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[04/22/14 - 10:54 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 April 14-20.
[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF APRIL 14 - APRIL 20, 2014

UFC SATURDAY, AMERICAN IDOL XIII and KITCHEN NIGHTMARES highlighted the holiday week. FOX ranked No. 2 for the week among Adults 18-34 and No. 4 among Adults 18-49.

Overall, FOX had:

· 2 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: AMERICAN IDOL-WED (No. 14 tie) and AMERICAN IDOL-THURS (No. 14 tie).

· 6 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: AMERICAN IDOL-WED (No. 12 tie), COSMOS-EASTER 4/20 (No. 12 tie), AMERICAN IDOL-THURS (No. 12 tie), FAMILY GUY-EASTER 4/20 (No. 20 tie), HELL'S KITCHEN (No. 20 tie) and NEW GIRL (No. 20 tie).

· 4 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: FAMILY GUY-EASTER 4/20 (No. 5), SIMPSONS-EASTER 4/20 (No. 7), AMERICAN IDOL-WED (No. 9 tie) and AMERICAN IDOL-THURS (No. 9 tie).

· 2 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: AMERICAN IDOL-WED (No. 15) and AMERICAN IDOL-THURS (No. 19).

Program and Nightly Highlights

Monday: BONES delivered a 1.4/4 while THE FOLLOWING posted a 1.4/4 for the fifth consecutive week. FOX ranked No. 4 in prime among Adults 18-49 (1.4/4).

Tuesday: GLEE (1.0/3) and THE MINDY PROJECT (1.0/3) were both on par with recent deliveries. At 9p, NEW GIRL (1.2/3) returned on par with its most recent original three weeks ago (1.2/4, 3/25/14). FOX ranked No. 5 in prime among Adults 18-49 (1.0/3).

Wednesday: FOX (1.9/6) was the No. 1 broadcast prime network for the night. With the Top 7 performing, AMERICAN IDOL-WED averaged a 1.9/6 from 8-10PM.

Thursday: FOX (1.6/5) ranked as the No. 2 (tie-CBS) broadcast prime net among Adults 18-49. Both HELL'S KITCHEN (+21%, 1.7/6 vs. 1.4/5) and AMERICAN IDOL-THURSDAY (+6%, 1.9/6 vs. 1.8/6) were up week-to-week. SURVIVING JACK rounded out the night with a 1.0/3 at 9:30PM.

Friday: FOX ranked No. 2 (tie-NBC) in prime on Good Friday (1.0/4). From 8-10p, KITCHEN NIGHTMARES posted a 1.0/4 in its 8PM telecast and a 0.9/3 in its 9PM telecast. Over its first two weeks, Kitchen Nightmares' 7th season is up +17% versus FOX's prior season delivery on Fridays (0.9/3).

Saturday: FOX was the No. 1 network among the broadcast nets on Saturday, with FOX UFC SATURDAY posting a 1.1/4.

Sunday: FOX was the No. 3 broadcast prime network for Easter Sunday among Adults 18-49. At 9PM, COSMOS scored a 1.4/4, up one-tenth from last week (1.3/3). BOB'S BURGERS started off the night with a 0.6/3, while encores of AMERICAN DAD (0.6/2), THE SIMPSONS (0.9/3) and FAMILY GUY (1.2/4) aired from 7:30-9PM.

FOX Program Ratings of the Week

APRIL 14 - APRIL 20, 2014

TOTAL PRIMETIME
ADULTS 18 49 ADULTS 18 34 VIEWERS (Mil)
FOX 1.3/4 FOX 1.0/4 FOX 4.0
ABC 1.5/5 ABC 1.1/4 ABC 6.5
CBS 1.4/5 CBS 0.8/3 CBS 7.9
NBC 1.4/4 NBC 0.9/4 NBC 5.4
CW 0.5/2 CW 0.4/2 CW 1.4
UNI 1.1/3 UNI 0.9/4 UNI 2.7
TEL 0.5/2 TEL 0.4/2 TEL 1.2

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)
· AMERICAN IDOL (ABC)
· BOB'S BURGERS (FOX)
· BONES (FOX)
· COSMOS (NGC)
· 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)
· SURVIVING JACK (FOX)




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