Monday night's ratings should not be a surprise to anyone who checks out Neilsen regularly. FOX has once again come out on top with CBS trailing behind in second place.
FOX comes in first with Hell's Kitchen having 4.4/12. Not far behind in second was CBS’s CSI: Miami having 2.8/9. Coming in third was FOX’s Hell's Kitchen (special) having 2.4/7.
For the complete ratings from last night and who won the night (in key demos), stick around after the jump. . .
Comments coming from LondonBlue:
Gordon Ramsay has dominated once again with his talent for humiliating contestants in a way only the British can , Simon Cowell would be proud. The gang over at CSI: Miami were slaughtered by the knife wielding chef for the second week in a row. Though their charm fades quick America still loves to hate brats as ABC's Supernanny takes third place.
How do I read these ratings?
A Nielsen rating may look like this:
8pm - NBC - TVgasm The TV Show - 10.0/18
Focus on the 10.0/18. The RATING, 10.0, on the left represents the actual number of households that watched a show. One rating point equals 1,102,000 households. The SHARE, 18, on the right represents the show's proportion of the total households watching television at that time.
For example, TVgasms TV Show has a 10 rating/18 share. That means 11,020,000 households are tuned in to the show and 18% of all the households with a TV turned on are watching that show.
Ratings and Share are customarily broken down for various DEMOs -- a demographic grouping of viewers, like 18-49 adults or 2-12 children or 18-34 women, etc. Advertisers, and therefore networks, covet the 18-49 adult demo, and so tend to concentrate on that number.