Fox Television has released a list of highlights from the 2008/2009 season, including Summer 2009 highlights at their Television Critics Association presentation today. Here are the highlights listed below.
2008/09 Season Highlights
- FOX ranks #1 among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens, holding a +0.5 rating point advantage over second place CBS in Adults 18-49.
- FOX ranks #1 among Adults 18-49 for the fifth straight season.
- FOX ranks #1 among Adults 18-34 for the seventh straight season (since 2002/03), and tenth of the last 11.
- FOX ranks #1 among Teens 12-17 for the ninth straight season (since 2000/01), and 15th of the last 18.
- FOX ranked #1 for 15 weeks in a row among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.
- FOX ranked #1 among Adults 18-34 for 27 of the 34 weeks of the 2008/09 broadcast season and 33 of 34 weeks among Teens.
- FOX has six shows among the season's Top 20 regular programs among Adults 18-49: American Idol-Tue (#1 tie), American Idol-Wed (#1 tie), House (#6), '24' (#14 tie), Fringe (#16 tie) and Hell's Kitchen (#20 tie).
- FOX has nine of the season's Top 20 regular programs among Adults 18-34: American Idol-Tue (#1 tie), American Idol-Wed (#1 tie), House (#6), Family Guy (#8 tie), The Simpsons (#13), American Dad! (#14 tie), Fringe (#14 tie), 24 (#14 tie) and Hell's Kitchen (#17).
- FOX has 11 of the season's Top 20 regular programs among Teens, including the Top 5: American Idol-Tue (#1 tie), American Idol-Wed (#1 tie), Family Guy (#3), American Dad! (#4 tie), House (#4 tie), The Simpsons (#7), King of the Hill (#9), The Simpsons-7:30pm (#10 tie), Lie to Me (#16 tie), Hell's Kitchen (#19 tie), and Fringe (#19 tie).
- FOX has three of the season's Top 10 dramas among Adults 18-49: House (#3), 24 (#7), and Fringe (#8).
- FOX has four of the season's Top 10 dramas among Adults 18-34: House (#2), Fringe (#6 tie), 24 (#6 tie), and Lie to Me (#10 tie).
- FOX's American Idol-Tuesday and Wednesday rank as the season's #1/#2 programs among key demos, including Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.
- FOX's Fringe is the season's #1 new program among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Men 18-49, Men 18-34 and Men 25-54.
- FOX's Lie to Me is the season's #1 new series among Teens.
- FOX's House is the only drama to place among the season's Top 10 regular programs among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens and their male/female components.
- FOX's The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy and American Dad! rank among the season's Top 20 regular programs among Teens and Men 18-34.
- FOX's Family Guy ranks as the season's #1 comedy among Teens and Men 18-34.
- FOX has broadcast prime's two highest rated nights of the week: Tuesday and Wednesday.
- FOX ranks #1 among Adults 18-49 on 3 of 7 nights of the week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday).
- FOX has been the #1 network on Saturday for 11 years (since the 1998/99 season).
Summer 2009 Highlights
- FOX ranks #1 among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens, holding a +0.3 rating point advantage over second place ABC in Adults 18-49.
- FOX has ranked #1 on more nights this summer among Adults 18-49 than any other network: 38 out of the 76 nights since the end of the May 2009 sweep.
- FOX ranks #1 among Adults 18-49 on 3 of 7 nights of the week this summer (Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday), more than any other network.
- FOX has broadcast prime's two highest rated nights of the week this summer: Wednesday and Thursday.
- FOX has five shows among the summer's Top 20 regular programs among Adults 18-49, including 3 of the Top 4: So You Think You Can Dance-Wed (#2 tie), So You Think You Can Dance-Thu (#2 tie), Hell's Kitchen (#4 tie), Family Guy (#11 tie) and The Simpsons-9:30pm (#15 tie)
- FOX has 10 of the summer's Top 20 regular programs among Adults 18-34: So You Think You Can Dance-Wed (#1), So You Think You Can Dance-Thu (#2), Family Guy (#4 tie), Hell's Kitchen (#4 tie), The Simpsons-9:30pm (#7 tie), American Dad! (#10 tie), The Simpsons (#10 tie), The Simpsons-8:30pm (#10 tie), King of the Hill (#14 tie) and More to Love (#18 tie).
- FOX has nine of the summer's Top 20 regular programs among Teens: So You Think You Can Dance-Thu (#3), So You Think You Can Dance-Wed (#5), The Simpsons-9:30pm (#6), Family Guy (#7 tie), The Simpsons-8:30pm (#9), American Dad! (#10), Hell's Kitchen (#11), The Simpsons (#12 tie) and King of the Hill (#19 tie).
- FOX's So You Think You Can Dance rank as the summer's #1/2 programs among Adults 18-34, Women 18-49 and Women 18-34.
- FOX's Mental is the summer's #1 new drama across key demos, including Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.
- FOX's The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy and American Dad! repeats rank among the summer's Top 20 regular programs among Adults 18-34, Teens, Men 18-49 and Men 18-34.
- FOX's Family Guy ranks as the summer's #1 program among Men 18-34 and the #1 comedy among Adults 18-34.
Key Summer Program Highlights
Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? ranks #1 in its competitive Friday 8pm time period among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34/25-54, Teens, Women 18-34, Men 18-49/18-34/25-54 and Total Viewers.
- Hell's Kitchen ranks #1 in its Tuesday 8-9pm time period among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34/25-54, Teens, Women 18-49/18-34/25-54 and Men 18-49/18-34/25-54.
- Hell's Kitchen ranks among the summer's Top 10 programs among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34/25-54 and all key men and women demos.
Mental
- Mental ranks #2 in its Friday 9pm time period among Teens and all 18-34 measures.
- Mental ranks as the summer's #1 new drama among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34/25-54, Teens and all key men and women demos.
More to Love
- More to Love ranks #2 in its Tuesday 9pm time period among Women 18-34.
- More to Love ranks among the summer's Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34, Women 18-49 and Women 18-34.
- More to Love delivers a professional audience, surpassing its Total U.S Adults 18-49 average in "Adults 18-49 and Professional or Managerial" (116 index).
- So You Think You Can Dance ranks #1in its Wednesday and Thursday time periods among key demos, including Adults 18-49 Adults 18-34 and Total Viewers.
- So You Think You Can Dance ranks as the summer's #1 and #2 programs among Adults 18-34, Women 18-49 and Women 18-34.
- So You Think You Can Dance ranks among the summer's Top 20 regular programs among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34/25-54, Teens and all key men and women demos.
- So You Think You Can Dance delivers a professional and educated audience, surpassing its total U.S. Adults 18-49 average in "Adults 18-49 with $100,000 Income or More" (121/124 index) and "Adults 18-49 with Four or More Years of College" (121/126 index).