Fox's Cuisine Reigns Supreme

Fox
won the Nielsen prime time ratings race Tuesday night in the 18-49 demographic
with two hours' worth of Hell's
Kitchen
. The show, and the network, averaged a 3.1 rating/10 share.

NBC
was second with a 2.7/8, led by two hours' worth of America's Got Talent, which averaged a 3.4/10 as the night's
highest-rated show. But NBC lost the race with a fourth-place 1.2/4 for Losing It With Jillian at 8-9, which
brought down its average (Fox only programs two hours).

ABC
averaged a 1.8/5 for the night, getting a time period-winning performance from Wipeout at 8-9 (2.9/10). But it was
downhill from there, with game show Downfall
(win the prize or it gets dropped off a building) falling from a 1.4/4 in its
first half hour to a 1.1/3 in its second for a  1.3/4. Primetime: Family Secret averaged a 1.2/3 at 10-11.

CBS
was fourth with an all-repeat, all-scripted lineup against the game/reality
shows on the competition. It averaged a 1.7/6 for NCIS, CSI: Miami and The Good Wife.

The CW
averaged a .3/1 for repeats of Life Unexpected
and One Tree Hill.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.