Despite the cushy “American Idol” lead-in, “Glee” has been bleeding viewers, but not enough viewers for Fox to ditch it. In fact, Fox has just given the musical hourlong two more seasons.
How new episodes of “Glee” fared this season:
(18-49 finals; repeats in grey; older weeks in parentheses; the 3.1 is the 2012 season premiere)
2.1 (2.4) (2.0) (2.0) (2.4) (1.7) (2.2) (2.1) (2.6) (2.0) (2.2) (2.2) (1.5) (2.1) (2.4) (2.6) (2.4) (2.9) (3.1)
How new episodes of “Glee” fared last season, when it ran on Tuesdays:
(18-49 finals; repeats in grey; prior weeks in parentheses; the 4.0 is the 2011 season premiere)
(2.9) (2.5) (2.7) (2.5) (2.7) (2.4) (2.7) (3.0) (2.8) (3.3) (3.7) (3.1) (3.0) (3.0) (3.2) (3.0) (3.1) (3.0) (3.6) (3.7) (4.0)
How “Glee” ratings compare to those of other Fox series:
(18-49 finals; repeats in grey; prior weeks in parentheses)
3.4 (3.2) (3.1) (3.2) (3.6) (3.8) American Idol (We)
3.0 (3.2) (2.9) (2.8) (2.9) (3.1) American Idol (Th)
2.5 (1.7) (1.3) (2.6) (2.4) (2.7) Family Guy
1.1 (2.2) (1.3) (2.2) (2.3) (---) New Girl
2.1 (---) (1.3) (2.3) (---) (1.6) American Dad
2.1 (2.2) (2.2) (2.3) (2.5) (2.7) The Following
2.1 (2.4) (---) (---) (2.0) (2.0) Glee
2.1 (1.9) (2.0) (2.0) (2.0) (2.2) Hell’s Kitchen
1.9 (1.1) (2.0) (1.9) (2.1) (1.3) Bones
1.8 (1.4) (1.4) (1.6) (2.2) (2.2) The Simpsons
1.6 (1.4) (1.2) (1.7) (1.7) (1.8) Bob’s Burgers
0.9 (1.5) (1.3) (1.5) (1.7) (---) Mindy Project
--- (1.5) (1.5) (1.1) (1.6) (1.7) Raising Hope
1.2 (1.6) (0.8) (1.0) (1.6) (1.8) Cleveland Show
--- (0.6) (0.5) (0.7) (0.6) (0.7) Touch
Everything doing better than “The Cleveland Show” has now been renewed. “Cleveland” and “Touch” are both technically on the bubble, but neither is expected back next season.
Fox announces its 2013-2014 schedule May 13.
