or


[02/04/14 - 11:21 AM]
FOX Scores Touchdown with "Super Bowl XLVIII," Propelling Network Into First Place for the Season Across All Demos
FOX spins the numbers for the week of January 27-February 2.
[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF JANUARY 27 - FEBRUARY 2, 2014

FOX SCORES TOUCHDOWN WITH "SUPER BOWL XLVIII," PROPELLING NETWORK INTO FIRST PLACE FOR THE SEASON ACROSS ALL DEMOS

"SUPER BOWL XLVIII" Most-Watched Show in TV History with 112.2 Million Viewers

NEW GIRL Delivers Highest-Rated Comedy Telecast in Almost Ten Years on Broadcast Television and Posts Series Highest Ratings EVER

BROOKLYN NINE-NINE Delivers Its Highest Ratings EVER

FOX has 5 of Top 9 Programs of Week

Much like the Super Bowl, FOX shut out the competition delivering a whopping 10.5/27 among Adults 18-49 and 30.1 million viewers for the week, leading the network to not only rank No. 1 for the week across all demos, but also bringing FOX into first place for the season among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.

Television history was made last night on FOX as SUPER BOWL XLVIII averaged a spectacular 112.2 million viewers to become the new most-watched program in television history, eclipsing the prior mark of 111.3 million set two years ago by Super Bowl XLVI.

Following FOX's Super Bowl XLVIII, a special episode of NEW GIRL aired at 10:23pm and posted its highest deliveries EVER, including an 11.4 rating among Adults 18-49, a +138% gain over its prior high (4.8 rating for its series debut on 9/20/11) and earned its highest Total Viewers yet, 26.3 Mil, outperforming its prior high of 10.3 Mil (also since its series debut, 9/20/11.) Also, NEW GIRL is now broadcast television's highest-rated comedy telecast in nearly 10 years in Adults 18-49, since the Friends series finale on 5/6/04 (24.9/54).

Airing at 10:54pm, a special episode of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE delivered its highest-rating EVER, a 6.9 among Adults 18-49 and 15.1 Mil among Total Viewers, out-delivering its prior high by +165% in Adults 18-49 (vs. 2.6 rating for its series debut, 9/17/13) and +144% in Total Viewers (vs. 6.2 Mil for its series debut).

FOX currently ranks No. 1 for the season, up one-tenth over NBC among Adults 18-49 (2.9/8 vs. 2.8/8 for NBC) with an increase over year-ago of +16% (2.9/8 vs. 2.5/7).

Overall, FOX had:

· 6 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: FOX SUPER BOWL XLVIII (No. 1), NEW GIRL SP 2/2 (No. 2), BROOKLYN NINE-NINE SP 2/2 (No. 3), AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 5), AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 7) and THE FOLLOWING (No. 15).

· 7 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: FOX SUPER BOWL XLVIII (No. 1), NEW GIRL SP 2/2 (No. 2), BROOKLYN NINE-NINE SP 2/2 (No. 3), AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 6), AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 7), THE FOLLOWING (No. 18 tie) and DADS (No. 18 tie).

· 8 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: FOX SUPER BOWL XLVIII (No. 1), NEW GIRL SP 2/2 (No. 2), BROOKLYN NINE-NINE SP 2/2 (No. 3), AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 5), AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 7), BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (No. 15), THE FOLLOWING (No. 20 tie) and DADS (No. 20 tie).

· 5 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: FOX SUPER BOWL XLVIII (No. 1), NEW GIRL SP 2/2 (No. 2), BROOKLYN NINE-NINE SP 2/2 (No. 4), AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 6) and AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 9).

Program and Nightly Highlights

Monday: FOX ranked No. 4 among Adults 18-49 for the night with an encore of THE FOLLOWING at 8p (1.1/3) and an original THE FOLLOWING at 9p (2.0/5).

Tuesday: FOX ranked No. 2 among Adults 18-49 (tie) and Adults 18-34 (tie) for the night. DADS (1.5/4) was even with the previous week in Adults 18-49 (1/21/14, 1.5/4) and grew +8% week-to-week in Adults 18-34 (1.3/4 vs. 1.2/4). DADS was the night's No. 1 program among Adults 18-34 (tie) and Men 18-34.

An encore BROOKLYN NINE-NINE at 8:30p (1.2/3) was followed by the STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS (sustained).

