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[06/15/10 - 10:17 AM]
FOX Delivers Three of the Week's Top Five Entertainment Shows
FOX spins the numbers for the week of June 7-13.

[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JUNE 7 - 13, 2010

FOX DELIVERS THREE OF THE WEEK'S TOP FIVE ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS

GLEE Nabs Highest Rated Finale of Any New Series This Season

Boosted by the stellar season finale of GLEE, a red-hot HELL'S KITCHEN and two dominant nights of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, FOX delivered three of the week's top five highest-rated entertainment programs the previous week and ranked No. 2 for the week against the NBA Finals.

FOX's Tuesday night lineup dominated among all key female demos and ranked No. 2 among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.

· Week two of HELL'S KITCHEN posted a 3.2/10 among Adults 18-49 and grew over the previous week by +10% among Adults 18-49 and +13% in Total Viewers.

· At 9p the season finale of GLEE posted a 4.7/12 among Adults 18-49, the highest rated season finale for a new show this season among Adults 18-49.

· The GLEE season finale significantly outperformed the previous week, increasing +21% among Adults 18-49, +19% among Adults 18-34, +19% among Teens and +23% in Total Viewers.

· In fact, the GLEE finale was the show's highest rated telecast ever without an AMERICAN IDOL lead-in among Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers

· This Spring, GLEE outperformed its prior season originals average (Wed 9p) by +48% among Adults 18-49, +39% among Adults 18-34, +58% among Teens and +60% among Total Viewers.

On Wednesday, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE once again delivered a winning performance, leading FOX to a nightly win among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, and all key female demos.

· SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE posted a 3.0/9 for the night among Adults 18-49 and was the highest rated entertainment program of the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

· SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was up from the previous Wednesday by +7% among Adults 18-49, +7% among Adults 18-34 and +9% in Total Viewers.

· Summer-to-date SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE shows impressive gains compared to its Fall'09 average on Tue/Wed, increasing +25% among Adults 18-49, +24% among Adults 18-34, +42% among Teens and +31% in Total Viewers.

The following night, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE delivered a strong �Meet The Top 11� special episode that posted a 2.6/8 among Adults 18-49 and ranked No. 2 in its time period among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens and ranked No. 1 among all key female demos.

FOX dominated Saturday with its back-to-back lineup of COPS and AMERICA'S MOST WANTED, ranking No. 1 for the night on a total primetime basis among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Total Viewers and all key demos.

Weekly Program Rankers

FOX had 7 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: GLEE (No. 4), HELL'S KITCHEN (No. 6), SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE WED (No. 8), SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE THURS (No 10), FAMILY GUY (No. 13), THE SIMPSONS (No. 20 tie) and LIE TO ME (No. 20 tie).

FOX had 9 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: GLEE (No. 4), SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE WED (No. 5), HELL'S KITCHEN (No. 7), SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE THURS (No 8), FAMILY GUY (No. 9), THE CLEVELAND SHOW (No. 12 tie), AMERICAN DAD (No. 12 tie), THE SIMPSONS (No. 14) and GLEE THURS (No. 20).

FOX had 9 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: GLEE (No. 4), FAMILY GUY (No. 6), THE CLEVELAND SHOW (No. 7), THE SIMPSONS (No. 8 tie), AMERICAN DAD (No. 8 tie), SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE THURS (No 10), HELL'S KITCHEN (No. 12), GLEE THURS (No. 16 tie) and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE WED (No. 16 tie).

FOX had 2 of the Top 20 programs in Total Viewers: GLEE (No. 6) and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (No. 16).

Week 5/24-5/30/10: Live+7

NIGHTLY AND PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS - JUNE 7 - 13, 2010

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 LIE TO ME (P): (A18-49: 1.8/6, 6.0 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 GOOD GUYS (RS): (A18-49: 1.4/4, 4.6 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 1.6/5, 5.3 Mil Total Viewers)

The summer premiere of LIE TO ME posted a 1.8/6 among Adults 18-49, in-line with the House encore in the time period last year (1.9/6 on 6/8/09). LIE TO ME ranked No. 3 in the 8p hour among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 and No. 2 in Teens.

At 9p, the premiere of THE GOOD GUYS posted a 1.4/4 among Adults 18-49, on par with its preview on 5/19/10 (1.5/5), while it gained among Men 25-54 (+6%, 1.8 vs. 1.7). THE GOOD GUYS ranked No. 4 in its hour among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

FOX ranked No. 4 for the night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and No.3 among Teens (tie).

TUESDAY

8:00-8:59 HELL'S KITCHEN: (A18-49: 3.2/10, 7.0 Mil Total Viewers)

8:59-10:00 GLEE: (A18-49: 4.7/12, 11.1 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 3.9/11, 9.1 Mil Total Viewers)

Week two of HELL'S KITCHEN posted a 3.2/10 among Adults 18-49 and grew over the previous week by +10% among Adults 18-49 (3.2/10 vs. 2.9/10) and +13% in Total Viewers (7.0 vs. 6.2 Mil.)

HELL'S KITCHEN ranked No. 1 in its 8p hour among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens (tie), Adults 25-54 and all key demos.

At 9p the season finale of GLEE posted a 4.7/12 among Adults 18-49, its highest rated telecast ever without an American Idol lead-in among Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers as well as the highest rated season finale for a new show this season in Adults 18-49.

GLEE was the highest rated entertainment program of the night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens and ranked No. 1 in the 9p hour among Teens and all key female demos.

Last night's GLEE finale significantly outperformed the previous week, increasing +21% among Adults 18-49 (4.7/12 vs. 3.9/11), +19% among Adults 18-34 (5.0/15 vs. 4.2/13), +19% among Teens (3.8/12 vs. 3.2/11) and +23% in Total Viewers (11.1 vs. 9.0 Mil.)

