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Note: The fast affiliate results for Tuesday will be posted at PIFeedback by 12 p.m. ET. Go to the website, click on Ratings Box (the first category), then Last Night’s Results, and Tuesday, July 8, 2008.   

Wipeout (ABC), NCIS R (CBS), America’s Got Talent (NBC), Hell’s Kitchen (Fox)

NBC won this second Tuesday of July in the overnights, beating No. 2 CBS by 11 percent. But the network to beat among adults 18-49 is either ABC, which finished third overall in the overnights, or the home of Hell’s Kitchen, Fox.

Summer ABC hit Wipeout tied a repeat of CBS’ NCIS for dominance from 8-9 p.m., each with a 6.3 rating/11 share in the overnights. Comparably, Wipeout built by nine percent from one week earlier, with a series-high performance. Take a look at the three-week Wipeout metered market track:

Also airing in the 8 p.m. hour was NBC’s Celebrity Family Feud (#3: 5.1/ 9 -- congratulations, The Office), Fox’s waning The Moment of Truth (3.4/ 6), and a repeat of the CW’s Beauty and the Geek (0.9/ 2). Too bad the CW did not order a new season of a former Mr. TV summer favorite: Amish in the City. The positive news for Celebrity Family Feud, meanwhile, was a performance on par with one week earlier.

NBC moved into the 9 p.m. winner’s circle care of a one-hour version of America’s Got Talent at a 7.9/12 in the overnights. Comparably, that built from the second-half of lead-in Celebrity Family Feud (5.1/ 8 at 8:30 p.m.) by a hefty 55 percent. Second in the hour was the season-finale of Hell’s Kitchen on Fox (5.9/10), followed by CBS’ 48 Hours Mystery (5.2/ 9), ABC’s I Survived a Japanese Game Show (4.0/ 7), and a repeat of the CW’s Reaper (1.0/ 2). Hell’s Kitchen, which increased by 64 percent from the second-half of lead-in The Moment of Truth (3.6/ 6 at 8:30 p.m.), will win the hour with ease among target adults 18-49. I Survived a Japanese Game Show, meanwhile, continues to lose a large chunk of the Wipeout lead-in. 

Top-rated overnight honors at 10 p.m. went to a repeat of NBC’s Law & Order: SVU (5.3/ 9), which benefited no doubt from the ample support of lead-in America’s Got Talent. Second was ABC’s Primetime: The Outsiders (5.1/ 9), which deserves accolades for building by 38 percent from the second-half of lead-in I Survived a Japanese Game Show (3.7/ 6 at 9:30 p.m.). And last was a repeat of CBS’ recently relocated Without a Trace at a 4.6/ 8.

Led by WWE Draft, WWE Monday Night Raw, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and In Plain Sight, USA Network finished the week of June 30 first overall in all basic cable in households (2.04 million), total viewers (2.78 million), adults 18-49 (1.15 million) and adults 25-54 (1.24 million). 

-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Scores on ABC Family:

The basic cable premiere of theatrical Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire on Sunday, July 6 finished first in its time period among all cable competitors in total viewers (3.5 million), adults 18-34 (887,000) and adults 18-49 (1.8 million). Comparably, this was ABC Family’s second highest rated non-holiday telecast ever in adults 18-49, and third highest rated (also non-holiday) among adults 18-34.

CBS and Fox remain the networks to beat in the early dog days of summer, with CBS first in households and total viewers (for five out of the last six weeks) and Fox No. 1 in the three key demos -- adults 18-49, adults 25-54 and adults 18-34 -- for the week of June 30. Year-to-year, Fox increased by margins of 6 to 16 percent (with no change among adults 18-34), while CBS dipped by as much as 20 percent in adults 18-34. 

Led by America’s Got Talent, NBC finished second across the board, with growth of 12 to 27 percent in the five surveyed categories. ABC, which finished third demographically, was also on the plus side care of week two of Wipeout. But struggling new Friday reality/competition Dance Machine is just begging for the axe to swing. Perennial fifth-place occupant the CW continues to lose steam (and will not benefit when Friday Night Smackdown! heads to MyNetworkTV), while last-place MyNetworkTV posted losses in total viewers and adults 18-49.

Here are the final national ratings for the week of June 30, 2008 (with percent change versus the comparable year-ago week in parentheses), followed by the summer series scorecard and the top 20 ranked programs of the week.    Keep in mind that the week included the 4th of July holiday.

