NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 3 - FEBRUARY 9, 2014

FOX's week was propelled by strong performances by ALMOST HUMAN, THE FOLLOWING, BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, NEW GIRL and AMERICAN IDOL XIII, leading the network to Rank No. 2 for the week Adults 18-34 and No. 3 among Adults 18-49.

On Monday, ALMOST HUMAN and THE FOLLOWING led FOX to post +19% gains week-over-week in Adults 18-49 (1.9/5 vs. 1.6/4) and +20% among Adults 18-34 (1.2/4 vs. 1.0/3) over the previous week's prime averages. ALMOST HUMAN and THE FOLLOWING were the top two dramas of the night in Men 18-49.

Tuesday's NEW GIRL tied as highest-rated program of the night in Adults 18-34 and was the No. 1 comedy of the night outright in the demo.

AMERICAN IDOL XIII's "Hollywood or Home" round led FOX to win Wednesday night in Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, Teens and all key demos, and was up +3% week-to-week in Adults 18-49 and +22% from Thursday night (3.9/11 vs. 3.2/9, 1/30/14, 8-9p). AMERICAN IDOL retained 94% of the same telecast last year, Hollywood Week Night One, in Total Viewers (13.4 vs. 14.3 Mil on 2/6/13).

AMERICAN IDOL XIII was the highest-rated program of the night, outperforming the No. 2 programs by +11% in Adults 18-49 (3.9/11 vs 3.5/9 for Modern Family), +28% in Teens (2.3/8 vs. 1.8/7 for The Middle) and +4% in Total Viewers (13.4 vs. 12.9 Mil for Criminal Minds, 9p). In female demos, AMERICAN IDOL's advantage over the No. 2 programs include +29% in Women 18-49 (4.9/13 vs. 3.8/10 for Modern Family) and +36% in Women 25-54 (6.4/15 vs. 4.7/10 for Criminal Minds.) AMERICAN IDOL was also No. 1 for the night among Adults 18-34 (tied with Modern Family, 2.7 rating).

On Thursday, despite airing against the first night of Olympics, AMERICAN IDOL XIII grew half-hour to half-hour, gaining +14% in its second half hour versus its first in Adults 18-49 (half hours: 2.9/9 > 3.3/9) and +13% in Total Viewers (10.4 > 11.7 Mil).

Overall, FOX had:

· 2 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 6) and AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 9).

· 4 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 7), AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 10), NEW GIRL (No. 14) and FAMILY GUY ENCORE (No. 18).

· 3 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 5), AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 6) and FAMILY GUY ENCORE (No. 15).

· 2 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 10) and AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 15).

Program and Nightly Highlights

Monday: FOX ranked No. 3 among Adults 18-49 for the night. FOX posted week-over-week gains in Adults 18-49 (+19%, 1.9/5 vs. 1.6/4) and Adults 18-34 (+20%, 1.2/4 vs. 1.0/3) over last week's prime averages.

ALMOST HUMAN posted a 1.9/5 among Adults 18-49 at 8p, while THE FOLLOWING did a 1.9/5 at 9p. ALMOST HUMAN and THE FOLLOWING were the top two dramas of the night in Men 18-49 (1.9/6 and 1.8/5, respectively).

Tuesday: FOX ranked No. 3 among Adults 18-49 (tie) for the night.

DADS at 8p (1.5/4) was followed by an encore BROOKLYN NINE-NINE at 8:30p (1.3/4).

NEW GIRL posted a 1.6/4 in Adults 18-49. NEW GIRL tied as highest-rated program of the night in Adults 18-34 and was the No. 1 comedy of the night outright in the demo.

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE's 9:30pm time period premiere was even with THE MINDY PROJECT's prior 13/14 season average (originals only) in Adults 18-49 ( 1.4/4, 9/17/13-1/21/14), but up 14% in Total Viewers (3.2 vs. 2.8 Mil) and 60% in Teens (0.8/3 vs. 0.5/2).

