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[03/26/13 - 11:59 AM]
FOX Wins Fourth Consecutive Week Among Adults 18-34 and Teens
FOX spins the numbers for the week of March 18-24.
[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 18 - 24, 2013

FOX WINS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE WEEK AMONG ADULTS 18-34 AND TEENS

THE FOLLOWING Is Monday's Highest-Rated Drama For Ninth Consecutive Week

AMERICAN IDOL Ranks No. 1 for Week Among Adults 18-49 And Wins Tenth Consecutive Wednesday Night Among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Total Viewers

Network Ranks No. 1 Among Adults 18-34 For Five Nights

Last week, FOX won its fourth consecutive week among Adults 18-34 and Teens, and ranked No 1 among Adults 18-34 on five nights. On Monday, freshman series THE FOLLOWING was the highest-rated drama of the night for the ninth consecutive week. FOX's Tuesday comedy and reality line-up led the network to win the night among Adults 18-34. In fact, NEW GIRL and THE MINDY PROJECT were the No. 1 and No. 2 comedies among Adults 18-49 on Tuesday. Marking its tenth straight Wednesday win, AMERICAN IDOL led the night in Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34 and Teens. FOX outperformed the No. 2 network of the night, CBS, by +38% in Adults 18-49 (3.6/10 vs. 2.6/8), +87% in Adults 18-34 (2.8/9 vs. 1.5/5) and +22% in Total Viewers (12.9 Mil. vs. 10.6 Mil.). In addition, AMERICAN IDOL ranked as the No 1 show for the week among Adults 18-49.

For the week, FOX had:

· 6 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: AMERICAN IDOL-Wed (No. 1), AMERICAN IDOL-Thu (No. 7), FAMILY GUY (No. 12), THE FOLLOWING (No. 15), NEW GIRL (No. 18 tie) and AMERICAN DAD (No. 18 tie).

· 10 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: FAMILY GUY (No. 1), AMERICAN IDOL-Wed (No. 2), AMERICAN DAD (No. 3), NEW GIRL (No. 4), AMERICAN IDOL-Thu (No. 8 tie), THE FOLLOWING (No. 8 tie), BOB'S BURGERS (No. 8 tie), THE MINDY PROJECT (No. 16 tie), BONES (No. 16 tie) and GLEE (No. 16 tie).

· 9 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: FAMILY GUY (No. 1), AMERICAN IDOL-Thu (No. 2), GLEE (No. 3), BOB'S BURGERS (No. 5 tie), THE SIMPSONS ENCORE (No. 5 tie), AMERICAN DAD (No. 8), AMERICAN IDOL-Wed (No. 9), NEW GIRL (No. 15 tie) and THE CLEVELAND SHOW ENCORE (No. 15 tie).

· 2 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: AMERICAN IDOL-Wed (No. 4) and AMERICAN IDOL-Thu (No. 5).

Nightly and Program Highlights

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 BONES: (A18 49: 2.1/6, 7.6 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 THE FOLLOWING: (A18 49: 2.5/6, 7.3 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18 49: 2.3/6, 7.5 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX won the night among Adults 18-34 and Men 18-34. BONES delivered a 2.1/6 in Adults 18-49.

THE FOLLOWING (2.5/6) was the highest-rated drama of the night in Adults 18-49. The Following ranked No. 1 among Adults 18-34 (tie), Men 18-49 and Men 18-34 in the 9-10pm hour.

TUESDAY

8:00-9:00 HELL'S KITCHEN: (A18-49: 2.0/6, 5.0 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-9:30 NEW GIRL: (A18-49: 2.3/6, 4.3 Mil Total Viewers)

9:30-10:00 THE MINDY PROJECT: (A18-49: 1.7/4, 3.1 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 2.0/6, 4.3 Mil Total Viewers)

With a combination of reality and scripted programming, FOX ranked No. 1 in Adults 18-34.

HELL'S KITCHEN posted a 2.0/6 in Adults 18-49 at 8p.

NEW GIRL (2.3/6) was the highest-rated program of the night in Adults 18-34, as well as the highest-rated comedy in Adults 18-49. In its time period, NEW GIRL ranked No. 2 among Adults 18-49 and No. 1 in Adults 18-34.

