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[07/31/12 - 10:58 AM]
FOX Weekly Ratings - Network Won Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Night Last Week Among Adults 18-49 with Week-Over-Week Gains
FOX spins the numbers for the week of July 23-29.

[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JULY 23 - 29, 2012

FOX won Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday night last week among Adults 18-49 with week-over-week gains by MASTERCHEF and HELL'S KITCHEN, as well as a strong performance by SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. Summer-to-date, FOX ranks No. 2 with a 1.6/5 among Adults 18-49.

Overall, last week FOX had:

· 7 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: MASTERCHEF- MON (No. 4), HELL'S KITCHEN- TUE (No. 6 tie), HELL'S KITCHEN- MON (No. 6 tie), MASTERCHEF- TUE (No. 8), SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (No. 17), FAMILY GUY (No. 18 tie) and FAMILY GUY 930P (No. 18 tie).

· 9 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: MASTERCHEF- MON (No. 4 tie), MASTERCHEF- TUE (No. 4 tie), HELL'S KITCHEN- TUE (No. 6), HELL'S KITCHEN- MON (No. 7), FAMILY GUY 930P (No. 9 tie), FAMILY GUY (No. 9 tie), SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (No. 12), THE SIMPSONS 830P (No. 15) and THE SIMPSONS (No. 17).

· 8 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: FAMILY GUY 930P (No. 7), FAMILY GUY (No. 8), MASTERCHEF- MON (No. 9), THE SIMPSONS (No. 11 tie), MASTERCHEF- TUE (No. 11 tie), HELL'S KITCHEN- MON (No. 11 tie), THE SIMPSONS 830P (No. 15) and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (No. 17).

· 4 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: HELL'S KITCHEN- MON (No. 10), MASTERCHEF- MON (No. 11), HELL'S KITCHEN- TUE (No. 12) and MASTERCHEF- TUE (No. 16).

Nightly and Program Highlights

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 HELL'S KITCHEN: (Adults 18-49: 2.6/8, 6.5 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 MASTERCHEF: (Adults 18-49: 2.7/7, 6.4 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 2.7/8, 6.4 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX won Monday night in Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, Adults 25-54 and Teens. In fact, FOX outperformed the No. 2 network of the night, NBC by +50% in Adults 18-49 (2.7/8 vs. 1.8/5) and +69% in Adults 18-34 (2.2/7 vs. 1.3/4).

FOX has ranked No. 1 for seven out of the last eight Monday nights among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

This was FOX's highest Monday so far this summer in Total Viewers (6.4 Mil.)

MASTERCHEF and HELL'S KITCHEN were the #1 and #2 programs of the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and tied as the #1 program in Adults 25-54.

HELL'S KITCHEN did 2.6/8 in Adults 18-49 and was up +3% from the previous week in Total Viewers (6.5 vs. 6.3 Mil). HELL'S KITCHEN won its 8p hour among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Adults 25-54 and Teens. HELL'S KITCHEN was the No. 1 program of the night among Total Viewers.

MASTERCHEF posted 2.7/7, up +4% from the previous week in Adults 18-49 (7/16/12, 2.6/7) and +2% in Total Viewers (6.4 vs. 6.3 Mil.) MASTERCHEF was the No. 1 program of the night in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34. MASTERCHEF posted its highest ratings so far this summer in Adults 18-49 (tie), Total Viewers, Adults 18-34 (tie) and Adults 25-54. MASTERCHEF also posted its second-highest performance ever in Total Viewers behind last summer's finale (6.4 vs. 7.1 Mil on 8/16/11). MASTERCHEF has showed growth every week for the last four weeks in Adults 18-49 (2.2 > 2.3 > 2.5 > 2.6 > 2.7) and in Total Viewers (5.3 > 5.5 > 5.9 > 6.3 > 6.4 Mil.)

TUESDAY

8:00-9:00 HELL'S KITCHEN: (Adults 18-49: 2.6/9, 6.2 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 MASTERCHEF: (Adults 18-49: 2.5/7, 6.1 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 2.6/8, 6.2 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX won the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34, outperforming its nearest competitor for the night, NBC, by +18% (2.6 vs. 2.2) and +38% (2.2 vs. 1.6), respectively. In fact, FOX delivered the highest rated Tuesday night so far this summer on any network with entertainment programming in Adults 18-49. FOX ranked #1 for its fifth consecutive Tuesday in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

MASTERCHEF and HELL'S KITCHEN were the #1 and #2 programs of the night in Adults 18-34.

