Primetime Ratings: Fox Scores With 'Kitchen,' 'Glee'

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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In a night dominated by unscripted programming, Fox edged NBC in the primetime ratings race according to Nielsen live-plus-same-day ratings.
Fox, which featured the return of Hell's Kitchen and a funky version of Glee, scored a 3.4 rating/10 share in the 18-49 demo. NBC, which showcased the return of America's Got Talent and new fitness show Losing It With Jillian, was right behind with a 3.3/10.
America's Got Talent scored the night's top 18-49 ratings, building from a 2.8/9 in its first half-hour against Hell's Kitchen to a 4.2/11 in its last, and topping Glee in the 9-10 p.m. hour.
ABC was third on the night in the demo with a 2.9/9 for its blind date edition of reality game show Wipeout and 20/20, followed by CBS with a 1.6/5 for an all-repeat lineup of NCIS, both regular and L.A. versions, and The Good Wife. The CW recorded a .4 for repeats of 90210 and Life Unexpected.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.