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[03/25/14 - 09:48 AM]
FOX's Week Was Highlighted by Strong Performances by "American Idol XIII," "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" and "Hell's Kitchen"
FOX spins the numbers for the week of March 17-23.
[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF MARCH 17 - MARCH 23, 2014

FOX's week was highlighted by strong performances by AMERICAN IDOL XIII, COSMOS: A SPACETIME ODYSSEY and HELL'S KITCHEN.

Overall, FOX had:

· 3 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 12 tie), FAMILY GUY (No. 12 tie) and AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 20).

· 5 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: FAMILY GUY (No. 5), THE SIMPSONS (No. 6), COSMOS (No. 10), AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 15) and AMERICAN DAD-7:30p (No. 18 tie).

· 4 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 4), AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 5), FAMILY GUY (No. 9), and THE SIMPSONS (No. 11).

· 2 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: AMERICAN IDOL Wed. (No. 12) and AMERICAN IDOL Thurs. (No. 19).

Program and Nightly Highlights

Monday: Both BONES at 8p and THE FOLLOWING at 9p posted a 1.4/4 in Adults 18-49. FOX ranked No. 4 in prime among Adults 18-49 (1.4/4).

Tuesday: GLEE's 100th episode (1.1/3 vs. 0.9/3) gained two-tenths week-to-week, up +22% from the previous week in both Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers. Following an encore NEW GIRL (0.7/2), BROOKLYN NINE-NINE posted a 1.1/3 in Adults 18-49. FOX ranked No. 5 in prime among Adults 18-49 (1.0/3).

Wednesday: FOX (2.2/7) tied CBS as the top broadcast prime network for the night among Adults 18-49. With the Top 10 performing, AMERICAN IDOL-WED. posted a 2.2/7 in Adults 18-49.

Thursday: FOX (1.9/6) ranked as the No. 2 broadcast prime net among Adults 18-49 with HELL'S KITCHEN (1.8/6) and AMERICAN IDOL (2.0/6).

Friday: RAKE (0.5/2) was flat week-to-week. An encore ENLISTED delivered a 0.4/1 in Adults 18-49 at 8p, while RAISING HOPE posted a 0.4/1 at 9p. FOX ranked No. 5 (tie-CW) in prime (0.5/2).

Saturday: FOX ranked No. 5 (tie-Telemundo) in Saturday prime (0.3/1), with an encore ALMOST HUMAN (0.3/1) and an encore THE FOLLOWING (0.3/1).

Sunday: FOX was the No. 2 broadcast prime net among Adults 18-49 with animated comedies from 7-9p and COSMOS (1.7/4). Week three of COSMOS delivered a 1.7/4 in Adults 18-49. BOB'S BURGERS (1.2/4 vs. 1.1/4), AMERICAN DAD (1.4/4 vs. 1.4/4), and FAMILY GUY (2.2/6 vs. 2.3/6) were each within one-tenth of the previous week's deliveries, while THE SIMPSONS (1.9/5) remained flat week-to-week.

FOX Program Ratings of the Week

MARCH 17 - MARCH 23, 2014

TOTAL PRIMETIME
ADULTS 18 49 ADULTS 18 34 VIEWERS (Mil)
FOX 1.3/4 FOX 1.1/4 FOX 4.3
ABC 1.5/5 ABC 1.1/4 ABC 6.4
CBS 1.8/6 CBS 1.3/5 CBS 8.0
NBC 1.6/5 NBC 1.2/4 NBC 6.3
CW 0.7/2 CW 0.6/2 CW 1.7
UNI 1.0/3 UNI 0.9/3 UNI 2.6
TEL 0.4/1 TEL 0.4/1 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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· ALMOST HUMAN (FOX)
· AMERICAN DAD (FOX)
· AMERICAN IDOL (ABC)
· BOB'S BURGERS (FOX)
· BONES (FOX)
· BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (NBC)
· COSMOS (NGC)
· ENLISTED (FOX)
· FAMILY GUY (FOX)
· FOLLOWING, THE (FOX)
· GLEE (FOX)
· HELL'S KITCHEN (FOX)
· NEW GIRL (FOX)
· RAISING HOPE (FOX)
· RAKE (FOX)
· SIMPSONS, THE (FOX)




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