This Spring, GLEE has outperformed its prior season originals average (Wed 9p) by +48% among Adults 18-49 (4.9/13 vs. 3.3/9), +39% among Adults 18-34 (5.0/14 vs. 3.6/11), +58% among Teens (3.8/12 vs. 2.4/9) and +60% among Total Viewers (11.7 vs. 7.3 Mil.)

FOX ranked No. 2 for the night (behind ABC's NBA Finals Game 3) among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens and won the night in all key female demos.

WEDNESDAY

8:00-10:00 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: (A18-49: 3.0/9, 8.1 Mil Total Viewers)

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE posted a 3.0/9 for the night among Adults 18-49 and was the highest rated entertainment program of the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

FOX won the night among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, and all key female demos.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was up compared to the previous week's Wednesday performance by +7% among Adults 18-49 (3.0/9 vs. 2.8/9), +7% among Adults 18-34 (3.2/11 vs. 3.0/11) and +9% in Total Viewers (8.1 vs. 7.4 Mil).

Summer-to-date SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE shows impressive gains compared to its Fall'09 average on Tue/Wed, increasing +25% among Adults 18-49 (3.0/10 vs. 2.4/7), +24% among Adults 18-34 (3.1/11 vs. 2.5/8), +42% among Teens (1.7/7 vs. 1.2/5) and +31% in Total Viewers (8.1 vs. 6.2 Mil.)

THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 GLEE (R): (A18-49: 1.7/6, 4.5 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: (A18-49: 2.6/8, 6.8 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 2.1/7, 5.7 Mil Total Viewers)

At 9p SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE posted a 2.6/8 among Adults 18-49 and ranked No. 2 in its time period among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens and ranked No. 1 among all key female demos.

Summer-to-date SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE shows impressive gains compared to its Fall'09 average on Tue/Wed, increasing +25% among Adults 18-49 (3.0/10 vs. 2.4/7), +24% among Adults 18-34 (3.1/11 vs. 2.5/8), +42% among Teens (1.7/7 vs. 1.2/5) and +31% in Total Viewers (8.1 vs. 6.2 Mil.)

At 8p, an encore of GLEE posted a 1.7/6 and ranked No. 1 in its hour among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens and all key female demos.

FOX ranked No. 2 for the night (behind ABC's NBA Finals Game 4) among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens and won the night among Women 18-34.

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 HOUSE (R): (A18-49: 1.0/4, 2.9 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 GOOD GUYS (RS): (A18-49: 0.7/3, 1.9 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 0.9/3, 2.4 Mil Total Viewers)

At 8p, a HOUSE encore posted a 1.0/4 and ranked No. 1 in its time period among Adults 18-49 (tie) and Adults 18-34 (tie).

At 9p, a GOOD GUYS encore delivered a 0.7/3 and ranked No. 4 among Adults 18-49 and No. 3 among Adults 18-34 (tie) in the hour.

FOX ranked No. 4 for the night among Adults 18-49 and No. 3 among Adults 18-34 (tie).

SATURDAY

8:00-8:30 COPS: (A18-49: 1.2/5, 3.8 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 COPS (R): (A18-49: 1.3/5, 4.3 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 AMERICA'S MOST WANTED: (A18-49: 1.3/5, 4.5 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 1.3/5, 4.2 Mil Total Viewers)

COPS at 8p and a COPS encore at 830p each ranked No. 1 in their respective half hours among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Total Viewers and most key demos.

At 9p, AMERICA'S MOST WANTED ranked No. 1 in its hour among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Total Viewers and all key demos.

FOX ranked No. 1 for the night on a total primetime basis among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Total Viewers and all key demos.

SUNDAY

7:00-7:30 TIL DEATH: (A18-49: 0.8/3, 2.1 Mil Total Viewers)

7:30-7:59 SONS OF TUCSON: (A18-49: 0.8/3, 1.9 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-8:30 SIMPSONS (R): (A18-49: 1.8/6, 4.0 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 CLEVELAND SHOW (R): (A18-49: 1.7/5, 3.8 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-9:30 FAMILY GUY (R): (A18-49: 2.1/6, 4.5 Mil Total Viewers)

9:30-10:00 AMERICAN DAD (R): (A18-49: 1.7/5, 4.0 Mil Total Viewers)

7:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 1.5/5, 3.4 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX aired encores of THE SIMPSONS (1.8/6 among Adults 18-49), THE CLEVELAND SHOW (1.7/5), FAMILY GUY (2.1/6) and AMERICAN DAD (1.7/5). At 7p TIL DEATH (0.8/3) was followed by SONS OF TUCSON (0.8/3).

FOX ranked No. 2 for the night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.

JUNE 7 - 13, 2010

TOTAL PRIMETIME

ADULTS 18-49 ADULTS 18-34 VIEWERS (Mil)

FOX 2.0/7 FOX 2.0/7 FOX 5.3

ABC 2.9/9 ABC 2.7/10 ABC 8.0

CBS 1.4/4 CBS 0.9/3 CBS 7.1

NBC 1.6/5 NBC 1.3/5 NBC 5.1





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· AMERICAN DAD (FOX)
· AMERICA'S MOST WANTED (LIFETIME)
· CLEVELAND SHOW, THE (FOX)
· COPS (FOX NATION)
· FAMILY GUY (FOX)
· GLEE (FOX)
· GOOD GUYS, THE (FOX)
· HELL'S KITCHEN (FOX)
· HOUSE (FOX)
· LIE TO ME (FOX)
· SIMPSONS, THE (FOX)
· SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (FOX)
· SONS OF TUCSON (FOX)
· 'TIL DEATH (FOX)





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