RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Hotel Hell’ & ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Up As Fox Hits Summer High, ‘Bachelor Pad’ Flat, ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ Falls

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday August 28, 2012 @ 9:11am PDT

Reality ruled on TV on Monday night but the results were very different across the networks. It was spelling bee night on ABC’s Bachelor Pad (1.3/4) last night and the word there was f-l-a-t.  With the contestants now competing as couples, the show was the same as last week – which was a good week for Bachelor Pad, rising 25% from its series low the week before. Fox had its usual double shot of Gordon Ramsay with Hotel Hell (2.3/7) and Hell’s Kitchen (3.0/8). Two weeks since its debut, Hotel Hell was up 15% among the Adult 18-49 demo and up 13% in total viewers compared to last week. Heading towards it finale next week, Hell’s Kitchen is down to three competing chiefs but it was also up 15% from last week in the demo and up 13% in total viewers with 6.99 million this week vs. 6.2 million last week. Those numbers made Monday the highest ratings this summer so far for Hell’s Kitchen in both the Adult 18 – 49 demo and in total viewers. In fact, last night was the highest rating the show has had in the demo since October 13, 2010. On NBC, the celebrity completion series Stars Earn Stripes (0.9/2) also moved towards its finale next week. However, that movement is downward right now. This week saw Stars Earn Stripes fall yet again, this time 25% from last week. The reality show was followed by a new Grimm (1.6/4), which was down 6% from last week. Fox won the night among Adults 18-49 and in terms of total viewers. In terms of total viewers, Monday was Fox’s highest night this summer so far with an audience of 6.455 million

The rest of the night was repeats across the other networks. ABC followed Bachelor Pad with a Castle (0.7/2) encore. NBC started primetime with an America’s Got Talent (0.9/3) repeat. Over on CBS it was all repeats Monday with How I met Your Mother (1.5/5), The Big Bang Theory (2.0/6), 2 Broke Girls (2.1/5), Mike & Molly (1.7/4) and Hawaii Five-O (1.1/3). 2 Broke Girls was the second most watched show of the night after Hell’s Kitchen. In terms of total viewers, the sitcom repeat brought in 6.539 million viewers for CBS.

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UPDATE: RATINGS RAT RACE: Olympics Day 3 Best in 36 Years, ‘Bachelor Pad’ & ‘Glass House’ Hit Lows

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday July 31, 2012 @ 2:45pm PDT

Missy Franklin NBC RatingsUPDATE, 2:45 PM: Missy Franklin helped last night’s Olympics become the most-watched in 36 years with 31.6 million viewers. NBC’s Monday primetime broadcast of the London Olympicswas the most-watched first Monday … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Bachelor Pad’ Premiere Down Big, ‘Glass House’ Hits Low, ‘Ninja Warrior’ Finale Up

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday July 24, 2012 @ 9:04am PDT

Bachelor Pad Season 3Monday was a night of beginnings and endings. With hot tubs and cold intrigue for a $250,000 prize, ABC had the two-hour Season 3 premiere of Bachelor Pad (1.4/4) at 8 PM. That was down 36% from the 2011 Season 2 premiere on August 8 and a series low. ABC followed at 10 PM with a new episode of the legally challenged The Glass House (0.8/2). The sixth week of the reality show tied again for a season low. NBC aired the two-hour Season 4 finale of American Ninja Warrior (2.0/5), up 11% from last week. On Fox, it was Gordon Ramsay’s night again with Hell’s Kitchen (2.6/8) and MasterChef (2.7/7). Kitchen was down to the final eight contestants and even with last week. On MasterChef, it was Part 1 of the top six cooking contestants competing, with the show rising 4% from last week. Fox won the night among adults 18-49 and total viewers. Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Bachelor Pad’ Rises, ‘Kitchen’ Slips, ‘Miss Universe’ Hits Low

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 13, 2011 @ 8:55am PDT
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NFL games last night had opposite ratings effects on Fox and ABC in the fast nationals. Airing against Monday Night Football, Fox’s Hell’s Kitchen (2.4/6) at 9 PM was down 11% from last Monday, which was Labor Day. Still, Gordon … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Univision Tops Labor Day In Primetime

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 6, 2011 @ 9:20am PDT
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Univision dominated its English-language counterparts last night, winning Monday night in adults 18-49 (2.3/6), adults 18-34 (2.5/7) and total viewers (5.7 million) with the three-hour finale of Pequeños Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Slips, NBC Plays Symphony With ‘Ninja Warrior’

Nellie Andreeva

Fox (2.6/7 in adults 18-49, 6.2 million viewers) once again topped Monday night with a Gordon Ramsay lineup. After MasterChef wrapped its season last week, the … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ABC’s ‘Bachelor Pad’ Slips, Fox’s Gordon Ramsay Block Tops

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 16, 2011 @ 9:31am PDT
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With CBS and NBC in all repeats, it is a two-way race on Monday between Fox and ABC these days. Fox posted another dominating performance from Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen (2.8/8 in 18-49, even with last week, 6.8 … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Bachelor Pad’ Steady In Return, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Rises & Tops Night

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 9, 2011 @ 9:26am PDT
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TV specials, especially telecasts of award shows and live events, often run for three hours in primetime, but airing a three-hour episode of a regular show is rather unusual. That is what ABC did last night with the season premiere … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: Slow Start For CW’s Monday Lineup With ’90210′, ‘Gossip’ Down

Nellie Andreeva

The season premieres of CW’s Monday dramas 90210 (2.0 million viewers, 1.2/4 in 18-34) and Gossip Girl (1.9 million, 1.3/4 in 18-34) were down double-digits from last year. It total viewers, 90210, which aired Tuesdays at 8PM last season, was off 19%, while the heavily hyped Paris opener of Gossip Girl was down 27%. On a more positive note, this was 90210′s highest-rated episode in total viewers and 18-34 since December 2009, and Gossip Girl was Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: CBS Wins Quiet Late Summer Monday With Repeats

Nellie Andreeva

It looks like the summer TV season will wrap the way it started, with CBS’s all-rerun Monday lineup easily topping the night. The network’s comedies The Big Bang Theory (2.8 rating/7 share among adults 18-49, 8.8 million viewers overall) and Two and a Half Men (2.6/7, 9.0 million) were the … Read More »

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RATINGS RAT RACE: So-So Debut For ABC’s ‘Bachelor’ Spinoff ‘Bachelor Pad’

Nellie Andreeva

For any other new reality series, the premiere number for ABC’s Bachelor Pad (2.2 rating/7 share) would’ve been a solid number. But being part of the network’s hit Bachelor franchise automatically raised expectations for the spinoff, whose two-hour debut last night was down 21% from this summer’s premiere of The Read More »

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