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[03/04/14 - 10:21 AM]
FOX's Week Was Propelled by "American Idol XIII," "New Girl" and "Brooklyn Nine-Nine," Which All Showed Growth Versus the Previous Week
FOX spins the numbers for the week of February 24-March 2.
[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 2, 2014

FOX's week was propelled by AMERICAN IDOL XIII, NEW GIRL and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE, which all showed growth versus the previous week. FOX ranked No. 4 for the week among Adults 18-49 and No. 3 among Adults 18-34 (tie).

Overall, FOX had:

· 2 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 13) and AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 20).

· 2 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 15) and AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 18).

· 4 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 8), AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 9), FAMILY GUY ENCORE (No. 17 tie) and AMERICAN DAD ENCORE (No. 17 tie).

· 2 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 14) and AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 17).

Program and Nightly Highlights

Monday: With all of the broadcast nets back in original entertainment programming, FOX ranked No. 4 in Monday prime among Adults 18-49 (1.6/4). ALMOST HUMAN posted a 1.6/5 in Adults 18-49, while THE FOLLOWING delivered a 1.6/4.

Tuesday: FOX ranked No. 4 in prime among Adults 18-49 (1.3/4). Airing against The Voice, the Tuesday time period premiere of GLEE delivered a 1.2/4 in Adults 18-49. Versus most recent originals, NEW GIRL (1.4/4 vs. 1.3/4) and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (1.3/3 vs. 1.2/3) were each up one-tenth of a rating point.

Wednesday: FOX (2.7/8) ranked No. 1 broadcast prime net among Adults 18-49. With its first live show not competing against the Olympics, AMERICAN IDOL-WED. (2.7/8) was up one-tenth from last Wednesday's Day 2 of Rush week (2.6/8).

Thursday: FOX (1.6/5) ranked as the No. 3 broadcast prime net among Adults 18-49. The first Top 13 results show, AMERICAN IDOL-THU. (2.4/8) was even week-to-week (vs. 2.4/8, Top 13 Revealed). At 9p, RAKE posted a 0.8/2 in Adults 18-49.

Friday: FOX ranked No. 5 in prime (0.7/2). An encore BONES (0.8/3) aired at 8p, followed by originals of ENLISTED (0.6/2) and RAISING HOPE (0.6/2) at 9p and 9:30p, respectively.

Saturday: FOX ranked No. 5 in prime (0.4/1) among Adults 18-49 with encores of ALMOST HUMAN (0.4/2) and THE FOLLOWING (0.3/1).

Sunday: With encore animated comedies and competing against the 86th Annual Academy Awards on ABC, FOX (1.0/3) tied CBS and NBC for No. 3 in Sunday broadcast prime among Adults 18-49. From 7-11p encores aired: BOB'S BURGERS (0.7/2), AMERICAN DAD (0.7/2), THE SIMPSONS (1.1/3), BOB'S BURGERS (1.1/3), FAMILY GUY (1.3/3), AMERICAN DAD (1.1/3).

FOX Program Ratings of the Week

FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 2, 2014

TOTAL PRIMETIME
ADULTS 18 49 ADULTS 18 34 VIEWERS (Mil)
FOX 1.3/4 FOX 1.0/3 FOX 4.4
ABC 3.3/10 ABC 2.8/10 ABC 11.6
CBS 1.7/5 CBS 1.0/3 CBS 8.5
NBC 1.8/5 NBC 1.3/5 NBC 6.3
CW 0.6/2 CW 0.5/2 CW 1.5
UNI 1.1/3 UNI 1.0/3 UNI 3.0
TEL 0.5/1 TEL 0.4/1 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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· ALMOST HUMAN (FOX)
· AMERICAN DAD (FOX)
· AMERICAN IDOL (ABC)
· BOB'S BURGERS (FOX)
· BONES (FOX)
· BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (NBC)
· ENLISTED (FOX)
· FAMILY GUY (FOX)
· FOLLOWING, THE (FOX)
· GLEE (FOX)
· NEW GIRL (FOX)
· RAISING HOPE (FOX)
· RAKE (FOX)
· SIMPSONS, THE (FOX)




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