Primetime Ratings: Fox's Hell's Kitchen Starts Off Hot
American Idol Lead-In Boosts Fox Reality Show on Tuesday Night
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 4/2/2008 8:30:00 AM EDT
Fox got a strong start from the new season of Hell's Kitchen. Of course, it didn't hurt to have American Idol as the night's first course.
Fox won the night with a 7.5 rating/19 share average in the 18-49 demo, thanks to a 9.3/25 from Idol from 8 p.m.-9 p.m. and a 5.7/14 from 9 p.m.-10 p.m. for Kitchen, which Fox said was a series-best 18-49 number.
CBS and NBC tied for second place at a 2.9/7. CBS got its best production from CSI: Miami from 10 p.m.-11 p.m. with a 4.1/11. NBC's biggest ratings-getter was The Biggest Loser with a 3.7/9.
ABC was fourth with a 2.6/7. It got decent numbers from Dancing with the Stars (3.9/9), but its average was pulled down by the 1.4/4 for back-to-back episodes of Just for Laughs from 8 p.m.-9 p.m.
The CW was fifth with a 0.7/2 led by Beauty & the Geek (0.7/2).
MSNBC launches in high definition June 29 following major overhauls to its New York City control room and Washington D.C. studio. View images of the new control room and screenshots of the new HD picture for dayside programming. (Photos courtesy of NBC Universal)
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