Fox cooks up weeklong ratings win with "Kitchen"
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NEW YORK  - "Hell's Kitchen" kept the home fires burning for Fox, which narrowly beat NBC in the key adults 18-49 demographic for the week ended June 17.
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The new Fox game show "Are  You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?" delivered the highest series  premiere on any network in viewership in nearly nine years,  according to preliminary data released Wednesday by Nielsen  Media Research.
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Fox's broadcast of the  BCS National Championship college football game dominated the  ratings Monday night.
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Fox will post episodes this week of returning series such as âPrison Breakâ and âBones,â along with new shows such as âK-Ville.â
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NEW YORK  - The Sugar Bowl proved sweet for Fox, which started the new year with a win Tuesday in both viewership and the adults 18-49 demographic.
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CBS was the most-watched  network last week, while Fox won in the coveted adults 18-49  demographic, boosted by reality hits &quot;So You Think You Can  Dance&quot; and &quot;Hell&#39;s Kitchen.&quot;
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NEW YORK  - Powered by the most  stunning comeback in baseball history, Wednesday night's  decisive seventh game of the American League Championship  Series led Fox to another primetime win.
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âHollywood Weekâ on âAmerican Idolâ had a promising start on Tuesday as a two-hour edition of that Fox talent competition trounced its competitors in the ratings, drawing 29.9 million viewers, according to Nielsenâs estimates. Although Tuesdayâs âIdolâ audience grew by 2 million compared with last weekâs, the first installment of âHollywood Weekâ last year attracted 31.2 million viewers. Trailing far behind Fox in the nightâs ratings, CBS drew the second most viewers, earning a solid 11.7 million at 8 p.m. for a rerun of âNCIS.â Later in the night, however, a more modest 7.3 million viewers tuned in at 9 for the premiere of âBig Brother: âTil Death Do You Part,â the first winter edition of that CBS summer mainstay. At 10 the second season debut of âJerichoâ attracted 7.2 million viewers, tying ABCâs âBoston Legal,â but trailing a repeat of NBCâs âLaw & Order: Special Victims Unitâ (8.3 million). NBC finished third for the night while edging past CBS for second place among adults 18 to 49 thanks to âThe Biggest Loser,â from 8 to 10 (7.5 million). ABC was a distant fourth overall.
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LOS ANGELES  - Fox took the crown for the week ending July 15 in both total viewers and the adults 18-49 demographic thanks to the performance of such series as "Hell's Kitchen," "Don't Forget the Lyrics" and "So You Think You Can Dance."
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On a night in which Foxâs Super Bowl coverage won a resounding victory in the ratings, ABC, CBS and NBC struggled to attract even meager audiences during prime time. CBS fared best, finishing a very distant runner-up thanks in part to the strength of â60 Minutes,â which drew 5 million viewers at 8 p.m., according to Nielsenâs estimate. This veteran news magazine followed a news special on the National Guard at 7 p.m., âCBS Reportsâ (3.3 million), while repeats of CBSâs âSharkâ and âCold Caseâ attracted 4.2 million and 6.1 million viewers, respectively, at 9 and 10 p.m. ABC, in third place for the night, outpaced CBS in the important demographic of adults 18 to 49, getting a boost later in the night from the 2004 movie with Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro, âMeet the Fockers,â which averaged 4.1 million viewers from 9 to 11. NBC ranked fourth over all with four repeat hours of âThe Biggest Loser,â which averaged 2.3 million viewers.
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NEW YORK  - Fox and NBC tied for the demographic win in primetime, while CBS won in viewership during the last week of the 2006-07 TV season, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday.
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âThe Moment of Truth,â Foxâs new game show passed its own first test with flying colors, drawing particularly impressive ratings in its debut on Wednesday at 9 p.m.
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Monday's ratings battle  between Jack Bauer's "24" and NBC's "Heroes" ended much as the  first, with another win for the Peacock.
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Hot on the heels of its beating the broadcast networks in coverage of the Republican National Convention, Fox News Channel has added another feather to its cap: It averaged more primetime viewers than its competitors combined in the third quarter.
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Four hours of "Survivor:  China" and a new "CSI" spelled a double-barreled win in the  ratings last week for CBS.
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Fox television's sun-soaked teen  drama "The O.C." gave the network some of its best ratings in  years on Thursday, proving the show could fend for itself on  TV's toughest night.
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&quot;So You Think You Can  Dance&quot; led Fox to victory in both key measures in Wednesday&#39;s  primetime ratings race.