Last week's big returns of American Idol XIII and THE FOLLOWING, along with strong performances by SLEEPY HOLLOW, ALMOST HUMAN, and the NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME propelled FOX to the No. 1 spot among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. In addition, FOX delivered the top three entertainment programs of the week among Adults 18-49 with American Idol - Wed (#1, 4.7/13), The Following (#2, 4.4/12) and American Idol - Thu (#3, 3.9/12).
Overall,
FOX had:
· 5 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49:
FOX NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (No. 1), AMERICAN IDOL-Wed. (No. 4),
The Following (No. 5), AMERICAN IDOL-Thu. (No. 6) and
Sleepy Hollow (No. 17).
· 6 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34:
FOX NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (No. 1),
The Following (No. 4), AMERICAN IDOL-Wed. (No. 5), AMERICAN IDOL-Thu. (No. 6),
Sleepy Hollow (No. 11 tie) and
New Girl (No. 11 tie).
· 5 of the Top 20 programs among Teens:
FOX NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (No. 1), AMERICAN IDOL-Wed. (No. 4), AMERICAN IDOL-Thu. (No. 5),
The Following (No. 6) and
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (No. 14).
· 4 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers:
FOX NFC CHAMPIONSHIP (No. 1), AMERICAN IDOL-Wed. (No. 6), AMERICAN IDOL-Thu. (No. 7) and
The Following (No. 11).
Program and Nightly Highlights
Monday:
FOX ranked No. 1 among Adults 18-49 (tie) on Monday night and posted a +62% week-over-week gain among Adults 18-49.
ALMOST HUMAN (2.0/6) was up +11% from the previous week (1.8/5) to post its second-highest Monday night rating in Adults 18-49 since its time period premiere on 11/18/13, and its highest Total Viewers (6.9 Mil) on Monday night so far this season.
SLEEPY HOLLOW (2.2/6) held even with its last original in Adults 18-49 (2.2/6 on 12/9/13)
Tuesday:
FOX ranked No. 1 among Adults 18-34 (tie) with DADS (1.2/4),
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (1.4/4),
New Girl (1.6/4) and
The Mindy Project (1.1/3).
New Girl was the night's highest rated broadcast program among Adults 18-34.
Wednesday: The season premiere of
American Idol XIII posted a 4.7/13 in Adults 18-49, increasing +31% from the previous season's finale (3.6/11 on 5/16/13). This is the first time IDOL has come back higher than its most recent finale since Season 10 (2011).
In Total Viewers, the premiere was up +6% from its Season 12 finale (15.2 Mil. vs. 14.3 Mil).
American Idol also rose +46% over its May'13 finale in Adults 18-34 (3.8/13 vs. 2.6/9) and +62% in Teens (3.4/13 vs. 2.1/9).
With the premiere of
American Idol XIII,
FOX won the night in all key demos, outperforming the No. 2 networks of the night by +161% in Adults 18-49 (4.7/13 vs.
CBS and
ABC at 1.8/5), +77% in Total Viewers (15.2 vs. 8.6 Mil for CBS), +217% in Adults 18-34 (3.8/13 vs. ABC's 1.2/4) and +325% in Teens (3.4/13 vs.
ABC and
CBS at 0.8/3).
AMERICAN IDOL gave
FOX the highest-rated night on broadcast television so far this season with regular, entertainment programming in Adults 18-34 and Teens.
Thursday: The Thursday night premiere of
American Idol XIII posted a 3.9/12 among Adults 18-49 and drew 13.4 million Total Viewers.
FOX won the night among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, Teens and all key demos. In fact,
FOX outperformed the No. 2 networks of the night by +144% in Adults 18-49 (3.9/12 vs. 1.6/5 for CBS), +150% in Adults 18-34 (3.0/10 vs. 1.2/4 for Univision), +170% in Teens (2.7/10 vs. 1.0/4 for Univision) and +84% in Total Viewers (13.4 vs. 7.3 Mil for CBS).
FOX delivered its highest-rated Thursday with entertainment programming in nearly one year among Adults 18-49 (since
American Idol on 2/21/13).
Friday:
FOX aired originals of
Bones (1.5/5),
Raising Hope (0.7/2) and
Enlisted (0.6/2).
Saturday:
FOX aired encores of
Almost Human (0.4/1) and
The Following (0.3/1).
Sunday: Airing out of the NFC Championship game, the season premiere of
The Following ran from 10:19-11:11pm and posted a 4.4/12 among Adults 18-49 - up +38% from last year's premiere (3.2/8 on 1/21/13) and up +63% from its Season 1 finale (2.7/7 on 4/29/13).
In Total Viewers,
The Following premiere (11.2 Mil) grew +8% year-over-year (10.4 Mil on 1/21/13) and +44% from its Season 1 finale (7.8 Mil on 4/29/13), while in Adults 18-34 (4.6/14) its increases were +100% vs. last year's premiere (vs. 2.3/6) and +130% vs. its Season 1 finale (vs. 2.0/6).
THE FOLLOWING posted its highest ratings ever in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Total Viewers and delivered the highest Adults 18-49 rating for a returning drama premiere this season (4.4/12 vs. previous high of 3.6/11 for
NCIS on 9/24/13).
With the NFC Championship game and the season premiere of THE FOLLOWING, Sunday night was FOX's highest rated night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Total Viewers in two years (since the NFC Championship on 1/22/12).
FOX Program Ratings of the Week
JANUARY 13 - JANUARY 19, 2014
TOTAL PRIMETIME
ADULTS 18?49 ADULTS 18?34 VIEWERS (Mil)
FOX 5.7/16
FOX 4.9/16
FOX 17.2
ABC 1.4/4
ABC 1.0/4
ABC 5.2
CBS 1.5/4
CBS 0.9/3
CBS 8.4
NBC 1.3/4
NBC 1.0/3
NBC 4.6
CW 0.6/2
CW 0.5/2
CW 1.6
UNI 1.0/3 UNI 0.9/3 UNI 2.7
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.
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