RATINGS RAT RACE: ‘Hotel Hell’ & ‘Stars Earn Stripes’ Finales Way Down, ‘Grimm’ Hits Season Low, ‘Bachelor Pad’ Up

By DOMINIC PATTEN | Tuesday September 4, 2012 @ 9:05am PDT

Summer’s ending brought endings to two summer series last night, both with a drop. Gordon Ramsay’s Hotel Hell had a two-hour exit on Fox, picking out the bed bugs and giving Pennsylvania’s Red Rock Inn a top to bottom cleaning. The first hour from 8 – 9 PM was a special for the show, bringing in a 1.8/5. The Hotel Hell 9 – 10 PM finale brought in a 1.7/4, a sharp drop of 29% from last Monday”s season high. Labor Day’s rating won’t hurt Ramsay’s work trying to fix up more venues in the future, Fox recently renewed Hotel Hell for a second season. On NBC’s Stars Earn Stripes (0.9/2), former two-time WWE Diva champion Eve Torres won the first season of the celebrity reality series.  However, the night itself was no winner for Stars Earn Stripes. Having had weak ratings all summer, Monday’s show was down 10% from last week, resulting in a series low. The two-hour Stars was followed on NBC’s primetime line-up with a new Grimm (1.4/4). And it was a bit grim on that front too. The police fantasy drama fell 13% from last week. That drop took Grimm to its lowest rating this season. Over on ABC, it was a two-hour Bachelor Pad (1.4/4). One week before its own finale, the reality show was up 8% from last week’s spelling bee show. That was followed by a repeat of Castle (0.6/2). The CW’s L.A. Comple (0.3/1) was flat with last week. CBS ran a night of repeats, with its 8:30 PM The Big Bang Theory (1.8/5) being the most watched show in Labor Day primetime with 5.79 millon viewers. Fox won the night among Adults 18-49, CBS was number one in terms of total viewers.

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Fox Renews ‘Hotel Hell’ For Second Season

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday August 31, 2012 @ 5:57pm PDT
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Fox has given Gordon Ramsay’s newest reality series Hotel Hell a second-season order. After having its premiere date pushed a couple of times, Hotel Hell posted the highest-rated series debut of the summer and ranks as this summer’s No. 1 … Read More »

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Gordon Ramsay’s Fox Series ‘Hotel Hell’ To Premiere In August

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday June 11, 2012 @ 2:42pm PDT
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Gordon Ramsay’s new Fox reality series Hotel Hell has been assigned a premiere date. The show, featuring Ramsay as he attempts to fix troubled hotels, will debut with a two-night series premiere Monday, August 13 and Tuesday, August 14 from … Read More »

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Fox Pushes ‘Hotel Hell’ Premiere To Late Summer

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday May 1, 2012 @ 6:09pm PDT
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Hotel HellHotel Hell is on the move again. Gordon Ramsay‘s new reality series, first scheduled to premiere on April 6, then on June 4, will now be held back for a launch in late summer. Ramsay’s Hell’s KitchenRead More »

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Fox Announces Summer Premiere Dates, Scales Back ‘Dance’ To Once A Week

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday March 28, 2012 @ 12:43pm PDT
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So You Think You Can Dance TV ScheduleFox has announced its summer original slate, which looks a lot like last year’s, with So You Think You Can Dance and Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen and Masterchef all returning. They will be joined by Ramsay’s newest series Hotel Hell, originally slated for a spring run in the Friday 8 PM slot but pushed to summer to make room for The Finder, which was relocated from Thursdays to Fridays. Fox also made the format change for Dance official, scheduling the summer staple once a week and canceling the results show. The show’s co-creator/executive producer/judge Nigel Lythgoe announced the news back in January. Dance will kick off its ninth season with a two-hour premiere on Thursday, May 24, the night following the end of the broadcast season and the season finale of American Idol. It will move to its regular Wednesday 8-10 PM slot the following week. Read More »

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Fox Sets Dates For ‘Hotel Hell’ Debut, ‘Bob’s Burgers’ & ‘Bones’ Return, ‘House’ Finale

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday February 10, 2012 @ 1:44pm PST
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Gordon Ramsey’s latest Fox reality series, Hotel Hell, will premiere on April 6, taking over slot of another Ramsey show, Kitchen Nightmares, Fridays at 8 PM. In Hotel Hell, the foul-mouthed chef will try to fix substandard hotels. Fox’s animated … Read More »

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