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 +138% in Adults 18-49 (3.8/10 vs. 1.6/4 for NBC), +107% in Adults 18-34 (2.9/9 vs. 1.4/4 for Univision), +243% in Teens (2.4/9 vs. 0.7/3 for both CBS and Univision) and +72% in Total Viewers (12.7 vs. 7.4 Mil for CBS).

AMERICAN IDOL (3.8/10) was up +12% from its previous telecast on Thursday night in Adults 18-49 (1/23/14, 3.4/10, 8-9p).

AMERICAN IDOL was the highest-rated program of the night, outperforming the No. 2 programs by +90% in Adults 18-49 (3.8/10 vs. 2.0/5 for NBC's Law & Order: SVU), +71% in Adults 18-34 (2.9/9 vs. 1.7/5 for Univision's Que Vida Me Robo), +140% in Teens (2.4/9 vs. 1.0/4 for CBS' Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials and Univision's Que Vida Me Robo) and +32% in Total Viewers (12.7 vs. 9.6 Mil for CBS' Super Bowl's Greatest Commercials.)

AMERICAN IDOL grew throughout the night, gaining +24% in its last half hour versus its first in Adults 18-49 (half hours: 3.3/9 > 3.8/10 > 4.1/11 > 4.1/11) and +19% in Total Viewers (11.3 > 12.8 > 13.4 > 13.4 Mil).

Thursday: FOX ranked No. 2 for the night in Adults 18-49 and No. 1 in Adults 18-34 and Teens (tie). AMERICAN IDOL did a 3.2/9 in Adults 18-49. AMERICAN IDOL grew half-half to half-hour, gaining +17% in Adults 18-49 (half hours: 2.9/9 > 3.4/10) and +15% in Total Viewers (10.6 > 12.2 Mil). RAKE posted a 1.3/4 among Adults 18-49 at 9p.

Friday: FOX ranked No. 4 in prime among Adults 18-49 with BONES (1.6/6), ENLISTED (0.8/3) and RAISING HOPE (0.6/2).

Saturday: FOX ranked No. 2 in Adults 18-49 Saturday night. The NFL HONORS special posted a 0.9/3 among Adults 18-49 from 8-10p.

Sunday: Following FOX's Super Bowl XLVIII, a special episode of NEW GIRL aired at 10:23pm and posted its highest deliveries ever, including an 11.4 rating among Adults 18-49, a +138% gain over its prior high (4.8 rating for its series debut on 9/20/11). NEW GIRL also earned its highest Total Viewers yet, 26.3 Mil, outperforming its prior high of 10.3 Mil (also since its series debut, 9/20/11.)

NEW GIRL outperformed last year's post-Super Bowl program, CBS' ELEMENTARY among Adults 18-49 (+46%, 11.4 vs. 7.8, 2/3/13) and Total Viewers (+26%, 26.3 vs. 20.9 Mil).

Last night's NEW GIRL also outperformed the most recent post-Super Bowl sitcom, The Office (2/1/09) by +4% in Adults 18-49 (11.4 vs. 11.0) and +15% in Total Viewers (26.3 Mil vs 22.9 Mil).

NEW GIRL was the highest-rated scripted entertainment telecast on broadcast TV in six years, since FOX's post-Super Bowl House (12.9 rating on 2/3/08).

Airing at 10:54pm, a special episode of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE delivered its highest-rating ever, a 6.9 among Adults 18-49 and 15.1 Mil among Total Viewers, out-delivering its prior high by +165% in Adults 18-49 (vs. 2.6 rating for its series debut, 9/17/13) and +144% in Total Viewers (vs. 6.2 Mil for its series debut).

FOX currently ranks No. 1 for the season, up one-tenth over NBC among Adults 18-49 (2.9/8 vs. 2.8/8 for NBC) with an increase over year-ago of +16% (2.9/8 vs. 2.5/7).

FOX Program Ratings of the Week

JANUARY 27 - FEBRUARY 2, 2014

TOTAL PRIMETIME
ADULTS 18 49 ADULTS 18 34 VIEWERS (Mil)
FOX 10.5/27 FOX 9.8/29 FOX 30.1
ABC 1.2/3 ABC 1.0/3 ABC 4.6
CBS 1.5/4 CBS 0.9/3 CBS 7.8
NBC 1.3/3 NBC 0.9/3 NBC 4.8
CW 0.7/2 CW 0.6/2 CW 1.7
UNI 1.2/3 UNI 1.0/3 UNI 2.9
TEL 0.6/2 TEL 0.6/2 TEL 1.4

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.





