Schedules Plus, Fox Tuesday

Schedules Plus is another innovative application of the historical ratings statistic A18-49+. I hope this will be the ultimate resource for comparing the evolution of shows, networks and timeslots over time, complete with ratings numbers that make a fair adjustment for the collective decline. Right now this only includes programs aired in the fall. Much more about the process that went into this at the bottom.

During the mid-to-late aughts, the definitive primetime lineup took up shop on Fox Tuesdays in the winter and spring: megahit House leading out of giga-hit American Idol. But by fall 2010, both shows were off the night completely, as House shored up Monday during the tail end of its run and Idol moved to Wednesday/Thursday. Fox initially had a stout replacement in Glee, but as that show burned out and moved to Thursday, the network has struggled in its attempts to establish a Tuesday comedy night.

Fox Tuesday Fall

	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2001-02	That '70s Show	Undeclared	24		102
	117	93	98
	105
2002-03	That '70s Show	(repeats)	24		109
	111	95	115
	103
2003-04	(repeats)		24		85
	69		100
2004-05	The Rebel Billionaire		House		55
	45		65
2005-06	Bones		House		103
	76		130
2006-07	Standoff		House		121
	70		171
2007-08	Bones		House		159
	99		220
2008-09	House		Fringe		155
	179		130
2009-10	So You Think You Can Dance Tue Fall				82
	82		82
2010-11	Glee		Raising Hope	Running Wilde	127
	173		97	63
			80
2011-12	Glee		New Girl	Raising Hope	121
	128		137	92
			114
2012-13	Raising Hope	Ben and Kate	New Girl	The Mindy Project	81
	77	64	110	75
	70		92
2013-14	Dads	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	New Girl	The Mindy Project	78
	74	80	89	68
	77		78
2014-15	MasterChef Junior		New Girl	The Mindy Project	85
	99		78	63
			71
Avg	98		111		104

Fox Tuesday Winter

	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2001-02	That '70s Show	Undeclared	24		102
	117	93	98
	105
2002-03	American Idol		24		183
	228		138
2003-04	American Idol		24		196
	271		120
2004-05	American Idol		House		219
	279		159
2005-06	American Idol		House		265
	316		214
2006-07	American Idol		House		278
	311		244
2007-08	American Idol		House		295
	322		268
2008-09	American Idol		Fringe		221
	303		140
2009-10	American Idol		Glee		235
	296		174
2010-11	Glee		Raising Hope	Traffic Light	124
	173		97	50
			74
2011-12	Glee		New Girl	Raising Hope	121
	128		137	92
			114
2012-13	Hell's Kitchen		New Girl	The Mindy Project	94
	96		110	75
			92
2013-14	Glee		New Girl	Brooklyn Nine-Nine	67
	50		89	80
			84
2014-15	MasterChef Junior Spring		New Girl	The Mindy Project	85
	100		78	63
			71
Avg	213		142		177

2014-15 Update: Reality bomb Utopia is not included above since it lasted for just two regular season Tuesdays. It gave way to two short cycles of MasterChef Junior, which surged to league average-ish ratings in its move to a weeknight. Hell's Kitchen filled in with a very mediocre 73 Plus from March through early June. After another year of Plus declines, Mindy was cancelled and New Girl bumped to midseason, and Fox will start totally from scratch this fall.

Notable midseason replacements:

For the four seasons that House aired partly alongside Idol and partly without, I split up the ratings for the fall/winter based on those airings. (I also did this with 24 in 2003-04, Fringe in 2008-09 and Glee in 2009-10.)

Standoff initially aired at 9/8c after House, but the shows were flipped when they returned after the baseball hiatus.

See here for more explanations/disclaimers about Schedules Plus.