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| Total Viewers (million) | 13.13 | 9.82 | 9.55 | 7.29 | 4.25 | 1.15 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 4.6/12 | 3.6/9 | 2.7/7 | 2.8/7 | 1.7/4 | 0.5/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 4.1/11 | 3.4/10 | 1.8/5 | 2.3/6 | 1.9/5 | 0.6/2 |
FOX won the night with the House & 24 combo, followed by reality-fueled ABC and a CBS lineup made up entirely of reruns. NBC was fourth overall, though it was 3rd in the 18-49 demo.
NOOOOO NBC, please don't cancel Chuck. It's the only show I watch on NBC! Actually, I watched Heroes too, but honestly (semi-spoiler warning, look away now) when I saw Parkman's drawing on the floor at the end of the show I thought, please, please, let every character on the show be there when that happens." I don't know why I'm still watching. Maybe I'm just grouchy because when I think about which two shows of the NBC Monday night lineup NBC will likely keep. Is it too early to start the hand-wringing over Chuck's fate? Perhaps, but sadly I doubt it. I really enjoyed last night's episode from the very opening scene with young Morgan sporting an ALF t-shirt.
House and 24 led the night for FOX. And 24 easily bested Heroes in the 18-49 demo, and trailed Heroes by only a tenth of a ratings point with adults 18-34. Heroes slipped under 7 million and had its lowest 18-49 rating for the series.
CBS ran a repeat lineup, with The New Adventures of Old Christine (also a repeat) making a brief appearance in her old time slot before Rule of Engagement returns next week. Mondays are kinder to christine.
A two hour The Bachelor: The Women Tell All, followed by the season finale of True Beauty. I know some think True Beauty won't be back, but when I look at the demo numbers I'm just not as sure.
CW's Monday night lineup was still in repeats.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | FOX | House | 14.64 | 5.4/14 | 5.1/15 |
| ABC | The Bachelor: The Women Tell All | 10.73 | 3.5/9 | 3.3/10 | |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory (R) | 8.40 | 2.7/7 | 1.8/6 | |
| NBC | Chuck | 6.47 | 2.2/6 | 1.8/5 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (R) | 1.05 | 0.4/1 | 0.5/2 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | How I Met Your Mother (R) | 7.57 | 2.8/7 | 2.2/6 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Two and a Half Men (R) | 12.05 | 3.9/9 | 2.2/6 |
| FOX | 24 | 11.61 | 3.8/9 | 3.1/6 | |
| ABC | The Bachelor: The Women Tell All | 11.20 | 4.1/10 | 4.0/10 | |
| NBC | Heroes | 6.92 | 3.4/8 | 3.2/9 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (R) | 1.26 | 0.5/1 | 0.7/2 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | The New Adventures of Old Christine (R) | 9.30 | 2.6/6 | 1.5/4 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: Miami (R) | 10.00 | 2.3/6 | 1.5/4 |
| NBC | Medium | 8.48 | 2.7/7 | 1.7/5 | |
| ABC | True Beauty | 7.54 | 3.2/9 | 3.0/8 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2009 The Nielsen Company.
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heroes lost a huge chunk of audience. i wouldnt be surprised if it wasnt back next fall.
Bad news for Chuck, if NBC cancel this I will cancel them!
Heroes is falliong flat:| If NBC cancel this I will cancel Medium!
LMAO at True Beauty beating Heroes.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! Heroes not below a seven
So sad: hopefully not below a 3.0 next week.
Josh, the younger demos for Heroes are still good. Its Chuck you should be worried about.
Ouch, I think those are the worst Heroes ratings to date…too bad, despite what you think I thought it was a solid episode.
I agree that Chuck was amazing last night! It was quite possibly the best episode to date.
I’ve decided to stop hand-wringing over Chuck and just enjoy it while it lasts. Besides, I’d rather have it end after two good seasons, then go through a decline in quality.
I hope Chuck stops the bleeding next week, but with CBS comedies coming back and Bachelor finale, I’m getting kind of worried. At least it kept the same demo it got last week.
Robert, is a 2.2 for Chuck enough for a renewal for next season?
Jon, definitely the worst 18-49 ratings ever for a new Heroes, and I’d imagine series lows for viewers and 18-34 too.
bad news for heroes and chuck
Heroes volume 4 just aired in the UK: and the 2nd episode i thought was awesome!!! Please god i hope it bounces back: i’ve seen so many cancellations this year.
I don’t know what I’ll do without Chuck
Its the only show I watch on NBC… Hopefully this is one of the shows like the office, if it does get cancelled and is brought to cable for repeats the ratings sore, and NBC reconsiders bringing it back, like they did with the office!
VYuci, if the decisions are made purely based on the ratings numbers, no, I don’t think 2.2 is good enough. I may be leading the charge to get rid of the more expensive, bloated (but much higher rated even with series lows) Heroes instead.
next weeke there will be new episodes of HIMYM and TBBT so more bad news for Chuck…. i loved episode but this ratings just took it away from me… it’s not that much down from last week so mayby ther’s still hope…
Its so annoying when a show as bad as Two And A Half men beats Heroes (yes down but i’d watch even the worst episodes over Two and a half men any day).
Well Heroes is done. NBC might give them a 13 episode order next season just for the demo. But they shouldn’t.
Medium deserves a better lead in.
I’m worried about Chuck since it gets half the demo as Heroes… But it’s probably also way cheaper to produce.
ABC’s “The Bachelor: The Women Tell All,” is also a factor in NBC’s hit. This season’s Bachelor was biggest view season in its run. Wait until “Dancing With the Stars” return…that is going to hurt NBC. Heroes and Medium still have the fans and as long as they can get decent ratings in the younger demos they should still do well.
Chuck is crashing and burning and that show is likely to go before Heroes does.
Yeah, definitely a series low for ‘Heroes’ in viewers.
According to Josh Schwartz, Chuck producer, NBC has been very supportive of Chuck without saying they will be back next season, so fingers crossed.
Personally i think they should move Chuck and/Or Heroes to a Wednesday or Thursday
Hey, look on the bright side: if Chuck gets cancelled, Yvonne Strahovski (and Zach Levi –who um, I guess, had to take up only projects *cough*Chipmunks*cough* that do not conflict with Chuck’s filming schedule) will be released from their contracts and will be able to do bigger and better things.
I think Heroes hit about 4.46mil in the 18-49, about 65.5% of its overall audience.
Chuck hit about 2.88mil in the 18-49, about 44.5% of its overall audience.
Just hope Heroes DVD buys do okay: not as good as before but hopefully a bit better.