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NEW YORK -- Fox emerged victorious in the adults 18-49 demographic last week, while CBS came out ahead in viewership, Nielsen Media Research said Tuesday.

Fox's triumph for the week ending Sunday came primarily from its original reality programming, while CBS' strength remained its repeats. Sunday's telecast of the Tonys, coming up against HBO's finale of The Sopranos, dropped to a record low going back as far as at least 1992.

Monday began with a split between Fox in adults 18-49 and CBS in viewership. Hell's Kitchen (8.2 million, 3.7/10) remained firmly in command of the demo, while a repeat of Two and a Half Men (11.3 million, 3.3/9) was the night's top show in viewership. NBC found tough skating with Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Finals, which averaged 2.8 million and a 1.1/4.

Tuesday belonged to NBC with the return of America's Got Talent (13 million, 4.3/12) as well as Deal or No Deal (10.1 million, 2.7/9). Not faring so well were ABC's ALMA Awards (3.5 million, 1.4/4) or Fox's troubled reality competition show On the Lot (3.2 million, 1.4/5).

NEW YORK -- Fox won Monday's primetime in adults 18-49 while CBS' lineup of mostly repeats prevailed in viewership, Nielsen Media Research said.

One of the night's only original programs, Fox's Hell's Kitchen, was also the big winner in the demo: The 9 p.m. episode averaged 8.8 million viewers and a 4.2 rating/12 share in adults 18-49. Nothing else on the night, original or repeat, came close. The most-watched show was also in that hour, a repeat Two and a Half Men (9.3 million, 2.7/8).

Only one CBS half-hour was original, 8 p.m.'s animated Creature Comforts (4.7 million, 1.4/5) that was down from last week's 6.2 million and 1.8/6. Hell's Kitchen was up from last week's 8.2 million and 3.7/10. ABC's Ex-Wives Club (4.1 million, 1.5/4) also was down from last week's 5.7 million and 2.2/6 in the demo.

NBC's only original was 10 p.m.'s Dateline (7.3 million, 2.4/7), which came in second against repeats of CSI: Miami (9.2 million, 2.8/8) and Supernanny (4.8 million, 2.8/8).

Monday averages: CBS (7.4 million, 2.3/7); Fox (6.8 million, 3.2/10); NBC (6.8 million, 2.1/6); ABC (4.7 million, 1.7/5); and the CW (1.5 million, 0.6/2).

NEW YORK -- CBS and Fox split Monday night's primetime while NBC came in a distant fourth place with the fourth game of Stanley Cup playoff hockey.

CBS was the night's top network in viewership while Fox was tops in the adults 18-49 demographic, according to preliminary estimates released Tuesday by Nielsen Media Research. There were several original programs on each of the Big Four, while the viewership crown was won by a repeat Two and a Half Men (11.1 million, 3.3 rating/9 share). The night's top adults 18-49 show was the hourlong Hell's Kitchen (8 million, 3.6/10) on Fox between 9 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Game 4 of the Stanley Cup playoffs averaged 3 million viewers and a 1.2/3, remaining relatively steady between 8 p.m. and 11 p.m.

ABC won 8 p.m. with a repeat Wife Swap (6.8 million, 2.6/8) ahead of CBS's new animated Creature Comforts (6.1 million, 1.8/6) and a repeat House (6.4 million, 2.3/8). CBS and Fox split the 9 p.m.

LONDON -- ITV entertainment and comedy head Paul Jackson has appointed Hell's Kitchen executive producer Layla Sabih to the newly created post of ITV controller of alternative programs, it was announced Thursday. Sabih, who exec produced the Gordon Ramsay-fronted celebrity chef show for ITV in the U.K. as well as for the Fox Network, will be responsible for commissioning and developing ITV's slate of factual entertainment and such nonstudio event programs as I'm a Celebrity ... Get Me Out of Here! and Celebrity Love Island. "I am very excited about Layla's appointment. In her current role, she has delivered some fantastic television for ITV, and her experience and talent will be invaluable in this new position," Jackson said.

