The best way to describe the two-week upfront preview is that these Power Rankings are the "SHOW-centric" portion. The Power Rankings are largely about discussing the merits of renewing and/or moving marginal and just-above-marginal shows. Next week's Upfront Questions will be more the SCHEDULE-centric portion. These things do overlap sometimes, but that's a general guideline.
Other May True Power Rankings: ABC | CBS | NBC | Fox | CW
| Fox Comedies | True2 | A18-49 | Counted Eps | Eps | |
| The Anchors | |||||
| 1 | New Girl | 2.30 | 2.30 | 8 | 22 |
| 2 | Family Guy | 2.25 | 2.53 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | The Simpsons | 1.93 | 2.08 | 6 | 18 |
Hope you enjoyed the three Power Rankings over the last two days, because the two today are going to be super-short... thanks early renewals.
| Fox Comedies | True2 | A18-49 | Counted Eps | Eps | |
| The Renewed | |||||
| 4 | American Dad! | 1.70 | 1.93 | 6 | 17 |
| 5 | Bob's Burgers | 1.55 | 1.70 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Raising Hope | 1.55 | 1.49 | 7 | 21 |
| 7 | The Mindy Project | 1.52 | 1.51 | 7 | 21 |
Last time, I advocated keeping The Mindy Project after New Girl because it seemed the show had a minor amount of momentum. It's squandered some of that momentum since then, so now I think it's more of a "comes down to development" situation. If there's a really solid pairing out of the new crop, they could go that route. But I wouldn't throw a new show there just to do it, partly because Mindy would probably be hopeless in any other slot. (Maybe that's what everyone means when they say it never should've been renewed...)
I'd be more willing to give Raising Hope a somewhere like a Friday. That may be Fox's most likely scripted show to end up on the night.
| Fox Comedies | True2 | A18-49 | Counted Eps | Eps | |
| The Dunzo? | |||||
| 8 | The Cleveland Show | 1.49 | 1.41 | 7 | 19 |
| 9 | Ben and Kate | 1.21 | 1.20 | 5 | 13 |
| Fox Dramas | True2 | A18-49 | Counted Eps | Eps | |
| The Renewals | |||||
| 1 | The Following | 2.41 | 2.24 | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | Bones | 2.09 | 2.08 | 8 | 23 |
| 3 | Glee | 1.95 | 2.06 | 7 | 20 |
I'd leave both The Following and Bones alone next year. They were well-scheduled on a night that's drama-light but competition-heavy overall.
The two-season renewal for Glee was rather surprising to me. While it might now be a bit of a pipe dream, I still think the best thing Fox can do with the show is have it share the Monday 9/8c hour with The Following. If it must have a full-season order, it could run repeat-free for 18 weeks or so, breaking only for two weeks at the end of December, and maybe some two-hour editions could mix in to get to a full 22-episode season. Rinse and repeat in 2014-15 if it's still strong enough, or move it to Friday if not. This seems the best way to avoid getting badly burdened by the show.
While I'm not sure that post-X Factor is all that desirable a slot for a new show anymore, what I am fairly sure of is that going against Grey's is really bad for Glee. If all things are about equal for a new show, stick Glee in the slot that's better for Glee.
There is still a groundswell for returning Glee to Tuesday at 8. I believe Glee is pretty much all downside from here and I wouldn't want it to bring New Girl with it. But it can't do as poorly as Ben and Kate did.
| Fox Dramas | True2 | A18-49 | Counted Eps | Eps | |
| The Dunzo | |||||
| 4 | Fringe | 1.26 | 0.95 | 4 | 11 |
| 5 | Touch | 0.92 | 0.60 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | The Mob Doctor | 0.89 | 0.64 | 5 | 13 |
| Fox Unscripted | True2 | A18-49 | Counted Eps | Eps | |
| 1 | American Idol Wed | 3.53 | 3.30 | 6 | 16 |
| 2 | American Idol Thu | 3.59 | 2.94 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | The X Factor Wed | 2.69 | 2.70 | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | The X Factor Thu | 2.66 | 2.60 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | Hell's Kitchen | 2.31 | 2.00 | 3 | 8 |
| 6 | Kitchen Nightmares | 1.43 | 1.14 | 5 | 14 |
| 7 | Mobbed | 1.40 | 1.20 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Cops | 1.27 | 0.92 | 5 | 14 |
