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[12/13/11 - 10:00 AM]
FOX Remains the Only Network to Post Double-Digit Gains Among Both Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers Versus Last Fall
FOX spins the numbers for the week of December 5-11.

[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 5 - 11, 2011

With a major ratings boost for the AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS, a winning Tuesday night comedy block and two strong nights of THE X FACTOR last week, FOX remains the only network to post double-digit gains among both Adults 18-49 (+10%) and Total Viewers (+14%) versus last fall and is tied as the No. 1 network in the core adult demo.

FOX's FAMILY GUY and THE SIMPSONS were the two highest rated entertainment programs of the week among Men 18-34. In addition, last week FOX had:

· 6 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: NEW GIRL (No. 8 tie), THE X FACTOR-WED (No. 8 tie), FAMILY GUY (No. 13), GLEE (No. 14 tie), THE SIMPSONS (No. 14 tie), and THE X FACTOR-THU (No. 19).

· 9 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: NEW GIRL (No. 3), FAMILY GUY (No. 6), GLEE (No. 9 tie), THE SIMPSONS (No. 9 tie), AMERICAN DAD (No. 12), THE X FACTOR-WED (No. 13), THE CLEVELAND SHOW (No. 16), RAISING HOPE (No. 19) and THE X FACTOR-THU (No. 20).

· 10 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: FAMILY GUY (No. 2), THE SIMPSONS (No. 3), GLEE (No. 4), THE CLEVELAND SHOW (No. 5), AMERICAN DAD (No. 6), THE X FACTOR-WED (No. 9), THE X FACTOR-THU (No. 10), BONES (No. 11 tie), NEW GIRL (No. 11 tie) and THE CLEVELAND SHOW 730P (No. 16).

· 1 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: THE X FACTOR-WED (No. 19).

Week of December 5 - 11, 2011 -- Nightly and Program Highlights

MONDAY

8:00-10:01 AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS (S): (Adults 18-49: 2.0/5, 7.5 Mil Total Viewers)

The 2nd ANNUAL AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS posted a 2.0/5, up +33% from last year's telecast in Adults 18-49 (12/6/10, 1.5/4), up +25% in Total Viewers (7.5 vs. 6.0 Mil) and +33% in Teens (1.2 vs. 0.9). The AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS grew in its last half hour versus its first by +22% in Adults 18-49 (2.2 vs. 1.8).

FOX ranked #2 for the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34/25-54, Teens and Total Viewers.

TUESDAY

8:00-9:01 GLEE: (Adults 18-49: 3.0/8, 7.1 Mil Total Viewers)

9:01-9:31 NEW GIRL: (Adults 18-49: 3.4/9, 6.8 Mil Total Viewers)

9:31-10:00 RAISING HOPE: (Adults 18-49: 2.2/5, 4.6 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 2.9/8, 6.4 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX won the night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. In Adults 18-49, FOX outperformed its nearest competitors for the night by +45% (2.9 vs. 2.0 for both CBS and NBC).

GLEE at 8p posted a 3.0/8 and was the second highest-rated program of the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 (behind only NEW GIRL) and was #1 in Teens. GLEE won its hour among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.

At 9p NEW GIRL posted a 3.4/9 and was the highest rated program of the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 and was #2 in Teens (behind only GLEE).

NEW GIRL won its half hour in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. NEW GIRL topped the night among Men 18-34 and posted its highest rating in this demo since its second telecast on 9/27/11.

RAISING HOPE posted a 2.2/5 and ranked #1 in its 9:30p half hour in Adults 18-49 (tie), Adults 18-34 and Teens.

WEDNESDAY

8:00-9:30 THE X FACTOR- WED: (Adults 18-49: 3.4/9, 10.7 Mil Total Viewers)

9:30-10:00 I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER: (Adults 18-49: 2.1/5, 5.4 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 3.0/8, 9.4 Mil Total Viewers)

THE X FACTOR (Top 5 Perform) posted a 3.4/9, retaining 97% of its Total Viewers (10.7 vs. 11.0 Mil.) from the previous week. THE X FACTOR won its 8-9:30p time period in Teens.

At 9:30p week two of I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER posted a 2.1/5 and won the 9:30p half hour in Teens.

FOX ranked #2 for the night among Adults 18-49 (tie) and Adults 18-34 and #1 for the night in Teens and Men 18-34 (tie).

THURSDAY

8:00-9:01 THE X FACTOR- THU: (Adults 18-49: 2.9/8, 9.8 Mil Total Viewers)

9:01-10:00 BONES: (Adults 18-49: 2.4/6, 8.1 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 2.7/7, 9.0 Mil Total Viewers

THE X FACTOR at 8p (one of five voted off) posted a 2.9/8 and ranked #2 in its hour in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 (tie) and in its second half hour gained +23% in Adults 18-49 (2.6 > 3.2) and +24% in Total Viewers (8.7 > 10.8 Mil.)

At 9p BONES posted a 2.4/6 and ranked #2 in its 9p hour in Adults 18-49 (tie) and Adults 18-34.

FOX ranked #2 for the night in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 and #1 among Teens.

