FOX on track to win November sweep!

Fox National Nielsen Ratings for the Week of November 14-20, 2011

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As the November sweep draws to a close, FOX is on track to win the sweep among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens – a victory the network has only achieved once before in its history. Sweep to date, FOX is seeing significant growth (+10%) over November 2010 and is the only network to post year-over-year gains in the core adult demo.

In addition, FOX is averaging a 3.4 rating this fall and remains the No. 1 network among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens, thanks to a strong and steady schedule across the week. So far this fall, FOX continues to post double-digit increases among both Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers and nine weeks into the season remains the only broadcast network to improve its performance versus last fall.

Weekly Program Rankers

FOX had 3 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: THE X FACTOR-WED (No. 10), NEW GIRL (No. 13) and FAMILY GUY (No. 18).
FOX had 7 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: NEW GIRL (No. 6), FAMILY GUY (No. 9), THE X FACTOR-WED (No. 10), THE SIMPSONS (No. 12), GLEE (No. 13), AMERICAN DAD (No. 14) and THE X FACTOR-THU (No. 19).
FOX had 10 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: FAMILY GUY (No. 3), GLEE (No. 4), AMERICAN DAD (No. 5), THE X FACTOR-WED (No. 7 tie), THE X FACTOR-THU (No. 7 tie), THE SIMPSONS (No. 9), NEW GIRL (No. 12), ALLEN GREGORY (No. 13), BONES (No. 14 tie) and THE CLEVELAND SHOW (No. 14 tie).
Nightly and Program Highlights - November 14 - 20, 2011

MONDAY
8:00-9:00 TERRA NOVA: (Adults 18-49: 2.3/6, 7.0 Mil Total Viewers)
9:00-10:00 HOUSE: (Adults 18-49: 2.5/6, 6.6 Mil Total Viewers)
8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 2.4/6, 6.8 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked #3 for the night in Adults 18-49 and #2 in Adults 18-34 and Teens.

TERRA NOVA posted a 2.3/6 among Adults 18-49.

At 9p HOUSE posted a 2.5/6 among Adults 18-49.

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 GLEE: (Adults 18-49: 3.0/8, 7.1 Mil Total Viewers)
9:00-9:30 NEW GIRL: (Adults 18-49: 3.5/9, 6.9 Mil Total Viewers)
9:30-10:00 RAISING HOPE: (Adults 18-49: 2.2/5, 4.8 Mil Total Viewers)
8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 2.9/8, 6.5 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked #2 for the night in Adults 18-49 and #1 in Adults 18-34 and Teens.

At 8p GLEE posted a 3.0/8 among Adults 18-49 and grew +3% week-to-week in Total Viewers (7.1 vs. 6.9 Mil).

GLEE was the highest rated program of the night in Teens and won its 8p hour in Adults 18-34 and Teens. GLEE was the second highest rated program of the night in Adults 18-34 behind only NEW GIRL.

At 9p NEW GIRL posted a 3.5/9 in Adults 18-49, the same as the previous week (11/8/11, 3.5/9). NEW GIRL was up +1% in Total Viewers (6.9 vs. 6.8 Mil.)

NEW GIRL was the highest rated program of the night in Adults 18-34 and won the 9p half hour in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.

RAISING HOPE at 9:30p posted a 2.2/5, up +5% from the previous week (11/8/11, 2.1/5) in Adults 18-49 and up +7% in Total Viewers week to week (4.8 vs. 4.5 Mil.) RAISING HOPE won its 9:30p half hour in Adults 18-34 and Teens.

WEDNESDAY
8:00-10:00 THE X FACTOR-WED: (Adults 18-49: 3.9/10, 11.3 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX won the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.

The Top 10 performed on THE X FACTOR and posted a 3.9/10 among Adults 18-49, up +3% from the previous week (11/9/11, 3.8/10). In Adults 18-34, THE X FACTOR delivered its Adults 18-34 rating since premiere week and was up +9% from the previous week (3.5 vs. 3.2). THE X FACTOR also showed a gain of +11% from the previous week in Total Viewers (11.3 vs. 10.2 Mil).

