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[09/10/13 - 12:39 PM]
FOX Achieves Weekly Gains in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34
FOX spins the numbers for the week of September 2-8.

[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 2 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

FOX ACHIEVES WEEKLY GAINS IN ADULTS 18-49 AND ADULTS 18-34

"SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE" Shows Week-to-Week Growth in Demo

"MASTERCHEF" Leads FOX to Wednesday Night Victory

As summer comes to a close, FOX ranked No. 2 for the week among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34. Tuesday's penultimate episode of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE was up +8% among Adults 18-49 versus the prior week. On Wednesday with back-to-back episodes of MASTERCHEF, FOX led the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34. On Saturday, FOX placed No. 1 among Adults 18-49 (tie), Adults 18-34 and Teens with the premiere of COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON FOX: WEST VIRGINIA VS. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA.

FOX had:

· 7 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: THE SIMPSONS Encore (No. 3), MASTERCHEF Wed-9p (No. 10), MASTERCHEF Wed-8p (No. 11), BOB'S BURGERS Encore (No. 12), FAMILY GUY-Sun 9:30p Encore (No. 14 tie), FAMILY GUY Encore (No. 14 tie) and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (No. 18).

· 8 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: THE SIMPSONS Encore (No. 3), BOB'S BURGERS Encore (No. 4), FAMILY GUY Encore (No. 6 tie), FAMILY GUY-Sun 9:30p (No. 6 tie), MASTERCHEF Wed-8p (No. 11 tie), MASTERCHEF Wed-9p (No. 11 tie), FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL (No. 17 tie) and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (No. 17 tie).

· 6 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: FAMILY GUY Encore (No. 4), BOB'S BURGERS Encore (No. 6 tie), FAMILY GUY- Sun 9:30p Encore (No. 6 tie), THE SIMPSONS Encore (No. 6 tie), MASTERCHEF Wed-9p (No. 15) and FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL (No. 20).

· 2 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: THE SIMPSONS Encore (No. 13) and MASTERCHEF Wed-9p (No. 18).

FOX Program Ratings of the Week

Program and Nightly Highlights

Monday: FOX ranked No. 5 for the night among the seven broadcast networks in Adults 18-49, airing encores of RAISING HOPE (0.7/2), RAISING HOPE at 8:30p (0.7/2), NEW GIRL (0.6/2) and THE MINDY PROJECT (0.6/2).

Tuesday: FOX ranked No. 3 for the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (1.4/4) was up +8% week to week in Adults 18-49.

Wednesday: FOX led the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 with MASTERCHEF, which delivered a 2.1/6 in Adults 18-49 from 8-10p.

Thursday: FOX ranked No. 5 in Thursday prime among Adults 18-49 (tie) among the seven broadcast networks with encores of GLEE (0.6/2), NEW GIRL (0.5/1) and THE MINDY PROJECT (0.5/1).

Friday: FOX ranked No. 4 among Adults 18-49 (tie) in Friday prime with encores of BONES (0.7/3) and THE FOLLOWING (0.4/1).

Saturday: FOX placed No. 1 among Adults 18-49 (tie), Adults 18-34 and Teens with the premiere of COLLEGE FOOTBALL ON FOX: WEST VIRGINIA VS. UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA (1.1/4).

Sunday: With a combined NFL OVERRUN/THE O.T. from 7-8p and an encore animation line-up, FOX ranked No. 2 in Sunday prime among Adults 18-49 behind NBC's night featuring the premiere of Sunday Night Football. With the football lead-in, all FOX animation encores were up versus their prior Summer 2013 encore averages. THE SIMPSONS (2.9/8) more than doubled its encore norm (+190%), while BOB'S BURGERS (1.8/5) and back-to-back FAMILY GUY encore (1.7/4, 1.7/4) saw double digit percentage gains (+13% to +64%).

SEPTEMBER 2 - SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

TOTAL PRIMETIME
ADULTS 18 49 ADULTS 18 34 VIEWERS (Mil)
FOX 1.8/5 FOX 1.6/6 FOX 4.9
ABC 1.0/3 ABC 0.7/2 ABC 4.1
CBS 1.2/4 CBS 0.7/2 CBS 5.7
NBC 3.5/11 NBC 3.1/11 NBC 10.0
CW 0.3/1 CW 0.3/1 CW 0.9
UNI 1.2/4 UNI 1.0/4 UNI 3.1
TEL 0.4/1 TEL 0.4/1 TEL 1.0

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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· BOB'S BURGERS (FOX)
· BONES (FOX)
· CFB ON FOX (FOX)
· 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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