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[11/30/11 - 09:36 AM]
FOX Ranked No. 1 During Thanksgiving Week Among Adults 18-34 and Teens
FOX spins the numbers for the week of November 21-27.

[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF NOVEMBER 21 - 27, 2011

With special installments of THE X FACTOR, the return of MOBBED and two holiday specials - ICE AGE: A MAMMOTH CHRISTMAS and HAPPINESS IS A WARM BLANKET, CHARLIE BROWN - FOX ranked No. 1 during Thanksgiving Week among Adults 18-34 and Teens and remains tied for first place among Adults 18-49 this Fall.

Weekly Program Rankers

FOX had 4 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: THE X FACTOR-TUE SP (No. 13), FAMILY GUY (No. 16), THE X FACTOR-WED SP (No. 19 tie) and THE SIMPSONS (No. 19 tie).

FOX had 9 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: FAMILY GUY (No. 6), THE SIMPSONS (No. 7), THE X FACTOR-TUE SP (No. 8), AMERICAN DAD (No. 12), HOUSE (No. 15), THE CLEVELAND SHOW (No. 18), ALLEN GREGORY (No. 20 tie), THE X FACTOR-WED SP (No. 20 tie) and ICE AGE (No. 20 tie).

FOX had 8 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: FAMILY GUY (No. 3), THE SIMPSONS (No. 5), THE X FACTOR-TUE SP (No. 7 tie), AMERICAN DAD (No. 7 tie), ALLEN GREGORY (No. 13 tie), ICE AGE (No. 13 tie), THE X FACTOR-WED SP (No. 17) and HAPPINESS IS A WARM BLANKET- CHARLIE BROWN (No. 20).

FOX had 1 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: THE X FACTOR-TUE SP (No. 18).

Week of November 21 - 27, 2011 -- Nightly and Program Highlights

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 TERRA NOVA: (Adults 18-49: 2.1/6, 6.5 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 HOUSE: (Adults 18-49: 2.5/6, 7.5 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 2.3/6, 7.0 Mil Total Viewers)

On Monday at 8pm, TERRA NOVA posted 2.1/6 and ranked third in its hour among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

HOUSE delivered a 2.5/6 at 9pm, the same as last week (11/14/11, 2.5/6), and was up +14% in Total Viewers (7.5 vs. 6.6 Mil.) HOUSE ranked No. 2 in the 9p hour among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

FOX ranked third for the night among Adults 18-49 and #2 among Adults 18-34 (tie).

TUESDAY

8:00-10:00 THE X FACTOR (S): (Adults 18-49: 3.2/9, 9.4 Mil Total Viewers)

The Top 9 performed on a special Tuesday installment of THE X FACTOR and posted a 3.2/9 among Adults 18-49. THE X FACTOR was the highest rated program of the night among Adults 18-34 (tie) and Teens.

FOX ranked No. 2 for the night in Adults 18-49 and No. 1 among Adults 18-34 and Teens.

WEDNESDAY

8:00-9:01 THE X FACTOR (S): (Adults 18-49: 2.6/8, 8.6 Mil Total Viewers)

9:01-10:00 MOBBED (S): (Adults 18-49: 1.5/4, 4.6 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 2.0/6, 6.7 Mil Total Viewers)

Wednesday's special THE X FACTOR results show drew a 2.6/8 among Adults 18-49 and was the second highest rated program of the night among Adults 18-49 (tie).

Showing momentum, THE X FACTOR built in its second half hour by +22% among Adults 18-49 (half-hours: 2.3 > 2.8).

At 9p, a special MOBBED delivered a 1.5/4.FOX ranked #2 for the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.

THURSDAY

8:00-8:31 ICE AGE (S): (Adults 18-49: 2.3/7, 7.1 Mil Total Viewers)

8:31-9:30 HAPPINESS-CHARLIE BROWN (S): (Adults 18-49: 1.6/5, 4.9 Mil Total Viewers)

9:30-10:00 THE SIMPSONS (RS): (Adults 18-49: 1.4/4, 3.4 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 1.7/5, 5.1 Mil Total Viewers

FOX's ICE AGE special was the highest rated program among Teens on Thanksgiving night.

FOX ranked No. 2 among Adults 18-49 and No. 1 among Adults 18-34 and Teens.

FRIDAY

8:00-10:30 MOVIE: IRON MAN (S): (Adults 18-49: 1.3/4, 4.1 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX won the night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 (tie), Teens and Adults 25-54 with a special presentation of the movie IRON MAN.

SATURDAY

8:00-8:30 COPS: (Adults 18 49: 1.3/4, 4.0 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 COPS 2 (R): (Adults 18 49: 1.6/5, 4.6 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 TERRA NOVA (R): (Adults 18 49: 0.6/2, 1.8 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 1.0/3, 3.0 Mil Total Viewers)

With COPS and an encore TERRA NOVA, FOX ranked No. 2 for the night on a total primetime basis among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 (tie).

