Rough week for Fox in Nielsen ratings
By DAVID BAUDER
Associated Press
Nov. 25, 2014 4:34 PM EST
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/023c1084ef2e4cecaf0c838101ca4c4a/rough-week-fox-nielsen-ratings
NEW YORK (AP) — If Fox launches a comeback over the next couple of
years, the network may very well look upon the week before Thanksgiving
2014 as its low point.
The struggling network finished fifth in prime-time viewership behind
Spanish-language network Univision, which was boosted by coverage of the
Latin Grammy Awards last week.
The highest-ranked Fox show in the Nielsen company's weekly ratings was
the "Batman" prequel, "Gotham," the network's biggest success of the
fall. It ranked No. 46 last week with 6.5 million viewers, and made it
into the Top 20 among viewers aged 18-to-49, the demographic Fox most
cares about. "Bones" was second with 5.3 million viewers.
Ratings "sweeps" months aren't nearly as important as they used to be,
but November is still a month when broadcasters try to put their best
foot forward with original programming.
The "American Music Awards" was seen by 11.6 million viewers on ABC,
slightly down from last year. But it was by far the TV event generating
the most Twitter activity, with 5.6 million tweets, Nielsen said. ABC's
"Scandal" was second with 443,000 tweets.
CBS won the week in prime time, averaging 10.6 million viewers. NBC had
8.5 million, and won among youthful viewers. ABC had 8.2 million,
Univision had 3.3 million, Fox had 3.2 million, the CW had 1.9 million,
Telemundo had 1.2 million and ION Television had 1.2 million.
ESPN was the week's most popular cable network, averaging 3.39 million
viewers in prime time. Hallmark had 2.06 million, Fox News Channel had
2.01 million, the Disney Channel had 1.77 million and AMC had 1.67 million.
NBC's "Nightly News" topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.8
million viewers. ABC's "World News Tonight" was second with 9.2 million
and the "CBS Evening News" had 7.6 million viewers.
For the week of Nov. 17-23, the top 10 shows, their networks and
viewerships: NFL Football: various teams, CBS, 26.36 million; NFL
Football: Dallas at N.Y. Giants, NBC, 22.38 million; "NCIS," CBS, 18.1
million; "60 Minutes," CBS, 17.19 million; "NCIS: New Orleans," CBS,
16.86 million; "Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick," NBC, 14.67 million; "The Big
Bang Theory," CBS, 14.61 million; "Dancing With the Stars," ABC, 14.3
million; "The Walking Dead," AMC, 13.33 million; NFL Football:
Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee, ESPN, 12.77 million.
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