FOX won the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens. At 9p an original HELL’S KITCHEN delivered a 2.9/7 among Adults 18-49, up +7% from last week (vs. 2.7/7) as it tied its highest rating of the summer. HELL’S KITCHEN at 9p was the highest rated program of the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.
At 8p an encore HELL’S KITCHEN posted a 1.7/5 among Adults 18-49 and ranked #2 in the hour among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 and #1 in Teens and Men 18-49.
Competition
Week four of ABC’s Bachelor Pad (2.0/6) was about average. A repeat Castle delivered a 0.9/2 at 10p.
CBS aired back-to-back repeats of How I Met Your Mother (1.4/4 and 1.5/4) in the 8p hour, followed by repeats of Two and a Half Men (1.5/4), Mike & Molly (1.3/3), and Hawaii Five-0 (1.1/3).
FOX
HELL’S KITCHEN (R) 1.7/5
HELL’S KITCHEN 2.9/7, up +7% vs. 8/22/11
ABC
Bachelor Pad 2.0/6, up +5% vs. 8/22/11
Castle (R) 0.9/2
CBS
How I Met Your Mother (R ) 1.4/4
How I Met Your Mother (R ) 1.5/4
Two & A Half Men (R ) 1.5/4
Mike & Molly (R ) 1.3/3
Hawaii Five-O (R ) 1.1/3
NBC – likely inflated due to NFL pre-emption in NY.
America’s Got Talent (R) 1.3/4
Dateline: Dick Cheney Interview (S) 1.4/4
Due to NFL pre-season preemptions in over 6% of the country, Fast Nationals for NBC are inflated. NBC aired a repeat America’s Got Talent (1.3/4) at 8p, followed by Dateline’s Dick Cheney interview (1.4/4) at 10p.
(source; FOX)