HELL'S KITCHEN at 8p posted a 2.6/9, up +4% from the previous week in Adults 18-49 (7/17/12, 2.5/8) and +3% in Total Viewers (6.2 vs. 6.0 Mil.) HELL'S KITCHEN posted its highest Tuesday ratings so far this summer in Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34 and Adults 25-54. HELL'S KITCHEN won the 8p hour in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Adults 25-54.

At 9p MASTERCHEF did 2.5/7 among Adults 18-49. MASTERCHEF posted its highest Tuesday ratings so far this summer in Adults 18-49 (tie) and Adults 18-34. In Adults 18-34 MASTERCHEF tied its highest rating so far this summer on either Monday or Tuesday (2.3, tied with Mon., 7/23/12).

WEDNESDAY

8:00-10:00 SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE: (A18 49: 1.7/5, 5.1 Mil Total Viewers)

On Wednesday, FOX won the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. In Adults 18-34, FOX has ranked #1 every night SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE has aired.

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE posted 1.7/5 among Adults 18-49. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was the highest rated program of the night in Adults 18-34.

THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 TAKE ME OUT: (Adults 18-49: 1.2/4, 2.8 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 GLEE (RP): (Adults 18-49: 0.5/2, 1.6 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 0.9/3, 2.2 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked #3 for the night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.

The TAKE ME OUT finale at 8p posted 1.2/4 among Adults 18-49 and was followed by an encore of GLEE (0.5/2).

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 HOUSE (R): (Adults 18-49: 0.5/2, 1.3 Mil Total Viewers)

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

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 0.6/2, 1.6 Mil Total Viewers)

On Friday, FOX aired encores of HOUSE (0.5/2) and BONES (0.6/2).

SATURDAY

8:00-8:30 COPS (R): (Adults 18-49: 0.5/2, 1.7 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 COPS 2 (R): (Adults 18-49: 0.6/2, 2.1 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-9:32 MOBBED (R): (Adults 18-49: 0.3/1, 0.9 Mil Total Viewers)

9:32-10:00 MOBBED (R): (Adults 18-49: 0.4/1, 1.2 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 0.5/2, 1.5 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked #2 tie on Saturday night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 with encores of COPS and MOBBED.

SUNDAY

7:00-7:30 AMERICAN DAD (R): (A18 49: 0.8/3, 1.7 Mil Total Viewers)

7:30-7:59 THE CLEVELAND SHOW (R): (A18 49: 0.9/3, 1.9 Mil Total Viewers)

7:59-8:29 THE SIMPSONS (R): (A18 49: 1.2/4, 2.7 Mil Total Viewers)

8:29-8:59 THE SIMPSONS (R): (A18 49: 1.3/4, 2.7 Mil Total Viewers)

8:59-9:31 FAMILY GUY (R): (A18 49: 1.6/4, 3.1 Mil Total Viewers)

9:31-10:00 FAMILY GUY (R): (A18 49: 1.6/4, 3.2 Mil Total Viewers)

7:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18 49: 1.2/4, 2.5 Mil Total Viewers)

Against the Olympics, FOX ranked #2 for the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens with encores of AMERICAN DAD (0.8/3), THE CLEVELAND SHOW (0.9/3), THE SIMPSONS 8p (1.2/4), THE SIMPSONS 8:30p (1.3/4), FAMILY GUY 9p (1.6/4) and FAMILY GUY 9:30p (1.6/4).

JULY 23 - 29, 2012

TOTAL PRIMETIME
ADULTS 18 49 ADULTS 18 34 VIEWERS (Mil)
FOX 1.4/4 FOX 1.3/5 FOX 3.6
ABC 1.0/3 ABC 0.7/2 ABC 3.5
CBS 1.1/3 CBS 0.6/2 CBS 4.6
NBC 5.8/17 NBC 4.6/16 NBC 19.0

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 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 DAD (FOX)
· BONES (FOX)
· CLEVELAND SHOW, THE (FOX)
· COPS (FOX NATION)
· FAMILY GUY (FOX)
· GLEE (FOX)
· HELL'S KITCHEN (FOX)
· HOUSE (FOX)
· MASTERCHEF (FOX)
· MOBBED (FOX)
· SIMPSONS, THE (FOX)
· SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (FOX)
· TAKE ME OUT (FOX)





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