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| Total Viewers (million) | 13.27 | 13.02 | 9.60 | 8.44 | 4.66 | 2.43 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 4.3/10 | 4.6/11 | 3.7/9 | 3.3/8 | 1.9/5 | 1.2/3 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 3.1/8 | 3.9/10 | 3.7/9 | 2.9/7 | 2.1/5 | 1.7/4 |
All the Super Bowl promotion did not help NBC's Monday night lineup much. Despite heavy promotion the night before, NBC was the fourth place network both overall and among the 18-49 and 18-34 age demographics. That has to be disappointing. CBS won the night in total viewers and FOX took the age demos.
While there was some 3D effect for Chuck in terms of the ratings - Chuck seems to have scored its best numbers of the year with 8.35 million and a 3.0/7 (rating/share) among 18-49 year olds. But it was not enough to make a meaningful dent when it came to competing with House (14.75 million and 5.5/13), The Big Bang Theory (10.89 million and a 4.1/10) and How I Met Your Mother (10.18 million and a 4.2/10).
House seems to be hitting Gossip Girl (2.27 million and a 1.1/3) hardest of all. Here's what FOX had to say about the ratings for House's 100th episode:
On Monday at 8p, the 100th episode of HOUSE opened with a 5.5/13 among Adults 18-49 and won the hour among Adults 18-49, Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, Teens and virtually all key demos. In fact, HOUSE outperformed its nearest competition in the hour by +31% among Adults 18-49 (5.5/13 vs. 4.2/10 for CBS' Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother), +26% among Adults 18-34 (4.9/13 vs. 3.9/10 for ABC's The Bachelor) and +40% in Total Viewers (14.7 vs. 10.5 Mil for both ABC and CBS). HOUSE was the highest rated program of the night among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens, outperforming originals of ABC's The Bachelor and True Beauty, CBS' Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother, Two & A Half Men, Worst Week and CSI: Miami, NBC's Chuck, Heroes and the season premiere of Medium and CW's Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill.
All of the NBC Super Bowl promotion seemingly did better for Chuck (at least a teeny tiny bit) than Heroes (8.45 million and a 3.9/9) or Medium (8.53 million and a 2.9/7).
The unheralded story here is probably how well The Bachelor is doing. Check it out.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | FOX | House | 14.75 | 5.5/13 | 4.9/13 |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 10.89 | 4.1/10 | 3.0/8 | |
| ABC | The Bachelor | 10.52 | 3.9/10 | 3.9/10 | |
| NBC | Chuck | 8.35 | 3.0/7 | 2.6/7 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl | 2.27 | 1.1/3 | 1.6/4 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 10.18 | 4.2/10 | 3.4/9 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Two and a Half Men | 16.52 | 5.5/12 | 3.5/8 |
| ABC | The Bachelor | 11.46 | 4.3/10 | 4.4/11 | |
| FOX | 24 | 11.28 | 3.7/8 | 3.0/8 | |
| NBC | Heroes | 8.45 | 3.9/9 | 4.1/10 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill | 2.60 | 1.3/3 | 1.8/4 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | Worst Week | 10.04 | 3.1/7 | 2.1/5 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: Miami | 15.99 | 4.4/11 | 3.3/9 |
| NBC | Medium | 8.53 | 2.9/7 | 2.1/6 | |
| ABC | True Beauty | 6.82 | 3.0/8 | 2.8/8 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
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At least it pulled Heroes out of its free fall. It may actually manage to remain above 3.0 the rest of this season, something I did not expect back in November.
At least Heroes had a bump up from december and november, and a 3.9 isn’t that bad, but i didn’t think that chuck would get a massive bump.
But Heroes was 0.7 million better than the last episode (7.78 millions). It´s not great, but at least wasn´t worst than “Villains”.
Sorry for my english.
Im happy the way chuck peformed.Its sticking close to the competition so i think with numbers like this is going to be renewed.
NBC is probably not going to find any better competition on Monday nights right now. They probably have to stick with their current lineup of Chuck and Heroes. Medium will have to move if it sticks around.
I’m glad to see Chuck at least hit it’s highest numbers of the season…although I would have liked to have seen even better results. I hope this is a good sign for renewal!
I think people need to remember that the last time CHUCK and HEROES aired they were going against FOX’s TSCC and PRISON BREAK. Now they face HOUSE and 24. In that regard I think NBC has to be really happy with CHUCK and slightly relieved with HEROES. We’ll see how much they fall next week.
I think CHUCK can’t drop back in the 6s. HEROES can’t drop under 8M either.
Actually considering the competition (but there was advertisement) i think Heroes didn’t do that bad, still good for Chuck. Just hope Heroes stays at least above 8.0mil and 3.5demo
Considering the Lineup Chuck got put against with HOUSE and that it was not on TV for 6 weeks I was just going to be happy if it did not drop to bad. I did not think CHUCK was going to get a huge bump in the ratings especially since they hyped CHUCK all thru the Olympics and that did not help but considering it had its highest rating of the year and highest in the 18-49 bracket I will take it.
I’m almost positive Chuck will get renewed. Plus the rewatching of the 3D episodes on DVR’s will be big most likely. Hopefully Chuck’s viewers gradually go up. I know I am in for the duration. All the other shows are complete garbage. House doesn’t learn anything. 5 seasons of House being the exact same. Got boring.
i do think with this rating woes for Monday Nights on NBC they should at least be happy about Chuck’s rating, despite how we wanted to make it past CBS or Fox but come to think about it, 8pm on Mondays are pretty much preoccupied with good stuffs on tv. If I were NBC they’d have to make a decision to renew Chuck for it’s third season, since Variety has been reporting that Chuck’s ending it’s 2nd season run on April. I mean the earlier renewal and hiatus of Chuck last years did more than just make it funnier and entertaining it was by far can go up against The Office and 30 Rock creatively speaking. I feel that NBC shouldn’t too picky on this year’s whose to be saved and whose to be a casualty. At 8.35M is pretty much a good fight for House and The Big Bang Theory which I think the best competition for Chuck is The Big Bang, I mean House pretty much has the same numbers from it’s previous slot. So I think NBC should renew Chuck. It deserves that rewards, even by just looking at it’s creative side.
‘Medium’ will be back next year.
Not sure why the negativity about NBC esp CHUCK. For it to be off the air for 7 wks and up against this brutal competition – the fact that it did a 3 is incredible really. Best ratings since 2007. Woo hoo Chuck!
If NBC just lets Chuck build up its audience naturally and without these long breaks, it might just become a very strong show for the network. Taking 6 weeks off between episodes is not a good strategy. Trying to align big events with big shows only works if that show follows the event. NBC is getting desperate. Just order a third season of Chuck and be done with the questions and maybe your audience will remain loyal. That is as good a strategy as any of the ones not currently working for NBC.
CHUCK is doing ok for NBC right now. They can’t afford to cancel very many more shows. Plus Angela hints that HEROES is in more trouble than CHUCK (likely because it costs more).
Why am I constantly getting 500 Internal Server Errors?
that’s actually about what I expected for NBC’s line-up. I didn’t think Heroes would bounce back any higher than a 4, and I really just had no Idea what to think for Chuck or Medium
What happened to CBS’ line-up from 9pm?
I cant remember the last time CSI: MIAMI came this close to 16 million.
How can The Bachlor pull numbers like this when the winner was spoyled weeks ago?
it’s an evil plot by Bill to torment me.
besides, Heroes did beat 24 in the demos, that’s got to count for something