The two-hour finale of Hell's Kitchen led Fox to its first Tuesday-night win of the new season.
Kitchen cooked up an average of 8 million viewers, but was strong enough to eke out a victory for Fox in the coveted adults 18-49 demographic. CBS, meanwhile, pulled in the most viewers overall, with its continually powerful lineup of NCIS (20.4 million viewers), NCIS: Los Angeles (15.3 million viewers) and The Good Wife (12.8 million viewers).
Biggest Loser averaged 8.9 million viewers over its two hours, but performed better in the demo than ABC's Shark Tank (5.4 million viewers), Dancing with the Stars (13.4 million viewers) and The Forgotten (7.5 million viewers). The Jay Leno Show improved a little to 5.8 million viewers.
On the CW, 90210 and Melrose Place were about average with 2.4 million viewers and 1.4 million viewers, respectively.
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NCIS
8/7c CBS
The death of a marine on foreign soil has the team in the middle of an investigation that also forces Ziva to confront her past. The tenuous connection between who Ziva was and who Ziva is now — and where her loyalties lie — has been simmering below the surface since the season started. It not only affects cases, but her relationships with both Gibbs (a relative father figure) and Tony (a potential romantic partner).
Read on for previews of Dancing with the Stars, Hell's Kitchen, 2009 Hip Hop Honors and Frontline.
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The Good Wife
10/9c CBS
The Julianna Margulies drama is off to a good start, attracting more than 13 million viewers each of its first two weeks and easily winning its time period. Tonight's case promises to be the most emotionally charged trial Alicia has yet handled. The reason? She returns to her old neighborhood to defend a former friend's teenage son, who is charged with a murder he claims he didn't commit.
Read on for previews of Dancing with the Stars, Hell's Kitchen, Parking Wars and Kings Ransom.
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NCIS: Los Angeles
9/8c CBS
This drama has the distinction of being a spin-off from a spin-off (NCIS, which had its start in JAG), but that's not the only intriguing thing about it. Topping the list would be the pairing of LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell, who team up as undercover agents with the NCIS Office of Special Projects in Los Angeles. In the two-part NCIS episode that introduced the characters, agent G. Callen (O'Donnell) was shot at the end. In the series opener, he returns to work four months later and joins the team on a kidnapping case.
Read on for previews of The Good Wife, Warehouse 13, The Forgotten and Hell's Kitchen.
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Hell's Kitchen
8/7c Fox
Robert has been a big part of the show for two seasons now, so it was sad in a way to see his elimination, even if it didn't sadden his blue teammates. So Andy lives for another week, but he'll clearly be in Chef Ramsay's sights when he and the eight other survivors must take a blind taste test. The reward for the winners (if that's what you want to call it) is dinner with Ramsay in a room so dark they don't know what's on their plates. But you can bet that Gordo does.
Read on for previews of Rescue Me, America's Got Talent, Flipping Out and Surviving Disaster.
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