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (R): (Adults 18-49: 1.0/3, 2.7 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 FRINGE (R): (Adults 18-49: 0.4/1, 1.6 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 0.7/2, 2.1 Mil Total Viewers)

With encores of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES and FRINGE, FOX ranked fourth for the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

SATURDAY

8:00-8:29 COPS: (Adults 18 49: 1.2/4, 3.8 Mil Total Viewers)

8:29-8:59 COPS 2 (R): (Adults 18 49: 1.3/4, 4.0 Mil Total Viewers)

8:59-10:00 TERRA NOVA (R): (Adults 18 49: 0.6/2, 2.3 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 0.9/3, 3.1 Mil Total Viewers)

With COPS and an encore TERRA NOVA, FOX ranked #3 for the night on a total primetime basis among Adults 18-49 and #2 among Adults 18-34. .

SUNDAY

7:00-7:29 BOB'S BURGERS (RP): (A18 49: 0.7/2, 1.7 Mil Total Viewers)

7:29-7:59 CLEVELAND (R): (A18 49: 1.8/5, 4.2 Mil Total Viewers)

7:59-8:30 THE SIMPSONS: (A18 49: 3.0/7, 6.4 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 CLEVELAND (P): (A18 49: 2.3/5, 5.1 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-9:31 FAMILY GUY: (A18 49: 3.1/7, 6.1 Mil Total Viewers)

9:31-10:00 AMERICAN DAD: (A18 49: 2.5/6, 5.0 Mil Total Viewers)

7:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18 49: 2.2/5, 4.8 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked No. 3 for the night in Adults 18-49 and No. 2 among Adults 18-34 and Teens.

FAMILY GUY and THE SIMPSONS were the top 2 entertainment programs of the night in Adults 18-34 and Teens.

THE SIMPSONS at 8p did 3.0/7, up +15% from two weeks ago without an NFL lead-in (vs. 2.6 on 11/27/11) among Adults 18-49.

At 8:30p CLEVELAND posted 2.3/5.

FAMILY GUY did 3.1/7, up +11% from two weeks ago without an NFL lead-in (vs. 2.8 on 11/27/11) among Adults 18-49.

At 9:30p AMERICAN DAD posted 2.5/6, up +14% from two weeks ago (11/27/11, 2.2/5).

In the 7p half hour an encore of BOB'S BURGERS did a 0.7/2. At 7:30p an encore CLEVELAND did a 1.8/5.

DECEMBER 5 - 11, 2011

TOTAL PRIMETIME

ADULTS 18 49 ADULTS 18 34 VIEWERS (Mil)

FOX 2.1/6 FOX 1.9/6 FOX 6.0

ABC 1.7/5 ABC 1.3/4 ABC 6.2

CBS 2.7/7 CBS 1.6/5 CBS 10.5

NBC 2.4/7 NBC 2.0/6 NBC 7.3

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

Live+Same Day vs. Live + 7 ratings (available through 11/27/11) among Adults 18-49:

11/12 Season thru 11/27 Live+Same Day Adults 18-49 Live + 7 Adults 18-49 % Change
TERRA NOVA 2.6/7 3.8/10 +46%
HOUSE 2.9/7 4.2/10 +45%
GLEE 3.4/9 4.7/13 +38%
NEW GIRL 4.0/10 5.5/14 +38%
RAISING HOPE 2.6/6 3.4/8 +31%
THE X FACTOR- Wed 4.0/11 4.6/12 +15%
THE X FACTOR- Thu 3.8/10 4.4/12 +16%
BONES 2.9/7 4.0/10 +38%
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES 1.5/5 1.9/7 +27%
FRINGE 1.2/4 2.0/6 +67%
THE SIMPSONS 3.3/8 3.9/9 +18%
ALLEN GREGORY 2.0/5 2.2/5 +10%
THE CLEVELAND SHOW 2.3/6 2.7/6 +17%
FAMILY GUY 3.3/7 4.3/10 +30%
AMERICAN DAD 2.5/6 3.0/7 +20%

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

Live+Same Day vs. Live + 7 ratings (available through 11/27/11) among Total Viewers:

11/12 Season thru 11/27 Live+Same Day P2+ (Mil.) Live + 7 P2+ (Mil.) % Change
TERRA NOVA 7.8 10.4 +33%
HOUSE 7.6 10.5 +38%
GLEE 8.0 10.7 +34%
NEW GIRL 8.2 11.0 +34%
RAISING HOPE 5.7 7.2 +26%
THE X FACTOR- Wed 11.6 13.0 +12%
THE X FACTOR- Thu 11.5 12.9 +12%
BONES 9.1 12.1 +33%
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES 3.7 4.5 +22%
FRINGE 3.1 4.8 +55%
THE SIMPSONS 7.0 8.1 +16%
ALLEN GREGORY 4.1 4.5 +10%
THE CLEVELAND SHOW 4.8 5.4 +13%
FAMILY GUY 6.3 8.0 +27%
AMERICAN DAD 5.1 5.9 +15%

About Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) is a unit of News Corporation and the leading broadcast television network among Adults 18-49. FOX finished the 2010-2011 season at No. 1 in the key adult demographic for the seventh 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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· ALLEN GREGORY (FOX)
· AMERICAN DAD (FOX)
· BOB'S BURGERS (FOX)
· BONES (FOX)
· CLEVELAND SHOW, THE (FOX)
· COPS (FOX NATION)
· FAMILY GUY (FOX)
· FRINGE (FOX)
· GLEE (FOX)
· HOUSE (FOX)
· I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER (FOX)
· KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (FOX)
· NEW GIRL (FOX)
· RAISING HOPE (FOX)
· SIMPSONS, THE (FOX)
· TERRA NOVA (FOX)
· X FACTOR, THE (FOX)





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