CBS: 4.2 rating/8 share (- 2), NBC: 3.7/ 7 (+12), Fox: 3.4/ 7 (+13), ABC: 3.0/ 6 (+ 7), CW: 0.9/ 2 (-25), MNTV: 0.6/ 1 (no change)

CBS: 6.25 million (no change), NBC: 5.85 (+20), Fox: 5.44 (+14), ABC: 4.55 (+ 9), CW: 1.38 (-23), MNTV: 890,000 (- 4)

Fox: 1.9 rating/7 share (+ 6), NBC: 1.7/ 6 (+13), ABC: 1.5/ 5 (+ 7), CBS: 1.4/ 5 (-12), CW: 0.5/ 2 (-17), MNTV: 0.3/ 1 (-25)

Fox: 2.2/ 7 (+16), NBC: 2.0/ 6 (+18), ABC: 1.8/ 5 (+12), CBS: 1.8/ 6 (-18), CW: 0.5/ 2 (-29), MNTV: 0.4/ 1 (no change)

Fox: 1.8/ 7 (no change), NBC: 1.4/ 5 (+27), ABC: 1.2/ 5 (+ 9), CBS: 0.8/ 3 (-20), CW: 0.5/ 2 (-17), MNTV: 0.3/ 1 (no change)

So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) – Wednesday 8 p.m. (two hours)

Viewers: 8.03 million (#10), A18-49: 3.7 rating/11 share (#1)

America’s Got Talent (NBC): 12.04 million, Wipeout (ABC): 9.46, Criminal Minds R (CBS): 9.13, So You Think You Can Dance – Wednesday (Fox): 8.76, CSI: NY (CBS): 8.50, Two and a Half Men R (CBS): 8.48, 60 Minutes (CBS): 8.21, House R (Fox): 8.06, Hell’s Kitchen (Fox) and CSI: Miami R (CBS): 8.03 each, NCIS R (CBS): 8.00, CSI R (CBS): 7.61, 48 Hours Mystery – Tuesday (CBS): 7.59, The Bachelorette (ABC, Mon. 9 p.m.): 7.48, Million Dollar Password (CBS): 7.45, Dateline (NBC): 7.44, The Bachelorette (ABC, Mon. 8 p.m.): 7.30, The Price is Right R (CBS): 7.29, Celebrity Family Feud (NBC): 6.89, Rules of Engagement R (CBS): 6.88

Hell’s Kitchen (Fox): 3.7 rating/11 share, Wipeout (ABC): 3.6/12, America’s Got Talent (NBC): 3.3/10, So You Think You Can Dance – Wednesday (Fox): 3.2/10, Baby Borrowers (NBC): 2.8/ 8, Two and a Half Men R (CBS): 2.7/ 8, The Bachelorette (ABC) and I Survived a Japanese Game Show (ABC): 2.6/ 7 each, House R (Fox): 2.5/ 7, The Bachelorette (ABC, Mon. 8 p.m.): 2.4/ 8, Rules of Engagement R (CBS): 2.4/ 7, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition R (ABC): 2.2/ 7, Dateline – Sunday (NBC): 2.2/ 6, So You Think You Can Dance – Thursday (Fox): 2.1/ 8, How I Met Your Mother R (CBS): 2.1/ 7, CSI: Miami R (CBS) and Family Guy R (Fox): 2.1/ 6 each, Olympic Trials (NBC, Sun. 8 p.m.) and Primetime: The Outsiders (ABC): 2.0/ 6 each

 8:00 p.m. Wife Swap (R)

 9:00 p.m. Supernanny (R)

 8:00 p.m. The Price is Right

 9:00 p.m. Criminal Minds (R)

 8:00 p.m. Baby Borrowers

 9:00 p.m. Celebrity Circus

 8:00 p.m. So You Think You Can Dance (two hours)

 8:00 p.m. America’s Next Top Model (R)

 9:00 p.m. Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious (R)

 8:00 p.m. Under One Roof (R)

 8:30 p.m. Whacked Out Videos (R)

 9:00 p.m. The Twilight Zone (R)

 9:30 p.m. The Twilight Zone (R)

 8:00 p.m. Quantum Leap (R)

 9:00 p.m. Dead Zone (R)

Fuse, the national music television network, will introduce three new non-scripted series this fall: Redemption Song, Tour Me a New One and Rock Bottom. Reality/competition Redemption Song will feature 10 women down on their luck who compete in a series of outlandish music-related challenges for their own record deal and music video. Tour Me a New One will follow comedian Nate Jackson to various music themed spots across the country. And Rock Bottom will feature a rising musical group as they stage an intervention to try to help a troubled band member deal with drug addiction. 

Perennial CBS summer favorite Big Brother, which opens season No. 10 this Sunday at 8 p.m. ET, will feature 13 new contestants aged 22 to 75. Unlike recent seasons, there will be no prior relationships. For information on the new houseguests, log onto http://www.cbs.com.

Two episodes of Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper is airing in the 5 p.m. hour on ION Television (and not 6-7 p.m. as reported yesterday). And the correct website address for NBC New York Traffic Cam is www.wnbc.com/tcam.

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