HELL'S KITCHEN Rises to Season High for FOX

FOX (6.46 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.6, #1) was the top draw on Monday thanks to originals from HOTEL HELL (5.91 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 2.3, #2) and HELL'S KITCHEN (7.00 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 3.0, #1) - both season highs.

Here are the other highlights of the 14 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night:

CBS (5.72 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.6, #2) then claimed the silver with its all-repeat lineup of "How I Met Your Mother" (4.93 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.5, #7), "The Big Bang Theory" (6.42 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 2.0, #4), "2 Broke Girls" (6.54 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 2.1, #33), "Mike & Molly" (6.12 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.7, #5) and "Hawaii Five-0" (5.16 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.1, #9).

Next up was NBC (3.95 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.2, #3) with a repeat of "America's Got Talent" (4.16 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T10) followed by week three of "Stars Earn Stripes" (2.97 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.9, #T10) and "Grimm" (4.72 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.6, #6).

Meanwhile, ABC (3.98 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.1, #4) offered up a new "Bachelor Pad" (4.37 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.3, #8) and a repeat of "Castle" (3.19 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.7, #12).

And finally, the relocated "The L.A. Complex" (0.73 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T13) and a repeat of "America's Next Top Model" (0.79 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.3, #T13) on The CW (0.76 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.3, #5) closed out the night. In the netlet's target demo (women 18-34), "Complex" delivered a 0.4 rating at 8:00/7:00c and "Top Model" a 0.8 rating at 9:00/8:00c.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+50.00% - The L.A. Complex (vs. 8/21/12)
+20.00% - Hell's Kitchen
+15.00% - Hotel Hell
0.00% - Grimm
-13.33% - Bachelor Pad
-18.18% - Stars Earn Stripes
Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+35.29% - Hotel Hell (vs. Hell's Kitchen (Repeat))
+14.29% - Grimm (vs. Dateline NBC)
+3.45% - Hell's Kitchen
0.00% - The L.A. Complex (vs. Gossip Girl (Repeat))
-30.77% - Stars Earn Stripes (vs. America's Got Talent (Repeat))
-35.00% - Bachelor Pad
In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):
· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 2.5/6; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.1/5; and ABC's combo of "Nightline," 2.6/6; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.2/4 with an encore.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," 0.7/3; "Late Show," 0.6/3; "Nightline," 0.8/4; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/3 with an encore.

· At 12:35 a.m., "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (1.1/4 in metered-market households with an encore) beat CBS's first-run "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.0/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.3/2 in 18-49 with an encore) tied "Late Late Show" (0.3/2).