Fox is tops Tuesday
By Steve McClellan -- Broadcasting & Cable, 8/14/2002 12:04:00 PM
Fox won all of the key demos and total viewers Tuesday night with its lineup of That 70s Show, The Simpsons and American Idol. Fox and NBC tied for first in the households race, according to the Nielsen Media Research fast nationals.
From 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. EST, Fox was first among adults 18 through 34 and 18 through 49 with 70s Show and The Simpsons, while ABC took adults 25 through 54 with back-to-back According to Jim episodes.
From 9 p.m. to 10 p.m., Idol won just about everything: households, total viewers, the key adult demos, kids and teens. NBC was second in the time period in the adult demos with back-to-back Frasier episodes, and ABC was a close third in the demos with its premiere of USA Network's off-beat detective series, Monk.
At 10 p.m., NBC's Dateline won across the key categories.
For the night, households: Fox and NBC, 5.6 rating/10 share; CBS 5.4/9; ABC 4.3/8.
Adults 18 through 49: Fox 4.7/14, NBC 3.0/9, ABC 2.3/7 and CBS 1.7/5.
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