Ratings: Kelsey Grammer Beats Up on CBS' Kid

Kelsey Grammer in Back to You by Carin Baer/Fox

Wednesday's ratings highlights:

• This just in.... Fox's Back to You, starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton, premiered to 9.44 million total viewers, winning its 8 pm half hour (in key demos, as well). 'Til Death lost 18 percent of that lead-in audience, drawing 7.76 mil.

• CBS' Kid Nation opened its frontier doors to 9.07 million. But did it deserve all the controversy? Vote here. UPDATE: CBS will rebroadcast the Kid Nation opener Saturday at 8 pm.

• Last Comic Standing delivered its last laughs to 7.13 mil, besting Kitchen Nightmares (6.64 mil) along the way.

• Top Model returned to an audience of 5.15 mil, down just a hair from the previous cycle's opener. Gossip Girl had 3.65 mil talking, matching One Tree Hill's 2006 season premiere and faring a bit better than that Pussycat Doll search.

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Matt Webb Mitovich

Sep 20, 2007 12:04 PM

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I watched ANTM and then mainly watched Kitchen Nightmares switching to GG during commercials. I hadn't planned on watching GG, but it was pretty good. Next week I'll have to tape GG. BTW, how did ANTM do?
Posted by maurine Sep 20, 2007 12:26 PM Report Abuse

ANTM has been added. (Gonna take me a bit to get back into ratings-reporting mode.)
Posted by Matt Webb Mitovich Sep 20, 2007 1:37 PM Report Abuse

Kitchen Nightmares beat Last Comic Standing in the demos. Looks like it may make it! Cool.
Posted by achyfakey Sep 20, 2007 2:04 PM Report Abuse

None of these ratings really mean anything til next Wednesday, when all the big kids come to play
Posted by 525600min Sep 20, 2007 2:31 PM Report Abuse

Back To You with Patricia Heaton and Kelsey Grammar was fantastic! I'm so glad it was the ratings winner last night. It SO deserved it. They are two very funny people, and it's so refreshing to watch a show that makes you laugh. I had no interest in watching Kid Nation to see kids being bullied, crying, tired, unhappy, etc. What's the point? Give me a good funny sitcom any day.
Posted by pattijen2222 Sep 20, 2007 2:42 PM Report Abuse

Thanks Matt!
Posted by maurine Sep 20, 2007 3:12 PM Report Abuse

Dangit! I missed Back to You last night, but will catch it next week. I heard it was hilarious!
Posted by iamjillian Sep 20, 2007 3:26 PM Report Abuse

Wow! Great news about Back to You! No question for me - I'm watching Back to You and taping Pushing Daisies!
Posted by tazzy Sep 20, 2007 6:48 PM Report Abuse

I chuckled a few times at Back To You and I'm rooting for it, but the actors need to stop bellowing their lines! I suppose if the jokes were truly funny, they wouldn't need to keep hollering so much.

Kelsey Grammer has been going around to all the talks shows insisting that he's not playing Frasier anymore. I barely see any difference. It's Frasier doing the news, as far as I can tell.

Perhaps he should make Chuck a little more like one of his subtler characters: Sideshow Bob!

Posted by TV Gord

Sep 20, 2007 7:30 PM

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I actually watched Top Model and in the second half hour, flipped to Til' Death a few times... I didn't intend to watch Gossip Girl, but I got into it accidentally and it was actually way better than expected.
Posted by mimiluau Sep 23, 2007 8:03 PM Report Abuse

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