posted.

• Second episode of 'Average Joe: Hawaii' draws 8.3 million viewers, down 13% from premiere

  January 17, 2004
  Is Average Joe 2 fated to become another Joe Millionaire 2-like ratings disappointment? Or is the second installment of the series just experiencing the same momentary ratings drop as the second episode of the first series? Only time will tell.

• Average Joe 2: Hawaii - Episode 1 summary

  January 11, 2004
  "The Island of Misfit Boys," our episode summary for the premiere episode of NBC's Average Joe 2: Hawaii, written by Lisapooh, has now been posted.

• 'Average Joe 2: Hawaii' premiere draws 9.6 million viewers

  January 6, 2004
  The initial ratings results from last night's Average Joe 2: Hawaii premiere are in, and although it doesn't look like the series is going to suffer a disastrous Joe Millionaire 2-like fate, it also appears the series will have its work cut out for it if it hopes to match the ratings of the original series.

• 'Average Joe' producer: "Sure we stacked the deck... guilty"

  January 5, 2004
  Unlike some reality television producers, Average Joe executive producer Stuart Krasnow freely admits that he intentionally cast his show in such a way that the former beauty queens starring on it were faced with having to backup their pre-show claims that "looks aren't that important" or come off looking shallow or hypocritical -- and he makes no apologies for it.

• 'Average Joe 2: Hawaii' star Larissa Meek: "I did it for the art... and to be part of history"

  December 30, 2003
  In over three years of covering reality television, we've heard some whoppers from reality TV contestants over the years, but the hubris exhibited by Average Joe 2: Hawaii star Larissa Meek during her initial media interviews has been second to none.

• NBC's 'Average Joe: Hawaii' sequel to premiere January 5

  December 1, 2003
  Hot on the heels of its currently airing hit Average Joe series, NBC has announced that it will premiere Average Joe: Hawaii, the second installment of the series, on Monday, January 5 (10-11 PM ET).

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