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May 26, 2012

FOX wins the season for the first time

by Bob Sassone, posted May 23rd 2008 8:23AM

FOX logoWith the help of solid hits such as American Idol, The Super Bowl, and House, FOX has won the ratings battle for the TV season, which just concluded.

This is the first time the network has won the season in it's 21 year career. CBS had the title last year but came in second in this 2007-08 season, with an average of 10.5 million viewers. ABC was third with 10 million viewers. NBC was fourth 8.9 million viewers. The CW only had an average of 2.9 million viewers, which I think is less than the number of page views my nephew gets on his MySpace page every month.

Every single network was down in viewers this year (ABC -7%, NBC -9%, CBS -16%, and The CW -19%) except FOX, which was actually up 7% from last season. They average 11.1 million viewers. CBS just won the May sweeps period in total viewers, but even there FOX beat them in the 18 to 49 demographic.

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Edd

Now if they'd kept AD on the air they could have been both popular and critically acclaimed.

Instead it's the reality network which cuts good shows.

But you can't blame them when it's so financially profitable for them. But they should have thrown AD a bone.

May 23 2008 at 12:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joey Geraci

And yet FOX still feels like the failed network. I am sure FOX executives and advertising guys are tickled pink, but the fact is that the vast majority of FOX's shows that succeed from year to year are reality shows and stupid-ass comedies. CBS is even worse though, as they don't have a single show that try's to break the mold (with the arguable exception of Moonlight, and Jericho)

May 23 2008 at 11:25 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Galley

Holy Schnikes! I've been one of their biggest fans since the beginning (despite the fact that they tend to kill off great shows prematurely).

May 23 2008 at 9:17 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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