SUNDAY

7:00-7:29 THE CLEVELAND SHOW (R): (A18 49: 0.7/2, 1.6 Mil Total Viewers)

7:29-7:59 THE CLEVELAND SHOW: (A18 49: 1.7/4, 3.7 Mil Total Viewers)

7:59-8:30 THE SIMPSONS: (A18 49: 2.6/6, 5.6 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-8:59 ALLEN GREGORY: (A18 49: 1.5/3, 3.2 Mil Total Viewers)

8:59-9:30 FAMILY GUY: (A18 49: 2.8/6, 5.5 Mil Total Viewers)

9:30-10:00 AMERICAN DAD: (A18 49: 2.2/5, 4.5 Mil Total Viewers)

7:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18 49: 2.0/5, 4.0 Mil Total Viewers)

On Sunday, THE SIMPSONS delivered 2.6/6 among Adults 18-49, was the second highest rated entertainment program of the night among Adults 18-34 (behind FAMILY GUY) and ranked No. 2 in its 8p half hour among Adults 18-34 and #1 in Teens.

ALLEN GREGORY followed with a 1.5/3 among Adults 18-49.

At 9pm, FAMILY GUY posted a 2.8/6. FAMILY GUY was the highest rated program of the night in Teens and the highest rated entertainment program of the night among Adults 18-34.

AMERICAN DAD posted a 2.2/5 at 9:30pm and ranked #2 in its 9:30p half hour among Adults 18-34 and Teens.

In the 7-8pm hour, an encore THE CLEVELAND SHOW delivered a 0.7/2 among Adults 18-49, followed by an original THE CLEVELAND SHOW that posted a 1.7/4.

NOVEMBER 21 - 27, 2011

TOTAL PRIMETIME

ADULTS 18 49 ADULTS 18 34 VIEWERS (Mil)

FOX 1.9/5 FOX 1.7/5 FOX 5.5

ABC 2.1/6 ABC 1.5/5 ABC 8.7

CBS 2.5/7 CBS 1.6/5 CBS 9.8

NBC 2.0/6 NBC 1.7/6 NBC 6.0

11/12 FOX Programs: Live + 7 in Adults 18-49

Live+Same Day vs. Live + 7 ratings (available through 11/13/11) among Adults 18-49:

11/12 Season thru 11/13 Live+Same Day Adults 18-49 Live + 7 Adults 18-49 % Change
TERRA NOVA 2.8/7 3.9/10 +39%
HOUSE 3.0/7 4.3/10 +43%
GLEE 3.5/10 4.7/13 +34%
NEW GIRL 4.1/10 5.7/14 +39%
RAISING HOPE 2.7/7 3.5/9 +30%
THE X FACTOR- Wed 4.0/11 4.7/13 +18%
THE X FACTOR- Thu 3.9/11 4.5/12 +15%
BONES 2.9/7 4.1/10 +41%
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES 1.5/5 1.9/7 +27%
FRINGE 1.3/4 2.0/6 +54%
THE SIMPSONS 3.6/9 4.2/10 +17%
ALLEN GREGORY 2.2/5 2.4/6 +9%
THE CLEVELAND SHOW 2.7/6 3.1/7 +15%
FAMILY GUY 3.4/8 4.4/10 +29%
AMERICAN DAD 2.7/6 3.1/7 +15%

11/12 FOX Programs: Live +7 in Total Viewers

Live+Same Day vs. Live + 7 ratings (available through 11/13/11) among Total Viewers:

11/12 Season thru 11/13 Live+Same Day P2+ (Mil.) Live + 7 P2+ (Mil.) % Change
TERRA NOVA 8.1 10.8 +33%
HOUSE 7.8 10.6 +36%
GLEE 8.1 11.0 +36%
NEW GIRL 8.5 11.3 +33%
RAISING HOPE 5.8 7.4 +28%
THE X FACTOR- Wed 11.6 13.1 +13%
THE X FACTOR- Thu 11.7 13.1 +12%
BONES 9.3 12.3 +32%
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES 3.8 4.5 +18%
FRINGE 3.2 4.8 +50%
THE SIMPSONS 7.6 8.6 +13%
ALLEN GREGORY 4.4 4.9 +11%
THE CLEVELAND SHOW 5.4 6.1 +13%
FAMILY GUY 6.5 8.2 +26%
AMERICAN DAD 5.3 6.1 +15%





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· ALLEN GREGORY (FOX)
· AMERICAN DAD (FOX)
· BONES (FOX)
· CLEVELAND SHOW, THE (FOX)
· COPS (FOX NATION)
· FAMILY GUY (FOX)
· FRINGE (FOX)
· GLEE (FOX)
· HOUSE (FOX)
· KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (FOX)
· NEW GIRL (FOX)
· RAISING HOPE (FOX)
· SIMPSONS, THE (FOX)
· TERRA NOVA (FOX)
· X FACTOR, THE (FOX)





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