Fox's THE FOLLOWING Ranks as Monday Night's Highest-Rated Drama

THURSDAY

8:00-10:00 AMERICAN IDOL: (A18?49: 3.9/11, 13.7 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX won the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34, Teens and key female demos and outperformed the No. 2 network of the night, CBS by +18% in Adults 18-49 (3.9/11 vs. 3.3/9) and +38% in Adults 18-34 (2.9/9 vs. 2.1/7). FOX tied for the second highest rated Thursday night on any network with entertainment programming this season among Adults 18-49.

American Idol posted a 3.9/11 in Adults 18-49, up +5% from the previous week's one-hour telecast (3.7/12). American Idol's 20-hour average (Most Current ratings) year to year is up +2% in Adults 18-34 (4.5/14 vs. 4.4/14).

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES: (A18?49: 1.1/4, 3.1 Mil Total Viewers)
9:00-10:00 TOUCH: (A18?49: 0.7/2, 2.5 Mil Total Viewers)
8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18?49: 0.9/3, 2.8 Mil Total Viewers)

On Friday, FOX placed No. 4 for the night among Adults 18-49 and No. 3 among Adults 18-34 (tie).

Kitchen Nightmares posted a 1.1/4 in Adults 18-49 and was No. 1 in both Adults 18-34 and Teens (both ties) in its time period.

Touch delivered a 0.7/2 at 9p.

SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 COPS: (A18-49: 1.0/4, 3.4 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 Cops 2 (R): (A18-49: 1.0/4, 3.5 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 The Following (R): (A18-49: 0.4/1, 1.7 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 0.7/2, 2.6 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked No. 2 on Saturday night among Adults 18-49 (tie) and Adults 18-34 (tie).

Cops and Cops 2 each posted a 1.0/4.

An encore of The Following posted a 0.4/1.

SUNDAY

7:00-7:30 Bob's Burgers (R): (A18-49: 1.0/3, 2.3 Mil Total Viewers)

7:30-8:00 The Cleveland Show (R): (A18-49: 1.2/3, 2.6 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-8:30 The Simpsons (R): (A18-49: 1.6/4, 3.4 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 The Cleveland Show (RP): (A18-49: 1.4/3, 2.9 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-9:30 Family Guy (R): (A18-49: 1.5/3, 3.1 Mil Total Viewers)

9:30-10:00 AMERICAN DAD (R): (A18-49: 1.3/3, 2.7 Mil Total Viewers)

7:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 1.3/3, 2.9 Mil Total Viewers)

Airing against the 85^th Annual Academy Awards on ABC, FOX ranked No. 2 for the night in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34.

FOX aired encores of Bob's Burgers (1.0/3), The Cleveland Show (1.2/3), The Simpsons (1.6/4), a second The Cleveland Show (1.4/3), Family Guy (1.5/3) and AMERICAN DAD (1.3/3).

FEBRUARY 18 - 24, 2013

TOTAL PRIMETIME

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

FOX 2.1/6 FOX 1.8/6 FOX 6.6

ABC 3.4/9 ABC 2.7/9 ABC 11.3

CBS 2.0/6 CBS 1.2/4 CBS 9.6

NBC 1.2/3 NBC 0.9/3 NBC 3.8

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