How MasterChef Junior Helped Rescue Fox’s Season

The kids now draw more viewers than the grown-ups

As Fox's schedule imploded last fall, the network found itself with an enormous hole to fill: Tuesdays at 8 p.m. where reality misfire Utopia (one of its four freshman flops) had sunk to a 0.8 rating in adults 18-49. To stop the bleeding, the network tapped the only fall show left in its arsenal, MasterChef Junior, which had been set for Fridays. "We were anxious, but flattered," said Adeline Ramage Rooney, the show's executive producer, of the high-profile move.

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