THE X FACTOR was the second highest rated program of the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens (behind Modern Family).

Showing momentum, THE X FACTOR built throughout the night and was up +24% in its last half-hour vs. its first among Adults 18-49 (half-hours: 3.4 > 3.9 > 3.9 > 4.2).

THURSDAY
8:00-9:01 THE X FACTOR-THU: (Adults 18-49: 3.1/9, 9.7 Mil Total Viewers)
9:01-10:00 BONES: (Adults 18-49: 2.7/7, 8.8 Mil Total Viewers)
8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 2.9/8, 9.2 Mil Total Viewers

FOX ranked No. 2 in Adults 18-49 and No. 1 among Adults 18-34 and Teens

THE X FACTOR results show posted a 3.1/9. THE X FACTOR was the highest rated program of the night in Teens and grew +26% in its second half-hour vs. its first (3.4 vs. 2.7) in Adults 18-49.

At 9p BONES won its hour among Adults 18-49 with a 2.7/7, up +4% from its performance the previous week (11/10/11, 2.6/6). BONES was the highest rated drama of the night in Adults 18-49, outperforming ABC’s Private Practice, CBS’ Person of Interest and The Mentalist and NBC’s Prime Suspect. Also, BONES won its 9p hour in Adults 18-49.

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES: (Adults 18-49: 1.4/5, 3.5 Mil Total Viewers)
9:00-10:00 FRINGE: (Adults 18-49: 1.1/3, 2.9 Mil Total Viewers)
8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 1.2/4, 3.2 Mil Total Viewers)

KITCHEN NIGHTMARES posted a 1.4/5 among Adults 18-49 and won the 8pm hour among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

FRINGE posted a 1.1/3 and ranked #4 in the hour among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

FOX ranked #4 among Adults 18-49 for the night and #1 among Adults 18-34 (tie), and was up +33% vs. the same night last year among Adults 18-49 (1.2/4 vs. 0.9/3).

SATURDAY
8:00-8:29 COPS: (Adults 18 49: 1.2/4, 3.7 Mil Total Viewers)
8:29-9:00 COPS 2: (Adults 18 49: 1.4/4, 4.0 Mil Total Viewers)
9:00-10:00 TERRA NOVA (R): (Adults 18 49: 0.6/2, 1.8 Mil Total Viewers)
8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 0.9/3, 2.8 Mil Total Viewers)

With COPS and an encore TERRA NOVA, FOX ranked #3 for the night on a total primetime basis among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

SUNDAY
7:00-7:29 CLEVELAND (R): (A18 49: 1.0/3, 2.4 Mil Total Viewers)
7:29-7:59 CLEVELAND (P): (A18 49: 1.8/5, 3.9 Mil Total Viewers)
7:59-8:30 THE SIMPSONS: (A18 49: 2.7/7, 5.8 Mil Total Viewers)
8:30-8:59 ALLEN GREGORY: (A18 49: 1.9/4, 3.9 Mil Total Viewers)
8:59-9:30 FAMILY GUY: (A18 49: 3.2/7, 6.0 Mil Total Viewers)
9:30-10:00 AMERICAN DAD: (A18 49: 2.4/5, 4.8 Mil Total Viewers)
7:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18 49: 2.2/5, 4.5 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked #4 for the night in Adults 18-49 and #3 in Adults 18-34 and Teens.

At 8p airing against the American Music Awards on ABC and without an NFL lead-in, THE SIMPSONS posted a 2.7/7. THE SIMPSONS ranked #2 in its 8p half hour in Adults 18-34 and Teens.

ALLEN GREGORY at 8:30p posted 1.9/4.

At 9p FAMILY GUY posted a 3.2/7, up +3% from the previous week (11/13/11, 3.1/7). AMERICAN DAD followed with a 2.4/5 at 9:30p.

At 7p an encore CLEVELAND posted 1.0/3 in Adults 18-49 followed by an original CLEVELAND at 7:30p (1.8/5).