RATINGS RAT RACE: Fox Wins With ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Finale

Nellie Andreeva

The season finale of Fox’s reality series Hell’s Kitchen was easily the highest-rated program last night with a 3.2 rating/11 share among adults 18-49, flat with last week’s season high. It was down from last season’s finale but it aired in-season. At 9 PM, Fox’s new Gordon Ramsay series Masterchef (2.7/8) was up 4% from last week, helping Fox to dominate the night. ABC’s reality duo of Wipeout and Shaq Vs. was down. Wipeout (2.6/8) was down 10% and matched its original Tuesday rating of the summer. Shaq (1.4/4) was down 22% from its season premiere last week. NBC’s two-hour America’s Got Talent (2.9/9) was flat with last week. CW’s Canadian import 18 to Life (0.3/1) fell even further from its minuscule debut last week. The rest of the broadcast nets’ programming was comprised of repeats.

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Hot, ‘Shaq Vs.’ Premiere Just OK

Nellie Andreeva

Incumbents were strong, while new series Shaq Vs. and especially 10 to Life had soft premieres last night. Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen (3.2 rating/11 share in adults 18-49) at 8 PM was the highest-rated program of the night, up 10% from last week. Fox’s new Gordon Ramsay series MasterChef (2.7/8) at … Read More »

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CW Acquires Canadian Comedy ’18 To Life’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday July 15, 2010 @ 2:35pm PDT
Nellie Andreeva

CW logo NEWMaybe the U.S. broadcast networks should just collectively outsource their summer scripted programming to Canada. The CW, which has been barely keeping the lights on with all-repeats this summer, has acquired the rights to the Canadian comedy … Read More »

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