Thursday, August 22, 2024

The Breakdown: Fox Thursday in 2023-24 (Hell's Kitchen, Next Level Chef, Farmer Wants a Wife and more!)




It's time for a journey through the Fox Thursday schedule in 2023-24...


fall

Year8:008:309:009:30Avg
2022-23Hell's KitchenWelcome to FlatchCall Me Kat70
934548
46
2023-24Hell's KitchenLEGO Masters77 (+10%)
94 (+1%)60 (+30%)
VsAvg-42%-60%-51%
Rank9/2518/2511/25

Hell's Kitchen returned to its fall/early winter role from last season. The 9/8c hour improved vs. last year's bomb comedies with the move of LEGO Masters, though Masters took a disappointingly large drop from last fall after The Masked Singer. Masters was renewed for next season before this one even premiered but it lost out on this slot to Crime Scene Kitchen for next fall.

winter

Year8:008:309:009:30Avg
2022-23Hell's KitchenAnimal ControlCall Me Kat76
966350
56
2023-24Next Level ChefFarmer Wants a Wife77 (+1%)
96 (0%)58 (+3%)
VsAvg-14%-26%-19%
Rank14/2518/2514/25

Like last season, Hell's Kitchen wrapped early in the winter and turned the slot over to another solid Gordon Ramsay show, Next Level Chef. Another Masked Singer lead-out from last year, Farmer Wants a Wife, took over for LEGO Masters. The ratings were about the same but the growth was not as much since Fox got its act together with a stronger comedy hour last year.

spring

Year8:008:309:009:30Avg
2022-23Next Level ChefAnimal ControlCall Me Kat72
915651
54
2023-24Next Level ChefFarmer Wants a Wife68 (-7%)
80 (-12%)55 (+3%)
VsAvg-7%-12%-9%
Rank10/2511/2512/25

Worth noting that Next Level Chef's average below includes a post-NFC Championship premiere. Comparing only Thursday episodes, it was barely down in Plus (88 this year vs. 90 last year) but the average was noticeably more frontloaded this year, peaking with the February episodes in the three weeks after the NFL exposure. By the spring, as you can see here, the trends were getting a bit shaky.

Rating the Ratings

NameLoAvgHiy2yPlusLabelPlusy2yResults
Hell's Kitchen*0.30.370.4-9%97marginal+2%detail
Next Level Chef0.30.442.1+15%116solid+29%detail
LEGO Masters0.20.230.3-37%60flop-29%detail
Farmer Wants a Wife0.20.210.3-23%56flop-13%detail

Hell's Kitchen: Though it appeared to stumble out of the gate, it gathered momentum throughout the season and peaked in its January episodes, finishing the season up in Plus. This year it was pretty much the best thing Fox had going outside of The Masked Singer (and it might pass that show next year). Grade: B+.

The names in this last table link to the shows' War of 18-49 pages. Links with an asterisk(*) have been updated with the new info. Updates to younger shows will come later in the summer.

Previous Breakdowns for Fox Thursday: 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23

Here's the now updated Schedules Plus for Fox Thursday.


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