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| Total Viewers (million) | 12.58 | 10.68 | 9.84 | 7.81 | 4.57 | 1.12 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 4.4/10 | 4.0/10 | 2.9/7 | 2.9/7 | 1.8/4 | 0.5/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 3.6/9 | 3.7/10 | 1.9/5 | 2.3/6 | 1.9/5 | 0.5/1 |
FOX's House had the best overall performance for the night, but The Bachelor put in another strong effort heading towards next week's finale. 24 and Heroes battled for 18-49 supremacy in the 9pm hour and were neck and neck, although Heroes easily bested 24 in terms of the 18-34 demographic.
But CBS gets continued credit for its Monday night lineup, which even in repeats (except for Worst Week) performed well, particularly The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men.
You all know I'm a huge Chuck fan, but if the show was on any other network than NBC (or OK, the CW) it would stand no chance of being renewed. So the bad news is that one of the reasons it probably doesn't get many viewers is because its on NBC, but the good news is because its on NBC, its prospects for renewal are much higher than they would be otherwise.
But lets face it, it Chuck lost badly to repeats of The Big Bang Theory. It fared much better against a repeat of How I Met Your Mother, but alas, it still lost across the board there too. Fun episode though!
All in all, a pretty competitive night of mixed leadership with FOX winning the most viewers and the 18-49 demographic, and ABC narrowly taking the 18-34 demo.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | FOX | House | 13.26 | 4.9/13 | 4.2/12 |
| ABC | The Bachelor | 11.43 | 3.8/10 | 3.7/10 | |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory (R) | 8.75 | 3.0/8 | 2.0/6 | |
| NBC | Chuck | 6.78 | 2.2/6 | 1.5/4 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (R) | 1.40 | 0.5/1 | 0.6/2 | |
| 8:30 | FOX | House | 14.74 | 5.4/13 | 4.6/12 |
| ABC | The Bachelor | 11.96 | 4.2/10 | 4.0/11 | |
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother (R) | 7.31 | 2.6/6 | 1.8/5 | |
| NBC | Chuck | 6.72 | 2.3/5 | 1.7/5 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (R) | 0.99 | 0.4/1 | 0.4/1 | |
| 9:00 | CBS | Two and a Half Men (R) | 13.34 | 4.0/9 | 2.4/6 |
| ABC | The Bachelor | 12.80 | 4.6/10 | 4.3/11 | |
| FOX | 24 | 11.06 | 3.5/8 | 2.8/7 | |
| NBC | Heroes | 7.69 | 3.5/8 | 3.5/9 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (R) | 1.01 | 0.5/1 | 0.6/1 | |
| 9:30 | ABC | The Bachelor | 13.81 | 5.2/12 | 4.8/12 |
| FOX | 24 | 11.26 | 3.6/8 | 2.7/7 | |
| CBS | Worst Week | 8.71 | 2.6/6 | 1.8/4 | |
| NBC | Heroes | 7.80 | 3.6/8 | 3.5/9 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (R) | 1.11 | 0.5/1 | 0.5/1 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: Miami (R) | 10.55 | 2.6/7 | 1.7/5 |
| NBC | Medium | 8.81 | 2.8/7 | 1.9/5 | |
| ABC | True Beauty | 7.55 | 3.3/8 | 2.9/8 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: Miami (R) | 10.40 | 2.6/7 | 1.6/5 |
| NBC | Medium | 9.06 | 2.8/8 | 1.6/5 | |
| ABC | True Beauty | 6.53 | 2.8/8 | 2.5/7 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
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YAY Mediums ratings went up. Im glad its NBCs only good show. what is with the CW? all they air now are repeats. no wonder they are sinking.
So Chuck in 3D had no long term effects. I’m sure Obama’s press conference will be blamed, but we’ll never know for sure.
So much for Chuck and that huge boost it was supposedly going to get from the 3D episode. NBC needs to cancel everything.
Two and a half Men repeats better than most shows do in first run. WOW.
CHUCK held up better than I thought it would after another hiatus.
HEROES seems to be doing better under their new direction (there is no longer any voice over by Mohinder about anything) in terms of audience. The show still sucks though. These characters all have multiple personality disorder. It’s disturbing to watch characters make a 180 degree personality change to benefit the plot.
HIMYM got 1.8 in 18-34?
Julia, it was a gimmick and one of their worst episodes. It was heavy on its serial aspects too. If they wanted a good episode to air as a gimmick last nights would have been much better. No real “serial,” aspects to it, and it was entertaining all around. Plus it was directed by Jay from Broken Lizard, he has a good understanding of how to make CHUCK really work.
Wow Two and half Men repeats beats them all
Heroes Still sucks
I guess ‘Chuck’ is not coming back–even NBC cannot renew a 2.2 demo. That is too bad.
Julia, we’ll never know the Obama impact on any momentum. it didn’t seem to hurt The Big Bang Theory — sure, it already had more momentum than Chuck, but it was a rerun. I’m with Nick though, Chuck held up better than I thought it would.
@”don’t know”, yes, HIMYM had a 1.8, but it too was a repeat and that indicator didn’t make it into the table. I’ll update it.
24 was way intense last night – nice too see some surprise charachters come back from previous years…nice cameos (I won’t mention who in case some one here taped to watch it)…maybe more to come…?
I still don’t understand this “Bachelor” thing…at least we’re beating Heroes…but still? Any guys watch the Bachelor? I noticed some upward movement on Bachelor & 24 after 2.5 Men ended…Hmmm…?
That’s a bummer about Chuck. Hope it can pick itself back up a bit.
I also meant to sneak in some “Worst Week” ratings bashing, but sometimes in the quest for speed, things get left out. But, a NEW Worst Week at 9:30p did worse than a REPEAT of TBBT, and about the same as a REPEAT of HIMYM. It’s gotta be toast.
The Bachelor was good last night. So glad that piece of trash Jillian is gone!
Wow, you guys are way too optimistic. Held up better than you thought it would? It lost a third of its demo from last episode. What were expecting it to drop below a 2.0? I don’t call that “holding up” and I certianly don’t think one week without a new episode is significant enough to call a hiatus and the ratings to drop that much. I’m sorry, but I’m just being realistic.
Do any guys watch The Bachelor? Yes, but it was #4 among men 18-49 from 8p-9p, but it was only just barely behind Chuck.
Since the CW is bringing all their original programming back in mid-March my guess is that it is because of Gossip Girl. Gossip Girl has been really hurt by The Secret Life of the American Teenager and I think the CW wants to hold Gossip back until the season finale of TSLOTAT airs in mid-march. Since the CW also want flow in their programming, they’re holding the rest of their shows back as well. But that’s just what I think.
Does CBS have plans to put Worst Week “on hiatus” and replace it with something else before the season is over?
Vader, I was expecting it to drop exactly to a 2.0, so it beat my expectations by 10%. I don’t put very much stock in the hiatus other than that you don’t want to take a week off after the week you just had a season high in viewers due to a TON of promotion.
Chuck is currently the worst performing show on the entire Monday prime-time line-up (minus CW). Even True Beauty is doing better.
Good news is no other show on NBC really received a rating boost from the Super Bowl promos. It will interesting to see how Chuck will do next week up against cbs/fox repeats —I’m guessing lower 7 mil range.
Great episode of Chuck though!!
Amazing numbers from The Bachelor, next week another record for sure!
Medium is pulling good numbers too, but still remains below 10 millions viewers, the lead-in not help!