The Breakdown: Fox Monday in 2024-25 (9-1-1: Lone Star, Extracted, Rescue: Hi-Surf and more!)

It's time for a journey through the Fox Monday schedule in 2024-25...

Spotted Ratings, Monday 2/3/25

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Monday 1/27/25

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. ABC's The Bachelor returned.

Spotted Ratings, Monday 1/20/25

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Monday 12/2/24

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Monday 11/18/24

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Monday 11/11/24

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Monday 11/4/24

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Monday 10/21/24

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. CBS finished out its Monday lineup with the 8/7c comedy hour, featuring veteran The Neighborhood launching newbie Poppa's House.

Spotted Ratings, Monday 10/14/24

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. CBS premiere week continued with NCIS temporarily airing in the 8/7c hour to launch the two-hour premiere of NCIS: Origins.

Spotted Ratings, Monday 10/7/24

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. The CW's Superman and Lois returned with two episodes to begin its fourth and final season, its first new eps in over 15 months. A special Monday edition of Dancing with the Stars led into the return of What Would You Do?
  

Spotted Ratings, Monday 9/30/24

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

SpotVault - 9-1-1: Lone Star (Fox) - Fall 2024 Ratings

9-1-1: Lone Star

Mondays, 8/7c, Fox

Spotted Ratings, Monday 9/23/24

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. 9-1-1: Lone Star returned to Fox for its final season after sitting out in 2023-24, leading into the regular timeslot premiere of Rescue Hi-Surf. NBC's The Voice was back and launched new drama Brilliant Minds at 10/9c.

The War of 18-49, 9-1-1: Lone Star

Mondays with the Mothership

After two very successful seasons, Fox's Ryan Murphy-produced drama 9-1-1 got its first spin-off in early 2020. With just a nine-episode first season, 9-1-1: Lone Star premiered with a 3.14 demo after an NFL playoff game, but had only an OK start leading off Monday with just a 0.96 and 0.97 (117 -> 118 Plus) in its first two episodes. Then the show shot up to a whooping 1.27 the day after getting a bunch of Fox Super Bowl promotion, and it stayed north of 1.0 for the next couple weeks. That made it a no-brainer second season renewal.

In season two, with all scripted programming delayed due to COVID production shutdowns, Lone Star got paired with the mothership. That winter after 9-1-1 produced the best sustained ratings for Lone Star, and it stayed at hit levels for most episodes even in the deep spring.

Season three was a hybrid between the two approaches; it was held for midseason again, returning to anchor Monday nights in the winter like in season one, but it was reunited with the mothership in the spring. However, 9-1-1 took its biggest drop in series history (-9%), and Lone Star basically followed suit with a 10% drop.

Breaking Away 

Season four marked the first time that 9-1-1: Lone Star did not share Monday night with the original. While it waited till midseason yet again, this time it aired on Tuesday rather than Monday. It was an improvement on that night, outrating pretty much the entire run of longtime previous occupant The Resident, but it took another dip from its stout Monday levels. If that level of independence from the mothership wasn't enough, season five will see Lone Star air on an entirely different network. 9-1-1 is slated to air on ABC, while Lone Star will take over as Fox's biggest returning drama.

Adults 18-49 info by season:

Seas	Year	Slot	Avg	y2y	Lo	Hi	Results	Grade
1	Winter 2020	Monday 8:00	1.20		0.9	3.1	detail	A-
2	2021	Monday 9:00	0.86	-28%	0.7	1.0	detail	B
3	2022	Mon 8:00, Mon 9:00	0.62	-28%	0.4	0.8	detail	C+
4	2023	Tuesday 8:00	0.45	-26%	0.4	0.6	detail	C+
5	2024-25	Monday 8:00	0.26		0.2	0.3	detail	C-

Historical-adjusted ratings by season:

Seas	Year	A18-49+	Label	Now25	y2y	Lo	Hi	Premiere	Finale
1	Winter 2020	147	hit	0.47		110	383	383	110
2	2021	134	hit	0.42	-9%	115	160	147	135
3	2022	121	solid	0.38	-10%	88	155	149	122
4	2023	107	solid	0.34	-12%	84	134	134	94
5	2024-25	81	marginal	0.26		66	107	85	107
AVERAGE:		AVERAGE:	118	solid
CAREER:		CAREER:	589	staple

The War of 18-49 chronicles the ratings history of veteran primetime series. For more, see the Index.

The Breakdown: Fox Tuesday in 2022-23 (The Resident, 9-1-1: Lone Star, Accused and more!)

It's time for a journey through the Fox Tuesday schedule in 2022-23...

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 5/16/23

FINALS UPDATE: Judge Steve Harvey (0.3) and FBI: Most Wanted (0.4) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 5/9/23

FINALS UPDATE: Celebrity Family Feud (R) (0.3) and Night Court (0.4) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. ABC's Judge Steve Harvey returned for season two.

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 5/2/23

FINALS UPDATE: Lopez Vs. Lopez (0.3) and The Wall (0.3) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted.

Spotted Ratings, Tuesday 4/25/23

FINALS UPDATE: The Rookie (0.4) and 9-1-1: Lone Star (0.4) adjusted up.

WHAT MATTERS:

• Numbers posted. NBC's Lopez Vs. Lopez moved to Tuesday after Night Court for its last three episodes of the season.