Debmar-Mercury to bring 'Hell's Kitchen'to TV stations

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Debmar-Mercury will distribute ITV Studios' Hell's
Kitchen, the Fox reality show that stars celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, in
domestic syndication.

The deal marks the third time that Debmar-Mercury, which is run
by Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, has partnered with ITV Studios, the U.S. arm
of the U.K.-based production company. Debmar-Mercury also is working with ITV
Studios, formerly Granada America, on developing a new food-related show for
syndication, The Chefs, and a U.S. version of U.K.-talker The Jeremy
Kyle Show.

Hell's Kitchen, in which Ramsay puts aspiring
chef through a rigorous cooking boot camp, airs on Fox both in the summer and
the fall. On Tuesdays at 8 p.m. this summer, the show is the second-highest
rated program among adults 18-49, behind only ABC's The Bachelorette.
Hell's Kitchen returns to Fox this fall on Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 8 p.m.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.