THE MINDY PROJECT (1.7/4) ranked behind NEW GIRL as the No. 2 comedy of the night in Adults 18-49. THE MINDY PROJECT placed No. 1 in its time period among Adults 18-34 (tie).

WEDNESDAY

8:00-10:00 AMERICAN IDOL: (A18 49: 3.6/10, 12.9 Mil Total Viewers)

Marking its tenth straight Wednesday win, FOX led the night in Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34 and Teens. FOX outperformed the No. 2 network of the night, CBS by +38% in Adults 18-49 (3.6/10 vs. 2.6/8), +87% in Adults 18-34 (2.8/9 vs. 1.5/5) and +22% in Total Viewers (12.9 Mil. vs. 10.6 Mil.).

AMERICAN IDOL (3.6/10) was the highest rated program of the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Total Viewers, Teens and all key demos.

THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 AMERICAN IDOL: (A18 49: 2.9/9, 11.9 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 GLEE: (A18 49: 2.0/5, 5.9 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18 49: 2.5/7, 8.9 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked No. 1 for the night in Adults 18-49 (tie) and Adults 18-34 (tie), Teens and Total Viewers. This marks the tenth straight Thursday win among Adults 18-34 for FOX, while also leading among Adults 18-49 for four of the past five Thursdays.

AMERICAN IDOL delivered a 2.9/9 among Adults 18-49 and ranked as the highest-rated program of the night in Teens, Adults 25-54 and Total Viewers. AMERICAN IDOL won the 8-9p time period among key demos, including Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens and Total Viewers.

GLEE posted a 2.0/5 in Adults 18-49 and placed No. 2 in the 9p hour among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34, moving to No. 1 in Teens.

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (R): (A18 49: 0.9/3, 2.8 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 TOUCH: (A18 49: 0.7/2, 2.8 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18 49: 0.8/3, 2.8 Mil Total Viewers)

On Friday, FOX placed No. 4 for the night among Adults 18-49, moving to No. 3 among Adults 18-34 and Teens (both ties).

An encore of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES delivered a 0.9/3 in Adults 18-49 at 8p, while an original TOUCH (0.7/2) was up +17% week-to-week (vs. 0.6/2).

SATURDAY

8:00-8:30 COPS: (A18-49: 1.0/4, 3.4 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 COPS 2 (R): (A18-49: 1.0/3, 3.5 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 THE FOLLOWING (R): (A18-49: 0.6/2, 1.7 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 0.8/3, 2.6 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked No. 3 on Saturday night among Adults 18-49 with an original COPS (1.0/4) and encores of COPS 2 (1.0/3) and THE FOLLOWING (0.6/2).

SUNDAY

7:00-7:30 BOB'S BURGERS (R): (A18-49: 0.9/3, 2.2 Mil Total Viewers)

7:30-7:59 THE CLEVELAND SHOW (R): (A18-49: 1.0/3, 2.3 Mil Total Viewers)

7:59-8:30 THE SIMPSONS (R): (A18-49: 1.6/4, 3.7 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 BOB'S BURGERS: (A18-49: 1.7/4, 3.8 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-9:31 FAMILY GUY: (A18-49: 2.6/6, 5.2 Mil Total Viewers)

9:31-10:00 AMERICAN DAD: (A18-49: 2.3/5, 4.5 Mil Total Viewers)

7:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 1.7/4, 3.6 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked No. 1 for the night in Adults 18-34 and Teens, ranking second in Adults 18-49.

FOX's original animated shows were the top three highest rated entertainment programs of the night among Adults 18-34.

Encore runs of BOB'S BURGERS (0.9/3) and THE CLEVELAND SHOW (1.0/3) filled the 7-8p hour, followed by a repeat THE SIMPSONS (1.6/4) which ranked No. 1 in its time period among Teens (tie) and Men 18-34.

Returning to its 8:30p time period, an original BOB'S BURGERS (1.7/4) was even with last week's 9:30p telecast (3/17/13) and ranked No. 1 in its time period among Adults 18-34 and Men 18-34.

FAMILY GUY posted a 2.6/6, up +8% from the previous week (3/17/13, 2.4/6) and was the highest rated entertainment program of the night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens and all key males, winning its time period in the same demos.

AMERICAN DAD posted a 2.3/5, up +21% from five weeks prior (2/17/13, 1.9/5) and ranked No. 1 in its time period among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens and all key males.