  [february 2014]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
      


· AMERICAN IDOL (ABC)
· BONES (FOX)
· BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (NBC)
· DADS (FOX)
· ENLISTED (FOX)
· FOLLOWING, THE (FOX)
· NEW GIRL (FOX)
· RAISING HOPE (FOX)
· RAKE (FOX)




most recent ratings | view all posts
[07/25/25 - 02:51 PM]
ABC Summer Game Shows "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" and "Match Game" Return for New Seasons with Multi-Year Highs
"Millionaire" returned for a new season as the No. 1 telecast of the night among Total Viewers (4.24 million), earning its most-watched telecast in over four years.
[07/25/25 - 08:59 AM]
"Live with Kelly and Mark" Grows for the Second Week in a Row in Total Viewers and Households
On Tuesday (7/8/25), featuring Jensen Ackles, "Live with Kelly and Mark" turned in its most-watched telecast (2.285 million) in nearly two months.
[07/22/25 - 03:03 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Adults 18-49, Leading CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" in the Demo for the 6th Consecutive Week
"Nightline" posted week-to-week increases in Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49, hitting a 4-week high in the key Adult news demo.
[07/22/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of July 14: "Untamed" Hunts and "KPop Demon Hunters" Slay in This Week's Top 10
True crime lovers also made their voices heard - documentary series "Amy Bradley Is Missing" appeared at No. 2 on the English TV list, with 12.2 million views.
[07/22/25 - 10:30 AM]
2025 NBA Las Vegas Summer League Viewership Up Double Digits
Said telecasts averaged an audience of 255,000 viewers, up 27% from last year.
[07/22/25 - 08:04 AM]
ESPN, ABC and Disney+ Score Historic Viewership for 2025 WNBA All-Star Events
The Skills Challenge & 3-Point Contest and the WNBA All-Star Game averaged 1.3 million viewers and 2.2 million viewers, respectively.
[07/21/25 - 10:09 AM]
ESPN's Outstanding Nielsen Viewership for First Six Months of 2025: At the Halfway Mark, ESPN has Achieved Multiple Successes Across the Board
ESPN on its own is up 4% year-over-year across the entire day (24 hours of programming) and up 9% when isolating the primetime hours (8-11 p.m. ET).
[07/17/25 - 01:31 PM]
Netflix: What We Watched the First Half of 2025
This report, which captures ~99% of all viewing in the first half of 2025, shows that people watched a lot of Netflix - over 95B hours - spanning a wide range of genres and languages.

[07/17/25 - 09:57 AM]
"Dexter: Resurrection" Debuts to a Killer 3.1 Million Cross-Platform Viewers
Said premiere was up 44% versus "Dexter: Original Sin" and 79% versus "Dexter: New Blood."
[07/16/25 - 04:01 PM]
ESPN Airs Another of Its Most-Watched WNBA Games Ever: Indiana Fever vs Connecticut Sun Averaged 1.7 Million Viewers, Up 48% from Last Year's ESPN Average
Said telecast peaked with 2 million viewers.
[07/15/25 - 02:06 PM]
Viewership for 2025 T-Mobile Home Run Derby Exclusively on ESPN Platforms Up Five Percent From Last Year
An average audience of 5,729,000 viewers watched the event, compared to 5,451,000 viewers in 2024.

[07/15/25 - 01:04 PM]
ABC News' "Nightline" Ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 vs. CBS' "After Midnight" and NBC's "Late Night with Seth Meyers" for 2nd Consecutive Week
"Nightline" posted Total Viewer gains both week to week and year to year.
[07/15/25 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10 Week of July 7: "KPop Demon Hunters" Spends Another Golden Week at No. 1 in This Week's Top 10
"The Sandman's" second season entered the Top 10 in 89 countries last week, while claiming the No. 1 spot in English TV with 5.9 million views.
[07/15/25 - 09:04 AM]
ABC Airs Another of Its Most-Watched WNBA Games Ever: Dallas Wings vs Indiana Fever Averaged 2.1 Million Viewers, Up 69% from Last Year's ABC Average
Said audience peaked with 2.5 million viewers.
[07/14/25 - 06:08 PM]
"Celebrity Family Feud" Returns with Best Premiere in Three Years
Overall, the season 11 premiere notched the show's best performance for any telecast in Total Viewers (4.16 million) and Adults 18-49 (0.42 rating) since 8/28/22 and 8/13/23, respectively.