Chef Gordon Ramsay, star of the new program ''Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live'', whips egg whites as he makes Baked Alaska at the Fox Summer Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California
Chef Gordon Ramsay, star of the new program ''Gordon Ramsay: Cookalong Live'', whips egg whites as he makes Baked Alaska at the Fox Summer Television Critics Association press tour in Pasadena, California August 6, 2009. Reuters

A full night of Gordon Ramsay-generated culinary drama pushed Fox to an overall win on Monday night, while ABC's Bachelor Pad got a slight bump in the ratings, according to preliminary numbers.

Fox kicked off its night with a Hell's Kitchen repeat at 8 p.m., followed by a new episode of the reality show at 9, which drew far and away the best numbers of a repeat-heavy night. Climbing 7 percent over last Monday's showing, Kitchen posted a 2.9 rating/7 share in the adults 18-49 demographic and 6.1 million total viewers. The combined airings propelled the network to a nightly win with an average 2.3/6 and 5.6 million total viewers.

At ABC, the Bachelor spinoff Bachelor Pad at 8 inched up 5 percent, likely aided by the announcement of the participants for the upcoming season of Dancing With the Stars. The show drew a 2.0 rating/6 share, with 6.3 million total viewers. The network's evening closed with a Castle repeat.

NBC's evening began with an America's Got Talent repeat at 8, followed by a Dateline interview with former vice president Dick Cheney, which received a 1.4/4 and 5.6 million total viewers.

CBS ran repeats throughout the evening.