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Rough week for Fox in Nielsen ratings

NEW YORK

If Fox launches a comeback over the next couple of years, the network may very well look upon the week before Thanksgiving 2014 as its low point.

The struggling network finished fifth in prime-time viewership behind Spanish-language network Univision, which was boosted by coverage of the Latin Grammy Awards last week.

The highest-ranked Fox show in the Nielsen company’s weekly ratings was the “Batman” prequel, “Gotham,” the network’s biggest success of the fall. It ranked No. 46 last week with 6.5 million viewers, and made it into the Top 20 among viewers age 18-to-49, the demographic Fox most cares about. “Bones” was second with 5.3 million viewers.

For the week of Nov. 17-23, the top 10 shows, their networks and viewerships: NFL Football: various teams, CBS, 26.36 million; NFL Football: Dallas at N.Y. Giants, NBC, 22.38 million; “NCIS,” CBS, 18.1 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, 17.19 million; “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 16.86 million; “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 14.67 million; “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 14.61 million; “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 14.3 million; “The Walking Dead,” AMC, 13.33 million; NFL Football: Pittsburgh vs. Tennessee, ESPN, 12.77 million.

Associated Press