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[04/23/13 - 12:14 PM]
FOX Wins Week Among All Key Demos
FOX spins the numbers for the week of April 15-21.

[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 15 - 21, 2013

FOX WINS WEEK AMONG ALL KEY DEMOS

"AMERICAN IDOL" WINS 14th CONSECUTIVE WEDNESDAY NIGHT

"HELL'S KITCHEN" HEATS UP WITH +11% GROWTH VERSUS LAST WEEK

FOX's week was propelled by strong performances from AMERICAN IDOL, BONES, THE FOLLOWING, HELL'S KITCHEN and GLEE, leading the network to rank No. 1 for the week among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. On Monday, THE FOLLOWING ranked as the highest-rated drama of the night among Adults 18-49, while BONES and THE FOLLOWING tied as the No. 1 drama of the night among Adults 18-34. On Tuesday, HELL'S KITCHEN grew +11% among Adults 18-49 versus the previous week. AMERICAN IDOL was up week-to-week on both Wednesday and Thursday's telecasts and won its fourteenth consecutive Wednesday night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. Also on Thursday, GLEE led its time period among Adults 18-34 and Teens.

For the week, FOX had:

· 5 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: AMERICAN IDOL-Wed (No. 3), AMERICAN IDOL- Thu (No. 6), HELL'S KITCHEN (No. 18 tie), GLEE (No. 18 tie), and THE FOLLOWING (No. 18 tie).

· 11 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: AMERICAN IDOL-Wed (No. 4), AMERICAN IDOL-Thu (No. 5), GLEE (No. 6 tie), AMERICAN DAD (No. 8 tie), FAMILY GUY ENCORE (No. 8 tie), HELL'S KITCHEN (No. 14), BOB'S BURGERS (No. 15 tie), BONES (No. 15 tie), THE FOLLOWING (No. 15 tie), UFC ON FOX (No. 18 tie) and THE SIMPSONS ENCORE (No. 18 tie).

· 7 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: AMERICAN IDOL-Thu (No. 3 tie), FAMILY GUY ENCORE (No. 3 tie), AMERICAN IDOL-Wed (No. 5), BOB'S BURGERS (No. 6 tie), GLEE (No. 6 tie), AMERICAN DAD (No. 8) and THE SIMPSONS ENCORE (No. 9 tie).

· 2 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: AMERICAN IDOL-Wed (No. 5) and AMERICAN IDOL-Thu (No. 7).

Nightly and Program Highlights

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 BONES: (A18 49: 1.9/5, 6.6 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 THE FOLLOWING: (A18 49: 2.1/5, 6.4 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18 49: 2.0/5, 6.5 Mil Total Viewers)

On Monday, FOX ranked No. 2 for the night among Adults 18-34. BONES delivered a 1.9/5 in Adults 18-49.

At 9p, THE FOLLOWING (2.1/5) ranked as the highest-rated drama of the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 (tie with BONES).

TUESDAY

8:00-9:00 HELL'S KITCHEN: (A18-49: 2.1/7, 4.8 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-9:30 NEW GIRL (R): (A18-49: 1.1/3, 2.3 Mil Total Viewers)

9:30-10:00 THE MINDY PROJECT (R): (A18-49: 0.9/2, 1.8 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 1.6/5, 3.4 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked No. 2 for the night among Adults 18-49 (tie) and Adults 18-34.

HELL'S KITCHEN (2.1/7) grew +11% from the previous week in Adults 18-49 (vs. 1.9/6). HELL'S KITCHEN was the second highest rated program of the night among Adults 18-34 and ranked No. 2 in its time period among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens (tie).

At 9p, a repeat NEW GIRL posted a 1.1/3 among Adults 18-49 and ranked No. 1 in its time period among Women 18-34.

An encore of THE MINDY PROJECT did a 0.9/2 at 930p.

WEDNESDAY

8:00-10:00 AMERICAN IDOL: (A18 49: 3.4/10, 12.7 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked No. 1 on Wednesday night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens, Total Viewers and all key demos. This marks the fourteenth straight Wednesday FOX has ranked No. 1 in Adults 18-49.

AMERICAN IDOL (3.4/10) was the No. 1 program of the night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens and Total Viewers. AMERICAN IDOL improved +6% from the previous week in Adults 18-49 (3.4/10 vs. 3.2/9) and +4% in Total Viewers (12.7 Mil. vs. 12.2 Mil.).

THURSDAY

8:00-9:02 AMERICAN IDOL: (A18 49: 3.0/10, 12.4 Mil Total Viewers)

9:02-10:02 GLEE: (A18 49: 2.1/6, 6.1 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:02 FOX PRIME: (A18 49: 2.6/8, 9.3 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX won the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens, Men 18-34 and all women demos. FOX outperformed the No. 2 networks of the night by +8% in Adults 18-49 (2.6/8 vs. 2.4/7 for CBS) and +50% in Adults 18-34 (2.1/7 vs. 1.4/5 for both CBS and NBC).

AMERICAN IDOL posted a 3.0/10 among Adults 18-49. AMERICAN IDOL was the night's highest rated program among Adults 18-34, Teens and Total Viewers.

GLEE delivered a 2.1/6 among Adults 18-49 and led its time period among Adults 18-34, Teens and Women 18-34.

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (RB): (A18 49: 0.8/3, 2.3 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (RS): (A18 49: 0.7/2, 1.8 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18 49: 0.7/2, 2.0 Mil Total Viewers)

On Friday, FOX placed No. 3 for the night among Adults 18-49 with back-to-back repeats of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES at 8p (0.8/3) and 9p (0.7/2).