Wednesday: FOX won the night in Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, Teens and all key demos. In fact, FOX outperformed the second highest-rated networks of the night by +86% in Adults 18-49 (3.9/11 vs. 2.1/6 for CBS), +93% in Adults 18-34 (2.7/9 vs. 1.4/5 for ABC), +130% in Teens (2.3/8 vs. 1.0/4 for ABC, CBS and Univision) and +25% in Total Viewers (13.4 vs 10.7 Mil for CBS).

AMERICAN IDOL was up +3% week-to-week in Adults 18-49 (3.9/11 vs. 3.8/10, 1/29/14) and +22% from Thursday night (3.9/11 vs. 3.2/9, 1/30/14, 8-9p).

AMERICAN IDOL retained 94% of the same telecast last year, Hollywood Week Night One, in Total Viewers (13.4 vs. 14.3 Mil on 2/6/13).

AMERICAN IDOL was the highest-rated program of the night, outperforming the No. 2 programs by +11% in Adults 18-49 (3.9/11 vs 3.5/9 for Modern Family), +28% in Teens (2.3/8 vs. 1.8/7 for The Middle) and +4% in Total Viewers (13.4 vs. 12.9 Mil for Criminal Minds, 9p). In female demos, AMERICAN IDOL's advantage over the No. 2 programs include +29% in Women 18-49 (4.9/13 vs. 3.8/10 for Modern Family) and +36% in Women 25-54 (6.4/15 vs. 4.7/10 for Criminal Minds.) AMERICAN IDOL was also No. 1 for the night among Adults 18-34 (tied with Modern Family, 2.7 rating).

Thursday: FOX ranked No. 3 for the night among Adults 18-49 and ranked second only to Olympics coverage on NBC among Adults 18-34 (tie with CBS) and Teens.

AMERICAN IDOL did a 3.1/9 among Adults 18-49. Despite airing against the first night of Olympics, AMERICAN IDOL grew half-hour to half-hour, gaining +14% in its second half hour versus its first in Adults 18-49 (half hours: 2.9/9 > 3.3/9) and +13% in Total Viewers (10.4 > 11.7 Mil).

RAKE posted a 1.1/3 in Adults 18-49.

Friday: Up against the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, FOX ranked No. 5 in prime. An encore BONES at 8p (0.8/3) was followed by originals of ENLISTED at 9p (0.7/2) and RAISING HOPE at 9:30p (0.6/2).

Saturday: FOX ranked No. 5 (tie with Telemundo) in Adults 18-49 with encores of RAKE (0.3/1) and THE FOLLOWING (0.2/1).

Sunday: FOX ranked No. 3 among Adults 18-49 (tie), Adults 18-34 and Teens for the night with encore animated comedies. BOB'S BURGERS delivered 0.6/2 at 7p and AMERICAN DAD delivered 0.7/2 among Adults 18-49. At 8p, THE SIMPSONS posted a 1.1/3 followed by another BOB'S BURGERS with a 1.1/3 rating. FAMILY GUY rose to a 1.5/3 at 9p and AMERICAN DAD delivered 1.2/3 at 9:30p.

FOX Program Ratings of the Week

FEBRUARY 3 - FEBRUARY 9, 2014

TOTAL PRIMETIME
ADULTS 18 49 ADULTS 18 34 VIEWERS (Mil)
FOX 1.6/4 FOX 1.2/4 FOX 5.0
ABC 1.3/4 ABC 1.0/3 ABC 4.8
CBS 1.8/5 CBS 1.1/4 CBS 9.6
NBC 4.7/13 NBC 3.6/12 NBC 17.2
CW 0.6/2 CW 0.5/2 CW 1.6
UNI 1.2/3 UNI 1.0/3 UNI 3.0
TEL 0.5/1 TEL 0.5/2 TEL 1.3

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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.