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Local Nielsen ratings snapshot (Mon., July 23)

By ED BARK
Brainiac kids, a demonic chef and the local news propelled Fox to a prosperous Monday night.

A network lineup of Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and Hell's Kitchen, followed by Fox4's 9 p.m. local newscast, beat all competition from 7 to 10 p.m. among advertiser-coveted 18-to-49-year-olds.

Hell's Kitchen drew the most 18-to-49-year-olds Monday (179,800) while 5th Grader was tops in total homes (185,640).

In the cable universe, the premiere of TNT's Saving Grace had a respectable 4.0 Nielsen rating in D-FW (95,200 homes), falling off marginally from a preceding first-run episode of The Closer (104,720).

The local news derby saw NBC flex at 10 p.m. with first-place finishes in total homes and among 25-to-54-year-olds, the main advertiser target audience for news programming.

Fox4 again had twin wins at 6 a.m. while Belo8 ran the table at 5 and 6 p.m.
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