MARCH 18 - 24, 2013

TOTAL PRIMETIME
ADULTS 18 49 ADULTS 18 34 VIEWERS (Mil)
FOX 1.9/6 FOX 1.7/6 FOX 5.9
ABC 1.8/5 ABC 1.2/4 ABC 7.5
CBS 2.1/6 CBS 1.5/5 CBS 8.5
NBC 1.2/3 NBC 0.8/3 NBC 4.2

12/13 FOX Programs: Live + 7 in Adults 18-49
Live+Same Day vs. Live + 7 ratings (available through 3/10/13) among Adults 18-49:

12/13 Season through 3/10 Live+Same Day Adults 18-49 Live + 7 Adults 18-49 % Change
BONES 2.2/6 3.1/8 +41%
THE MOB DOCTOR 1.0/2 1.3/3 +30%
THE FOLLOWING 2.9/7 4.6/12 +59%
RAISING HOPE 1.6/5 2.1/6 +31%
BEN AND KATE 1.3/4 1.6/4 +23%
NEW GIRL 2.3/6 3.8/10 +65%
THE MINDY PROJECT 1.7/4 2.3/6 +35%
AMERICAN IDOL-Wed 4.7/13 5.6/15 +19%
THE X FACTOR-Wed 3.1/9 3.6/10 +16%
AMERICAN IDOL-Thu 4.3/12 5.2/15 +21%
THE X FACTOR-Thu 2.9/8 3.4/10 +17%
GLEE 2.4/6 3.7/10 +54%
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES 1.2/4 1.5/5 +25%
FRINGE 1.0/3 1.6/5 +60%
TOUCH 0.8/2 1.2/4 +50%
THE CLEVELAND SHOW 1.5/4 1.8/5 +20%
THE SIMPSONS 2.8/7 3.2/8 +14%
BOB'S BURGERS 2.0/5 2.4/6 +20%
FAMILY GUY 2.9/7 3.9/9 +34%
AMERICAN DAD 2.2/5 2.7/6 +23%

12/13 FOX Programs: Live +7 in Total Viewers Live+Same Day vs. Live + 7 ratings (available through 3/10/13) among Total Viewers:

12/13 Season thru 3/10 Live+Same Day P2+ (Mil.) Live + 7 P2+ (Mil.) % Change
BONES 8.0 10.4 +30%
THE MOB DOCTOR 3.6 4.6 +29%
THE FOLLOWING 9.0 13.0 +44%
RAISING HOPE 3.8 4.8 +25%
BEN AND KATE 2.8 3.4 +21%
NEW GIRL 4.4 6.8 +54%
THE MINDY PROJECT 3.2 4.3 +33%
AMERICAN IDOL-Wed 14.7 16.9 +15%
THE X FACTOR-Wed 8.6 9.9 +15%
AMERICAN IDOL-Thu 13.9 16.1 +15%
THE X FACTOR-Thu 8.5 9.7 +14%
GLEE 6.0 8.9 +48%
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES 3.2 3.9 +23%
FRINGE 2.8 4.3 +52%
TOUCH 2.8 4.1 +45%
THE CLEVELAND SHOW 3.2 3.6 +12%
THE SIMPSONS 6.0 6.9 +15%
BOB'S BURGERS 4.3 4.8 +12%
FAMILY GUY 5.7 7.4 +30%
AMERICAN DAD 4.5 5.4 +19%

About Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) is a unit of News Corporation. FOX finished the 2011-2012 season at No. 1 in the key adult demographic for the eighth consecutive year - a feat that has never been achieved in broadcast history - while continuing to dominate all network competition in the more targeted Adults 18-34 and Teen demographics. FOX airs 15 hours of primetime programming a week as well as late-night entertainment programming, major sports and Sunday morning news.





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· AMERICAN IDOL (ABC)
· BOB'S BURGERS (FOX)
· BONES (FOX)
· CLEVELAND SHOW, THE (FOX)
· COPS (FOX NATION)
· FAMILY GUY (FOX)
· FOLLOWING, THE (FOX)
· GLEE (FOX)
· HELL'S KITCHEN (FOX)
· KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (FOX)
· MINDY PROJECT, THE (HULU)
· SIMPSONS, THE (FOX)
· TOUCH (FOX)




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