Ratings for Kevin Bacon's 'The Following' give Fox a solid new drama

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div class="thumbnail" style="background-color: #f2f2f2; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px 0px 18px; padding: 13px 8px 8px; position: relative; text-align: center; width: 600px; z-index: 1000;"><div class="holder" style="display: inline-block; margin: 0px auto 5px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><table cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; margin: 0px auto; width: 1px;"><tbody><tr><td style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><img alt="Kevin Bacon, Jeannane Goossen" border="0" height="401" src="http://www.trbimg.com/img-50feed97/turbine/la-et-st-kevin-bacons-the-following-gives-fox--001/600" style="border: 0px; display: block; margin: 0px auto;" title="Kevin Bacon, Jeannane Goossen" width="580" /><br /><div class="small" style="font-size: 11px; margin-top: 6px; padding: 0px;">Kevin Bacon and Jeannane Goossen in "The Following." <span class="credit">(<span class="photographer">Fox</span>)</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div class="articlerail" style="background-color: white; 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font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; margin-top: 3px; padding: 0px;"><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-right: -50px; margin-top: 6px; width: 335px;"><span class="dateString" style="display: inline;">January 22, 2013</span><span class="dateTimeSeparator" style="border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; color: white; display: inline; font-size: 10px; letter-spacing: -1px; margin-left: 6px;">, </span><span class="timeString" style="display: inline; text-transform: lowercase;">12:08 p.m.</span></span></div></div><span class="toolSet" style="background-color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 14px; margin-right: -50px; margin-top: 6px; width: 335px;"><div class="clear" style="clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></div></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px;"></span><br /><div id="story-body-text" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.43; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;"><a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/movies/kevin-bacon-PECLB000297.topic" id="PECLB000297" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Kevin Bacon">Kevin Bacon</a> has given Fox some of its best ratings news in months.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">Bacon's gory new serial-killer drama <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/television/the-following-%28tv-program%29-ENTTV00001045.topic" id="ENTTV00001045" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="The Following (tv program)">"The Following"</a> slashed its way to 10.4 million total viewers in its Monday premiere, according to Nielsen.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">That placed "The Following" solidly among TV's highest-rated new dramas this season. NBC's post-apocalyptic<a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/television/revolution-%28tv-program%29-ENTTV00001047.topic" id="ENTTV00001047" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Revolution (tv program)">"Revolution"</a> (11.6 million for the premiere) and CBS' Sherlock Holmes update <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/entertainment/television/elementary-%28tv-program%29-ENTTV00001065.topic" id="ENTTV00001065" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="Elementary (tv program)">"Elementary"</a> (13.4 million) drew somewhat larger total audiences, but Bacon's show actually tied "Elementary" among young adults.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">In "The Following," Bacon plays a former <a class="taxInlineTagLink" href="http://www.latimes.com/topic/crime-law-justice/crimes/fbi-ORGOV000008.topic" id="ORGOV000008" style="color: #666666; text-decoration: none;" title="FBI">FBI</a> agent called out of retirement after the serial killer he put away escapes from prison and activates a cult of followers.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">The news could not come at a better time for Fox, which has languished for much of this season so far. When talking with reporters earlier this month in Pasadena, network chief Kevin Reilly cracked: "We all screw up. Look at my fall."</div><div style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; padding: 0px;">What did you think of Bacon's "The Following"?</div></div></div>

Kevin Bacon The Following Ratings for Kevin Bacon's 'The Following' give Fox a solid new drama

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