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[08/30/11 - 09:46 AM]
Back-to-Back Episodes of "Hell's Kitchen" Highlight FOX's Week of August 22-28
FOX spins the numbers for the week of August 22-28.

[via press release from FOX]

NATIONAL NIELSEN RATINGS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 22 - 28, 2011

FOX's week was highlighted by back-to-back episodes of HELL'S KITCHEN, which were the two highest�rated programs of Monday night. For the week, FOX ranked No. 4 among Adults 18-49, but continues to rank No. 1 for the summer in the demo.

Key weekly highlights include:

A double helping of HELL'S KITCHEN tied last week as FOX's highest rated Monday with summer programming in four years in A18-49 (since 8/13/07). FOX won Monday night among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, Teens, Adults 25-54 and all key demos.

FOX won back-to-back Mondays in Total Viewers for the first time in two and a half years (since 2/16/09 & 2/23/09).

HELL'S KITCHEN at 9p and 8p were the top two highest-rated programs on Monday night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.

At 8p HELL'S KITCHEN posted a 2.5/8 among Adults 18-49. A second telecast of HELL'S KITCHEN followed at 9p with a 2.7/7 which grew over its 8p airing by +8%.

Weekly Program Rankers

FOX had 2 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-49: HELL'S KITCHEN-MON 9P (No. 7) and HELL'S KITCHEN-MON (No. 8).

FOX had 3 of the Top 20 programs among Adults 18-34: HELL'S KITCHEN-MON 9P (No. 5), HELL'S KITCHEN-MON (No. 8) and FAMILY GUY (No. 10).

FOX had 5 of the Top 20 programs among Teens: HELL'S KITCHEN-MON 9P (No. 4), FAMILY GUY (No. 7), HELL'S KITCHEN-MON (No. 10 tie), CLEVELAND (No. 10 tie) and THE SIMPSONS (No. 18).

FOX had 2 of the Top 20 programs among Total Viewers: HELL'S KITCHEN-MON 9P (No. 13) and HELL'S KITCHEN-MON (No. 18).

NIGHTLY AND PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS - AUGUST 22 - 28, 2011

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 HELL'S KITCHEN: (Adults 18-49: 2.5/8, 6.1 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 HELL'S KITCHEN (P): (Adults 18-49: 2.7/7, 6.4 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 2.6/7, 6.2 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX won the night among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, Teens, Adults 25-54 and all key demos.

A double helping of HELL'S KITCHEN tied last week as FOX's highest rated Monday with summer programming in four years in A18-49 (since 8/13/07).

FOX won back-to-back Mondays in Total Viewers for the first time in two and a half years (since 2/16/09 & 2/23/09).

HELL'S KITCHEN at 9p and 8p were the top two highest-rated programs of the night in Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.

At 8p HELL'S KITCHEN posted a 2.5/8 among Adults 18-49. A second telecast of HELL'S KITCHEN followed at 9p with a 2.7/7 which grew over its 8p airing by +8%.

TUESDAY

8:00-9:30 GLEE (RP): (Adults 18-49: 0.8/3, 2.6 Mil Total Viewers)

9:30-10:00 RAISING HOPE (RP): (Adults 18-49: 0.7/2, 2.0 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 0.8/2, 2.4 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked #4 for the night in Adults 18-49 with encores of GLEE (0.8/3 from 8-9:30p) and RAISING HOPE (0.7/2).

WEDNESDAY

8:00-9:00 BURIED TREASURE (P): (Adults 18-49: 1.0/3, 3.7 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 HOUSE (R): (Adults 18-49: 0.8/2, 2.3 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 0.9/3, 3.0 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked #4 for the night in Adults 18-49.

At 8p the series debut of BURIED TREASURE did a 1.0/3 among Adults 18-49 followed by an encore of HOUSE (0.8/2).

THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 BONES (RP): (Adults 18-49: 0.9/3, 3.6 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 BONES (RP): (Adults 18-49: 1.1/3, 4.1 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 1.0/3, 3.9 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked #3 for the night in Adults 18-49 with encores of BONES at 8p (0.9/3) and 9p (1.1/3).

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (RP): (Adults 18-49: 0.9/3, 2.5 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-10:00 FRINGE (RP): (Adults 18-49: 0.4/1, 1.2 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 0.6/2, 1.9 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked #4 for the night among Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 with encores of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES and FRINGE.

SATURDAY

8:00-8:30 COPS (R): (Adults 18-49: 0.8/3, 2.1 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 COPS 2 (R): (Adults 18-49: 0.9/3, 2.6 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-9:31 AMERICAN DAD (R): (Adults 18-49: 0.6/2, 1.6 Mil Total Viewers)

9:31-10:00 CLEVELAND (R): (Adults 18-49: 0.5/2, 1.4 Mil Total Viewers)

8:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (Adults 18-49: 0.7/2, 1.9 Mil Total Viewers)

COPS at 8p and COPS 2 at 830p each ranked #3 in their respective half hours among Adults 18-49.

Encores of AMERICAN DAD at 9p and CLEVELAND at 930p each ranked #3 in their time periods in Adults 18-49.

FOX ranked #3 for the night on a total primetime basis among Adults 18-49.

SUNDAY

7:00-7:30 AMERICAN DAD (R): (A18-49: 0.8/3, 1.7 Mil Total Viewers)

7:30-7:59 BOB'S BURGERS (R): (A18-49: 0.8/3, 1.8 Mil Total Viewers)

7:59-8:30 SIMPSONS (R): (A18-49: 1.2/3, 2.7 Mil Total Viewers)

8:30-9:00 CLEVELAND (R): (A18-49: 1.1/3, 2.6 Mil Total Viewers)

9:00-9:31 FAMILY GUY (R): (A18-49: 1.5/4, 3.2 Mil Total Viewers)

9:31-10:00 IN THE FLOW: (A18-49: 1.0/2, 2.0 Mil Total Viewers)

7:00-10:00 FOX PRIME: (A18-49: 1.1/3, 2.4 Mil Total Viewers)

FOX ranked #4 for the night in Adults 18-49 and #2 in Adults 18-34 and Teens.

FOX aired encores of AMERICAN DAD (0.8/3), BOB'S BURGERS (0.8/3), THE SIMPSONS (1.2/3), THE CLEVELAND SHOW (1.1/3), FAMILY GUY (1.5/4) and week three of IN THE FLOW WITH AFFION CROCKETT at 9:30p (1.0/2).

An encore FAMILY GUY was the highest rated program of the night in Teens (tie).

AUGUST 22 - 28, 2011

TOTAL PRIMETIME

ADULTS 18-49 ADULTS 18-34 VIEWERS (Mil)

FOX 1.1/3 FOX 1.0/3 FOX 3.1

ABC 1.4/4 ABC 1.0/3 ABC 5.0

CBS 1.7/5 CBS 1.2/4 CBS 6.4

NBC 1.6/5 NBC 1.2/4 NBC 5.5





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· AMERICAN DAD (FOX)
· BOB'S BURGERS (FOX)
· BONES (FOX)
· BURIED TREASURE (FOX)
· CLEVELAND SHOW, THE (FOX)
· COPS (FOX NATION)
· FAMILY GUY (FOX)
· FRINGE (FOX)
· GLEE (FOX)
· HELL'S KITCHEN (FOX)
· HOUSE (FOX)
· IN THE FLOW WITH AFFION CROCKETT (FOX)
· KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (FOX)
· RAISING HOPE (FOX)
· SIMPSONS, THE (FOX)





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