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Fox's 'Hell's Kitchen' Third-year reality show pulls a 3.6 in 18-49s Jun 5, 2007 Fox continues to be the network to beat early in the summer. Last night’s third-season premiere of “Hell’s Kitchen” helped the network to another nightly victory, bettering last year’s debut as well. “Kitchen” averaged a 3.6 adults 18-49 rating at 9 p.m., according to Nielsen overnights, up 13 percent over last year’s two-hour bow, which averaged a 3.2. This year’s debut was just 60 minutes, and it did match the final hour of last year’s debut. That was the highest-rated show of the night, just ahead of a 3.3 for a rerun of “Two and a Half Men” on CBS. Fox has won outright or tied for first on seven straight nights now, dating back to last Tuesday, thanks to the finale of “House” and two nights of “So You Think You Can Dance.” On a night dominated by repeats, the only other original fare was unimpressive. The second episode of ABC’s “Ex Wives Club” averaged a 2.2 rating, placing third in its 9 p.m. timeslot. That was up 10 percent from the previous week’s 2.0 but still relatively modest. The debut of CBS’s “Creature Comforts” at 8 p.m. averaged just a 1.8. Meanwhile, NBC’s Stanley Cup finals Game 4, which started at 8 p.m., averaged a 1.2 through 11 p.m. Ratings for live events are approximate, as overnights measure timeslot data and not actual program data, and the game ran past 11. While 1.2 is hardly a big number, it was double the rating for Saturday’s Game 3 and about even to last year’s Game 4 coverage on the network. Fox finished first for the night among viewers 18-49 with a 3.0 average rating and a 9 share. CBS was second at 2.6/8, ABC third at 2.4/7, Univision fourth at 2.0/6, NBC fifth at 1.2/3 and CW sixth at 0.8/2.
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