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[09/04/13 - 11:07 AM]
FOX Ranks No. 2 for the Week Among Adults 18-34 and No. 4 Among Adults 18-49
FOX spins the numbers for the week of August 26-September 1.
[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

As summer comes to a close, FOX ranked No. 2 for the week among Adults 18-34 and No. 4 among Adults 18-49. MASTERCHEF served up another nightly win among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 and was the highest-rated program of the night in the demo. Also, FOX has ranked No. 1 among Adults 18-49 for 12 of the last 15 Wednesdays since MASTERCHEF premiered.

FOX had:

· 4 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: MASTERCHEF Wed-9p (No. 3), MASTERCHEF Wed-8p (No. 6), SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (No. 14) and FAMILY GUY-Sun 9:30p Encore (No. 18).

· 8 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: MASTERCHEF Wed-9p (No. 2), MASTERCHEF Wed-8p (No. 3), THE SIMPSONS Encore (No. 9), FAMILY GUY Encore (No. 12 tie), SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (No. 12 tie), FAMILY GUY-Sun 9:30p Encore (No. 12 tie), BOB'S BURGERS Encore (No. 16) and RAISING HOPE-Mon 8p Encore (No. 19).

· 5 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: FAMILY GUY- Sun 9:30p Encore (No. 5), MASTERCHEF Wed-9p (No. 9 tie), MASTERCHEF Wed-8p (No. 9 tie), FAMILY GUY Encore (No. 9 tie) and THE SIMPSONS Encore (No. 15).

· 2 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: MASTERCHEF Wed-9p (No. 9) and MASTERCHEF Wed-8p (No. 16).

FOX Program Ratings of the Week

Program and Nightly Highlights

Monday: FOX ranked No. 5 in Monday prime among the seven broadcast networks in Adults 18-49, airing encores of RAISING HOPE 8p (0.8/3), RAISING HOPE 8:30p (0.7/2), NEW GIRL (0.8/2) and THE MINDY PROJECT (0.7/2).

Tuesday: FOX ranked No. 3 for the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (1.3/4) grew +8% week-to-week among Adults 18-49 (vs. 1.2/4).

Wednesday: FOX led Wednesday night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34. FOX has ranked No. 1 among Adults 18-49 for 12 of the last 15 Wednesdays since MASTERCHEF premiered. MASTERCHEF 9P was the night's highest rated program among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

Leading out of an original MASTERCHEF at 8p (2.1/7), MASTERCHEF at 9p (2.4/7) was even week-to-week and with its 9pm summer average for originals.

Thursday: FOX ranked No. 4 for the night among Adults 18-49 (tie) with encores of GLEE (0.8/3), NEW GIRL (0.7/2) and THE MINDY PROJECT (0.6/2).

Friday: FOX ranked No. 5 among Adults 18-49 in Friday prime. A BONES encore (0.7/3) and THE FOLLOWING encore (0.4/1) each matched their summer encore averages.

Saturday: FOX placed No. 5 among Adults 18-49 among the major broadcast nets with encores of COPS (0.5/2), COPS 2 (0.5/2) and BONES (0.4/1).

Sunday: FOX ranked No. 2 for the night in Adults 18-49 with encores of AMERICAN DAD (0.5/2), THE SIMPSONS 7:30p (0.7/3), THE SIMPSONS 8p (1.0/4), BOB'S BURGERS (0.8/3), FAMILY GUY 9p (1.0/3) and FAMILY GUY 9:30p (1.1/3).

AUGUST 26 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

TOTAL PRIMETIME
ADULTS 18 49 ADULTS 18 34 VIEWERS (Mil)
FOX 1.0/3 FOX 0.9/3 FOX 2.8
ABC 1.2/4 ABC 0.9/3 ABC 4.3
CBS 1.1/3 CBS 0.6/2 CBS 5.5
NBC 1.0/3 NBC 0.8/3 NBC 4.1
CW 0.3/1 CW 0.3/1 CW 0.9
UNI 1.2/4 UNI 1.1/4 UNI 3.3
TEL 0.5/2 TEL 0.4/2 TEL 1.1

About Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) is a unit of News Corporation. FOX has ranked No. 1 in the key adult demographic for the 8 of the past 10 seasons and continues 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)
· BOB'S BURGERS (FOX)
· BONES (FOX)
· COPS (FOX NATION)
· FAMILY GUY (FOX)
· FOLLOWING, THE (FOX)
· GLEE (FOX)
· MASTERCHEF (FOX)
· MINDY PROJECT, THE (HULU)
· NEW GIRL (FOX)
· RAISING HOPE (FOX)
· SIMPSONS, THE (FOX)
· SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (FOX)




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