Fox Wins Summer With #1 Show, #1 New Series And #1 Drama

BY

BILL GORMAN

– SEPTEMBER 21, 2010POSTED IN: NETWORK TV PRESS RELEASES

via press release:

FOX WINS SUMMER WITH #1 SHOW, #1 NEW SERIES AND #1 DRAMA

With the complete Live + Same Day summer ratings in, FOX has officially won its sixth consecutive summer among Adults 18-49 (excluding Olympics). Led by HELL’S KITCHEN, the No. 1 series of the summer; MASTERCHEF, the No. 1 new series of the summer; and LIE TO ME, broadcast’s No. 1 drama this summer, FOX outperformed the next highest-rated network by +6% in the core adults demo and also won the summer among Adults 18-34 and Teens. Other FOX summer highlights include:

• FOX ranked No. 1 ten out of the sixteen weeks this summer.
• FOX’s Tuesday was broadcast prime’s highest rated night of the week this summer.
• FOX ranked No. 1 on three nights of the week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday), tying ABC for the most of any network.
• FOX had nine shows among the summer’s Top 20 regular programs among Adults 18-49: HELL’S KITCHEN-9pm, HELL’S KITCHEN, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE-Thu, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE-Wed, MASTERCHEF, LIE TO ME, FAMILY GUY-9:30pm, LIE TO ME-9pm and FAMILY GUY.
• In addition, FOX had eleven of the summer’s Top 20 regular programs among Adults 18-34 and ten of the summer’s Top 20 regular programs among Teens.
• FOX’s FAMILY GUY ranked as the summer’s No. 1 scripted program among Adults 18-34, Teens and Men 18-34.

Weekly Program Rankers

FOX had 3 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: FAMILY GUY-Sun 9:30p (No. 13 tie), FAMILY GUY (S)-8:30 PM (No. 15 tie) and FAMILY GUY (No. 15 tie).

FOX had 7 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: FAMILY GUY (No. 3 tie), FAMILY GUY-Sun 9:30p (No. 3 tie), FAMILY GUY (S)-8:30 PM (No. 7), THE SIMPSONS (No. 9 tie), MASTERCHEF (No. 17), GLEE- 8 PM (No. 19 tie) and GLEE (No. 19 tie).

FOX had 8 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: FAMILY GUY-Sun 9:30p (No. 2 tie), FAMILY GUY (No. 2 tie), THE SIMPSONS (No. 5), FAMILY GUY (S)-8:30 PM (No. 6), THE SIMPSONS-7:30p (No. 10 tie), GLEE (No. 18), SIMPSONS (S)-7:30p (No. 19 tie) and MASTERCHEF (No. 19 tie).

Week 8/30-9/05/10: Live+7

NIGHTLY AND PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS - SEPTEMBER 13 – 19, 2010

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 HOUSE (R): (A18?49: 1.3/4, 4.0 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 LIE TO ME: (A18-49: 1.6/4, 5.0 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18?49: 1.4/4, 4.5 Mil Total Viewers)
An encore HOUSE posted a 1.3/4 among Adults 18-49 and ranked No. 3 (tie) in the hour among Adults 18-49.

LIE TO ME at 9p posted a 1.6/4 among Adults 18-49 and ranked No. 3 in the hour among Adults 18-49.
FOX ranked No. 3 for the night among Adults 18-49.

TUESDAY

8:00-9:00 GLEE (R): (A18?49: 1.6/5, 4.5 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 GLEE (R): (A18?49: 1.8/5, 4.7 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18?49: 1.7/5, 4.6 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX’s encores of GLEE at 8p (1.6/5) and 9p (1.8/5) combined to rank No. 3 for the night in Adults 18-49 and No. 2 in Adults 18-34 (tie).

WEDNESDAY

8:00-10:00 MASTERCHEF: (A18?49: 2.0/6, 4.8 Mil Total Viewers)

Airing against incredibly strong reality competition, the finale of MASTERCHEF posted a 2.0/6 among Adults 18-49, on par with its prior Wednesday performance this summer (2.2/7).

MASTERCHEF showed substantial momentum, growing in its last half hour versus its first by +41% in Adults 18-49 (2.4/6 vs. 1.7/6) and +37% in Total Viewers (5.6 vs. 4.1 Mil.)

MASTERCHEF ends its run as the highest rated new program of the summer in A18-49, outperforming the next highest rated (ABC’s Bachelor Pad) by +14% (2.5/7 vs. 2.2/6).

FOX ranked No. 3 for the night in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

THURSDAY

8:00-10:00 FRINGE (R): (A18?49: 0.7/2, 2.5 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX’s encore of FRINGE (0.7/2) ranked No. 5 for the night in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

FRIDAY

8:00-9:01 HUMAN TARGET (R): (A18?49: 0.7/3, 2.7 Mil Total Viewers)

9:01-10:00 GOOD GUYS (R): (A18?49: 0.5/2, 1.7 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18?49: 0.6/2, 2.2 Mil Total Viewers)

Encores of HUMAN TARGET (0.7/3) and THE GOOD GUYS (0.5/2) led FOX to a No. 4 rank for the night among Adults 18-49.

SATURDAY

8:00-8:30 COPS: (A18?49: 1.1/4, 3.7 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 COPS (R): (A18?49: 1.5/5, 4.5 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 AMERICA’S MOST WANTED: (A18?49: 1.6/5, 4.6 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18?49: 1.4/5, 4.4 Mil Total Viewers)

COPS at 8p and 8:30p ranked No. 2 in their respective time periods among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Adults 25-54, Teens and most key male and female demos.

At 9p, AMERICA’S MOST WANTED ranked No. 2 in its hour among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Adults 25-54. AMW ranked No. 1 among Teens (tie) and Women 18-49 (tie)/18-34 (tie).

FOX ranked No. 2 for the night on a total primetime basis among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens and most key male and female demos.

SUNDAY

7:00-7:29 SIMPSONS (RS): (A18?49: 1.0/3, 2.5 Mil Total Viewers)

7:29-7:59 SIMPSONS (R): (A18?49: 1.4/4, 3.4 Mil Total Viewers)

7:59-8:30 SIMPSONS (R): (A18?49: 2.2/6, 4.9 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 FAMILY GUY (RS): (A18?49: 2.4/6, 5.0 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-9:30 FAMILY GUY (R): (A18?49: 2.4/6, 5.0 Mil Total Viewers)

9:30-10:00 FAMILY GUY (R): (A18?49: 2.5/6, 5.3 Mil Total Viewers)

7:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18?49: 2.0/5, 4.4 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked No. 3 for the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

FOX aired encores of THE SIMPSONS at 7p (1.0/3), 7:30p (1.4/4) and 8p (2.2/6) followed by encores of FAMILY GUY at 8:30p (2.4/6), 9p (2.4/6) and 9:30p (2.5/6).

SEPTEMBER 13 – 19, 2010

TOTAL PRIMETIME

ADULTS 18?49 ADULTS 18?34 VIEWERS (Mil)

FOX 1.4/4 FOX 1.4/5 FOX 3.9

ABC 1.6/5 ABC 1.3/5 ABC 5.2

CBS 2.2/7 CBS 1.6/5 CBS 7.9

NBC 2.8/8 NBC 2.3/8 NBC 8.9