Schedules Plus, Fox Friday

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.

Fox Friday has long been a massive wasteland for low-priority programming, burn-offs, movies and repeats. Though this post tries to make sense of it, a lot of other crap not pictured below also cycled through the night, none of it really making a mark. Fox's first decent lineup on the night was really Kitchen Nightmares and Fringe in 2011; prior to that, the only lineup to even break a 50 Plus was an all-repeat night during the 2007-08 writers' strike!

Fox Friday Fall

	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2001-02	Dark Angel		Pasadena		53
	65		41
2002-03	Firefly		John Doe		55
	49		61
2003-04	Wanda at Large	Luis	Boston Public		42
	43	39	44
	41
2004-05	Most Outrageous Moments	World's Craziest Videos	Renovate My Family		39
	38	38	40
	38
2005-06	The Bernie Mac Show	Malcolm in the Middle	Killer Instinct		38
	39	36	37
	38
2006-07	Nanny 911		Trading Spouses		48
	46		50
2007-08	Next Great American Band		Don't Forget the Lyrics		43
	34		52
2008-09	Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?		Don't Forget the Lyrics		48
	46		50
2009-10	Brothers	Til Death	Dollhouse		30
	33	25	30
	29
2010-11	(repeats)		The Good Guys		31
	33		29
2011-12	Kitchen Nightmares		Fringe		55
	63		47
2012-13	Kitchen Nightmares		Fringe		50
	54		46
2013-14	MasterChef Junior		Sleepy Hollow (R)		55
	74		36
2014-15	Utopia Fri		Gotham (R)		33
	37		28
Avg	46		42		44

Fox Friday Winter

	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	Avg
2001-02	(repeats)		Dark Angel		55
	45		65
2002-03	Fastlane		John Doe		58
	55		61
2003-04	Totally Outrageous	World's Craziest Videos	Boston Public		48
	50	53	44
	52
2004-05	The Bernie Mac Show		Jonny Zero		44
	50		38
2005-06	The Bernie Mac Show		Trading Spouses		46
	39		54
2006-07	Nanny 911		Trading Spouses		48
	46		50
2007-08	Bones (R)		House (R)		57
	47		68
2008-09	Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles		Dollhouse		45
	42		48
2009-10	(repeats)		Kitchen Nightmares		46
	35		56
2010-11	Kitchen Nightmares		Fringe		61
	64		58
2011-12	Kitchen Nightmares		Fringe		55
	63		47
2012-13	Kitchen Nightmares		Touch		43
	54		33
2013-14	Bones		Enlisted	Raising Hope	58
	82		35	35
			35
2014-15	World's Funniest Fails		Glee		46
	52		40
Avg	52		50		51

2014-15 Update: Utopia hung on for five Friday telecasts after the start of the regular season, which is three more than it got on Tuesday, but its 0.5 on Halloween was the last anyone ever saw of it. The closest thing to a win Fox had on Friday all season was the blooper show World's Funniest Fails, which averaged a 52 leading off in the winter. It's slated to return late this fall with MasterChef Junior (99/100). Can this network really move a league average weeknight performer back to Friday? They're taking their time to make sure, as this lineup isn't slated to return until November.

See here for more explanations/disclaimers about Schedules Plus.