SATURDAY

8:00-10:30 UFC ON FOX (S): (A18-49: 1.8/7, 3.7 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX placed No. 1 for the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens and all key male demos with UFC ON FOX (1.8/7).

SUNDAY

7:00-7:29 BOB'S BURGERS (R): (A18-49: 0.6/2, 1.6 Mil Total Viewers)

7:29-7:59 THE CLEVELAND SHOW: (A18-49: 0.9/3, 2.0 Mil Total Viewers)

7:59-8:30 THE SIMPSONS (R): (A18-49: 1.6/5, 3.7 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 BOB'S BURGERS: (A18-49: 1.7/5, 3.7 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-9:30 FAMILY GUY (R): (A18-49: 1.8/5, 4.1 Mil Total Viewers)

9:30-10:00 AMERICAN DAD: (A18-49: 1.8/4, 3.8 Mil Total Viewers)

7:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 1.4/4, 3.2 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked No. 3 for the night among Adults 18-49, while winning the night among all 18-34 and Teen demos. An encore FAMILY GUY was the highest rated program of the night among Adults 18-34 (tie), Teens and Men 18-49. AMERICAN DAD tied FAMILY GUY as the highest rated program of the night among Adults 18-34 was No. 1 among Men 18-34. FOX ranked No. 1 in every 830-10pm half hour among Adults 18-34 and Men 18-34.

At 7p, an encore BOB'S BURGERS (0.6/2) was followed by an original of THE CLEVELAND SHOW (0.9/3).

An encore of THE SIMPSONS posted a 1.6/5 and at 8:30p. An original BOB'S BURGERS delivered a 1.7/5, up +6% from the week prior (1.6/4).

Following an encore of FAMILY GUY (1.8/5), AMERICAN DAD did a 1.8/4.

APRIL 15 - 21, 2013

TOTAL PRIMETIME
ADULTS 18 49 ADULTS 18 34 VIEWERS (Mil)
FOX 1.9/6 FOX 1.6/6 FOX 5.6
ABC 1.4/4 ABC 0.9/3 ABC 6.6
CBS 1.8/5 CBS 1.0/3 CBS 8.3
NBC 1.8/5 NBC 1.4/5 NBC 5.6

12/13 FOX Programs: Live + 7 in Adults 18-49
Live+Same Day vs. Live + 7 ratings (available through 4/7/13) among Adults 18-49:

12/13 Season through 4/7 Live+Same Day Adults 18-49 Live + 7 Adults 18-49 % Change
BONES 2.2/6 3.0/8 +36%
THE MOB DOCTOR 1.0/2 1.3/3 +30%
THE FOLLOWING 2.7/7 4.4/11 +63%
HELL'S KITCHEN 2.0/6 2.8/8 +40%
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 1.6/4 2.3/6 +44%
AMERICAN IDOL-Wed 4.3/12 5.1/14 +19%
THE X FACTOR-Wed 3.1/9 3.6/10 +16%
AMERICAN IDOL-Thu 3.9/11 4.7/14 +21%
THE X FACTOR-Thu 2.9/8 3.4/10 +17%
GLEE 2.3/6 3.6/10 +57%
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES 1.1/4 1.5/5 +36%
FRINGE 1.0/3 1.6/5 +60%
TOUCH 0.7/2 1.1/3 +57%
THE CLEVELAND SHOW 1.5/4 1.7/5 +13%
THE SIMPSONS 2.8/7 3.2/8 +14%
BOB'S BURGERS 2.0/5 2.3/6 +15%
FAMILY GUY 2.8/7 3.8/9 +36%
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 4/7/13) among Total Viewers:

12/13 Season thru 4/7 Live+Same Day P2+ (Mil.) Live + 7 P2+ (Mil.) % Change
BONES 7.9 10.2 +30%
THE MOB DOCTOR 3.6 4.6 +29%
THE FOLLOWING 8.3 12.3 +47%
HELL'S KITCHEN 5.0 6.4 +29%
RAISING HOPE 3.8 4.8 +25%
BEN AND KATE 2.8 3.4 +21%
NEW GIRL 4.4 6.8 +55%
THE MINDY PROJECT 3.1 4.2 +33%
AMERICAN IDOL-Wed 14.0 16.0 +14%
THE X FACTOR-Wed 8.6 9.9 +15%
AMERICAN IDOL-Thu 13.4 15.3 +14%
THE X FACTOR-Thu 8.5 9.7 +14%
GLEE 5.9 8.8 +48%
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES 3.2 3.9 +23%
FRINGE 2.8 4.3 +52%
TOUCH 2.6 3.8 +45%
THE CLEVELAND SHOW 3.2 3.5 +12%
THE SIMPSONS 5.9 6.8 +15%
BOB'S BURGERS 4.3 4.8 +12%
FAMILY GUY 5.6 7.3 +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 DAD (FOX)
· AMERICAN IDOL (ABC)
· BOB'S BURGERS (FOX)
· BONES (FOX)
· CLEVELAND SHOW, THE (FOX)
· FAMILY GUY (FOX)
· FOLLOWING, THE (FOX)
· GLEE (FOX)
· HELL'S KITCHEN (FOX)
· KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (FOX)
· MINDY PROJECT, THE (HULU)
· NEW GIRL (FOX)
· SIMPSONS, THE (FOX)





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