Granada America CEO Paul Jackson may be returning soon to his native U.K. to take a big post with broadcaster ITV, parent company of Granada, according to sources in Los Angeles, where Jackson is based. He is understood to be "in the running" to replace Claudia Rosencrantz as the broadcaster's head of entertainment commissioning, London's Guardian newspaper reported Thursday. Sources in the U.S. confirmed that Jackson is a serious contender for the post. A spokesman said, "There is no announcement, but obviously Paul is the caliber of executive that the company would be interested in." Jackson is understood to be on vacation and could not be reached about the U.K. post. He has been at the helm of Granada America for two years, having served before that as director of international production at Granada. He spent two years as CEO of Granada Productions Australia. Before that, he spent four years as BBC Entertainment controller. Granada America is a leading producer of reality shows, with shows in production at many of the major broadcast and cable networks, including Hell's Kitchen and Nanny 911 for Fox. Jackson is said to be one of several candidates that ITV director of television Simon Shaps has had conversations with about the entertainment job, according to the Guardian. Other names linked to the post include Mark Wells, controller of entertainment at ITV Prods., and Duncan Gray, the former Granada entertainment programming executive who moved to Los Angeles three years ago to work at ABC.

Despite all of the original series on the schedule, the Big Four networks' summer slump continued during the week ending July 31. CBS won the week in viewers, with a mere 7 million average, and tied Fox for the No. 1 ranking in the adults 18-49 demographic with an equally lackluster 2.2 rating/7 share, according to Nielsen Media Research. As usual, CBS was powered by the strength of its regular schedule, even in repeats. Fox was buoyed at opposite ends of the week by Monday's 9 p.m. Hell's Kitchen (7.4 million, 3.6/10) and Sunday's combo of the 8:30-9:30 p.m. The Simpsons (6.7 million, 3.3/10) and Family Guy (6.6 million, 3.2/9). Fox's Wednesday 8-9:30 p.m. dance competition series So You Think You Can Dance (8 million, 3.3/11) cooled off considerably in its second airing.

Hell's Kitchen had some heat in it Monday as Fox's summer original series wrapped its run with nearly 9 million viewers checking out the finale of the culinary competition. The final installment of Kitchen drew 8.9 million viewers and 4.4 rating/13 share in the adults 18-49 demographic as contestant Michael Wray, a chef from Fort Collins, Colo., presented his dream-restaurant to host Gordon Ramsay cinch the competition. The 8 p.m. penultimate installment brought in 6.7 million viewers and 2.7/10 in adults 18-49, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. Fox didn't have much competition for the night, though CBS' 10 p.m. CSI: Miami rerun (9.9 million, 3.2/9) pushed past Kitchen to rank as the night's most-watched program overall.

NEW YORK -- The summer may be time for many things, but the recording of TV shows on DVRs may not be one of them. An analysis of TiVo viewing data by New York-based media agency MPG finds that over the past two weeks, most of TiVo users' top 25 broadcast network shows weren't recorded but instead seen live. "It seems like the DVR usage is seasonal," said Nina Kanter, director of communication analysis at MPG. The top 25 included live sports -- ABC's NBA basketball was seen throughout primetime -- but also first-run shows like ABC's Dancing with the Stars and Fox's Hell's Kitchen and repeats of CBS's CSI and ABC's Lost. Only four -- Fox's Family Guy, House and American Dad along with The WB's Beauty and the Geek -- were primarily viewed time-shifted.

Hell's Kitchen, a reality series revolving around a competition among aspiring restaurateurs to open a top-flight eatery, is set to debut May 30 on Fox. Hosted by top London chef Gordon Ramsay, the series will follow 12 contestants, each with varying degrees of culinary experience, in a race to launch the next hot spot for dining in Los Angeles. The series is adapted from the British program of the same name. The U.S. adaptation is produced by Granada Entertainment and A. Smith & Co., with Paul Jackson, Arthur Smith and Kent Weed serving as executive producers. Fox has ordered at least 11 episodes of Hell's Kitchen, scheduled to air in the Monday 9 p.m. time slot.