FOX has officially surpassed NBC and moved into the No. 2 spot for the season among Adults 18-49. The network’s week was highlighted by dominate performances from AMERICAN IDOL, BONES, THE FOLLOWING, GLEE, and the Sunday night ANIMATION DOMINATION line-up, leading the network to rank No. 1 for the week among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. FOX also ranked No. 1 six nights this week among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.
On Monday, THE FOLLOWING was the highest rated program of the night in Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Teens and all key male demos. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday episodes of AMERICAN IDOL dominated their time periods and led the network to rank No. 1 on each of the nights among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.
For the week, FOX had:
· 8 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: AMERICAN IDOL- WED (No. 3), AMERICAN IDOL- THU (No. 4), AMERICAN IDOL- TUES Special (No. 5), THE FOLLOWING (No. 7), FAMILY GUY (No. 11), GLEE (No. 13), THE SIMPSONS (No. 16 tie), and BONES (No. 16 tie).
· 11 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: AMERICAN IDOL- WED (No. 2), FAMILY GUY (No. 3), AMERICAN IDOL- THU (No. 4), GLEE (No. 5), AMERICAN IDOL TUES Special (No. 6), THE SIMPSONS (No. 7), BOB’S BURGERS (No. 10 tie), THE FOLLOWING (No. 10 tie), AMERICAN DAD SP (No. 8 tie), THE CLEVELAND SHOW 8:30p (No. 10), BONES (No. 12 tie), BOB’S BURGERS (No. 12), THE CLEVELAND SHOW 8:30p (No. 13 tie) and BONE (No. 13 tie).
· 9 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: AMERICAN IDOL- THU (No. 2), FAMILY GUY (No. 3), AMERICAN IDOL- WED (No. 4), AMERICAN IDOL TUES Special (No. 5 tie), THE SIMPSONS (No. 5 tie), THE CLEVELAND SHOW 8:30p (No. 5 tie), GLEE (No. 8), BOB’S BURGERS (No. 9) and THE FOLLOWING (No. 13).
· 5 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: AMERICAN IDOL- THU (No. 6), AMERICAN IDOL- WED (No. 7), AMERICAN IDOL TUES Special (No. 8), THE FOLLOWING (No. 16) and BONES (No. 19).