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| Total Viewers (million) | 8.364 | 6.971 | 5.555 | 5.387 | 4.127 | 1.117 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.4/7 | 2.2/6 | 2.0/6 | 1.7/5 | 1.6/4 | 0.4/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 1.7/5 | 1.9/6 | 1.9/6 | 1.4/4 | 1.8/5 | 0.5/2 |
CBS reruns won on Monday night for viewers and adults 19-49 against mostly repeat pre-holiday competition, but were given a fight by ABC's own reruns of Shrek the Halls and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory which tied for the win in the adults 18-34 demo with Fox. The second outing of NBC's Momma's Boys proved to be a show only their mothers could love, trailing even weak competition badly in both hours. It was down significantly from its debut last Tuesday.
In the other first runs on English broadcast TV, NBC's 2008: Today Looks Back special found very few demo viewers from 8-9. And a new episode of Fox's Prison Break could boast of only beating Momma's Boys, a very small consolation.
Check out last Monday's ratings here.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers Live+SD (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory (repeat) | 7.425 | 2.4/7 | 1.7/6 |
| ABC | Shrek the Halls (repeat) | 6.975 | 2.0/6 | 1.6/5 | |
| NBC | 2008: Today Looks Back | 6.198 | 1.6/5 | 1.0/3 | |
| FOX | House (repeat) | 6.125 | 2.1/6 | 1.9/6 | |
| UNI | Cuidado con el Angel | 4.512 | 1.7/5 | 2.0/6 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (repeat) | 1.313 | 0.5/1 | 0.7/1 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | How I Met Your Mother (repeat) | 7.061 | 2.5/7 | 2.0/6 |
| ABC | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (repeat) | 6.092 | 1.8/5 | 1.5/5 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Two and a Half Men (repeat) | 11.785 | 3.5/10 | 2.4/7 |
| ABC | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (repeat) | 7.482 | 2.4/6 | 2.1/6 | |
| FOX | Prison Break | 4.986 | 1.9/5 | 1.9/5 | |
| UNI | Fuego en la Sangre | 4.850 | 1.9/5 | 2.2/6 | |
| NBC | Momma's Boys | 4.774 | 1.5/4 | 1.4/4 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (repeat) | 0.922 | 0.3/1 | 0.2/1 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | Worst Week (repeat) | 6.868 | 2.0/5 | 1.3/4 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI Miami (repeat) | 8.523 | 2.0/5 | 1.2/3 |
| ABC | Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (repeat) | 6.987 | 2.3/6 | 1.9/5 | |
| NBC | Momma's Boys | 5.190 | 1.9/5 | 1.8/5 | |
| UNI | Una Navidad Cristina | 3.021 | 1.1/3 | 1.2/4 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot. Timeslot demo winners are in bold.
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Definitions:
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Honestly, I am sooooo glad that Momma’s Boys is doing so poorly. What an awful, uncreative, and STUPID show. Serves NBC right for putting this crap on. Pretty pitiful that “Today 2008″ got more viewers than Mommas’ Boys…
THATS BULLSHIT
PRISON BREAK WAS AMAZING LAST NIGHT
NO WAY DID IT DROP FROM 5.74-4.98 MILLION in 1 week
Because I have relatives in for the holidays, I’m being exposed to shows I wouldn’t normally watch. Last night we had Momma’s Boys on for 20 minutes but the sound was turned way down.
With the sound off, it’s kind of a watchable show. I know that sounds like a joke but I’m semi-serious. It gave me a great idea for a show: “Hot Girls, Big House”
Just put thirty hot girls in a big house. No story, no game, no challenges, no conflict. All that stuff just detracts from the show. Just hot women in a big luxurious house. Sort of like Puppy Bowl, but with good-looking girls.
It’s amazing how unexciting ratings are during the holidays…
No typo Paul, those are the real numbers. Chalk it up to the holiday week. A bigger question is why they’d burn a new episode on a night like last night.
Mikey, I think that for any men dragged into watching that show by significant others actually interested in the content, that *is* the show.
wait, so the SF of PB dropped from a House repeat? LOL! talk about losers!
Prison Break was so amazing last night.. Every episode of PB is so good. It’s one of the best shows. Non- stop action and excitement.
Ryan Seacrest and NBC should be forced off the air for being responsible for Momma’s Boys. What a travesty of a show. Even Fox wouldn’t stoop this low.
Prison Break did worse than ever.Can’t blame it though the show is awful this season.Worst Week was very funny at first I didn’t like the show but it is good.
I thought that Dancing With the Stars oh wait no the poor Terminator show and the other shows were the reason the PB numbers were horrid.Now you can see there was everything repeated last night and it did very very bad.What other excuse will people out there give the weather next geeze.The show is dated and old and it has lost it’s oomph it’s thrill.
Clearly, Momma’s Boys would have benefitted from the presence of the Dallas Cowboys.
who else now thinks thought that due to FOX with prison break’s last night low ratings
that when it returns in March / April 2009 the ratings will dip to 4.3-3.5 million
long hiatuses really hit shows hard
look at pushing daisies for example last season before the strike hit it averaged 9.42 million now this season it averages 5.45 million
why don’t they just air in one consecutive block of 20 so many weeks?????
instead of this on for 3 weeks off for 2 on for 1 week off for another 2
people look track of their favourite show
PB fans finally get a new lead in, and it does the worse ratings of the season. Does this finally end the argument that T:SCC was dragging down PB’s numbers?
Patty i don’t know what show you are watching but Prison Break has been trully great this season. Not as good as season 1 but that would be hard to duplicate. I totally disagree with you. Yes it deserves better ratings but I still don’t understand why Fox would have the fall finale on 3 days before christmas rather than airing it will the final 6-8 episodes starting in April?
Because they wan to get rid off of PB, that’s why.
Nope, Prison Break is awful. Too bad cos season 1 was good but the last 3 seasons have tarnished it’s reputation. The sooner they pull this show off the air the better. It’s that bad. I for one am happy to see such low ratings for such a crap show.
If anyone thinks PB is good especially this season they have bad taste.
“Mommas Boys…Just another sign of NBC becoming the next CW…next season they have: “Daddy’s Girls.
I’m sorry to disagree Real Tony. It’s better than seasons 2 and 3 but it’s hardly awful. Clearly you don’t like the show so therefore you aren’t watching it and therefore have no real value in commenting on it. If you are watching a show you think is awful you either like to torture yourself or you have no life and therefore I do feel trully sorry.
Anyway, I feel that what they are doing now in season 4 should have been done in season 3 and it should end after this season but it’s been a solid season from a storyline perspective. I hope that Fox announces that the final 6 episodes are the series finale so the storyline can have a definitive end.