It was a tight race in the Tuesday night ratings, with Fox’s "Hell’s Kitchen" serving up strong numbers for its two-hour broadcast, according to TVbytheNumbers.com.

From 8-9 p.m. ABC’s game show "Wipeout" had 2.4 and 2.7 ratings in the 18-49 demographic for the first and second half-hour, respectively, while the first hour of "Kitchen" had 2.4 and 2.6 rattings in the demo. NBC’s "Losing It With Jillian" trailed with a 1.35 average for the hour in the same demo.

In the second hour, "Kitchen" climbed to 2.7 and 2.9 ratings in the 18-49 demo for the top and bottom halves of the hour. NBC’s "America’s Got Talent" also did well with 2.6 and 3.1 ratings in the demo. ABC’s other game show for the night, "Downfall," had an average 1.4 in the 18-49 demo for the hour.

At 10 p.m., only ABC’s "Primetime: Mind Games" was new. It collected a 1.0 in the demo for the hour.