FOX Wraps Fall Season with +9% Increase in Viewership

By: Dec. 17, 2013
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As the fall season comes to a close, FOX is up +9% among Total Viewers and up +4% among Adults 18-49. FOX's week was propelled by originals of SLEEPY HOLLOW, ALMOST HUMAN, The X Factor and GLEE, as well as the 4th annual AMERICAN COUNTRY AWARDS, and led the network to a first-place finish among Adults 18-34 and Teens. In addition, FOX NFL SUNDAY won the week outright across all of television among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens and Total Viewers.

FOX had:

· 5 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: FOX NFL SUNDAY GAME (No. 1), The Simpsons (No. 4), Family Guy (No. 10), Bob's Burgers (No. 16 tie) and AMERICAN DAD (No. 16 tie).

· 5 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: FOX NFL SUNDAY GAME (No. 1), The Simpsons (No. 4), Family Guy (No. 6), AMERICAN DAD (No. 9) and Bob's Burgers (No. 11).

· 5 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: FOX NFL SUNDAY GAME (No. 1), Family Guy (No. 3 tie), The Simpsons (No. 3 tie), AMERICAN DAD (No. 7) and Bob's Burgers (No. 11).

· 1 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: FOX NFL SUNDAY GAME (No. 1).

FOX Program Ratings of the Week

Program and Nightly Highlights

Monday: FOX (2.0/5) placed No. 2 in Monday prime among Adults 18-49 and gained +54% from the previous week with an original lineup. Almost Human was up +6% week to week (1.8/5 vs. 1.7/5), followed by an original Sleepy Hollow (2.2/6), which was on par with its most recent original telecast two weeks prior. Sleepy Hollow was the No. 1 broadcast program in its 9pm hour among Men 18-49 (2.1/6) and Men 25-54 (2.6/6).

Tuesday: FOX aired the 4TH ANNUAL American Country Awards special. The American Country Awards posted a 1.4/4, flat with its performance last year, and gave FOX a fourth place finish in the core adult demo.

Wednesday: With the Top 4 acts performing, The X Factor WEDNESDAY delivered a 1.4/4 rating in Adults 18-49.

Thursday: One of the Top 4 acts was voted off on Thursday's THE X FACTOR, delivering a 1.2/4 rating in Adults 18-49. At 9pm, an encore Glee posted a 0.7/2.

Friday: Friday's Raising Hope block posted a 0.7/2 at 9pm and a 0.6/2 at 9:30pm, while its encore Bones lead-in delivered a 0.8/3 in Adults 18-49.

Saturday: FOX ranked No. 2 for the night among Adults 18-49 (1.2/4) with FOX UFC SATURDAY.

Sunday: Averaging a 4.9/13, FOX ranked No. 1 among the broadcast nets in Sunday prime among Adults 18-49 with a combination of an NFL overrun, The O.T. and original animated comedies. Versus the previous week's telecasts, each of the animated comedies posted increases: The Simpsons (3.5/9, up +13%), Bob's Burgers (2.4/6, up +14%), Family Guy (3.0/8, up +11%) and AMERICAN DAD (2.4/6, up +14%) and achieved their highest Adults 18-49 ratings in almost a year:


DECEMBER 9 - DECEMBER 15, 2013

TOTAL PRIMETIME
ADULTS 18?49 ADULTS 18?34 VIEWERS (Mil)
FOX 2.0/6 FOX 1.7/6 FOX 6.1
ABC 1.5/4 ABC 1.1/4 ABC 5.6
CBS 2.0/6 CBS 1.2/4 CBS 9.3
NBC 2.2/6 NBC 1.6/6 NBC 7.5
CW 0.5/1 CW 0.4/2 CW 1.3
UNI 1.0/3 UNI 0.9/3 UNI 2.6
TEL 0.6/2 TEL 0.5/2 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.



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