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| Total Viewers (million) | 16.13 | 12.65 | 11.10 | 6.97 | 3.94 | 1.06 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 5.8/14 | 4.1/10 | 3.3/8 | 2.7/6 | 1.6/4 | 0.5/1 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-34 | 5.3/14 | 2.7/7 | 2.6/7 | 2.2/6 | 1.8/5 | 0.5/1 |
A huge night for The Bachelor finale and ABC, led ABC to a win in viewers and in both demos. Meanwhile the CBS Monday night comedy block was strong and Rules of Engagement returned. Two hours of 24 could do no better than 3rd both in viewers and among 18-49s.
The Bachelor performance for the season is impressive. It's rare where you see an older franchise pick up steam to the point where by the finale it was like lightening in a bottle. The numbers for The Bachelor: After the Finale Rose are downright eye-popping.
I'll let you talk amongst yourselves as far as Chuck, Heroes and Medium.
Last Monday's overnight results.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share | 18-34 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | ABC | The Bachelor: Finale | 14.34 | 4.9/12 | 4.7/12 |
| CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 10.94 | 3.9/10 | 2.9/8 | |
| FOX | 24 | 10.41 | 3.1/8 | 2.6/7 | |
| NBC | Chuck | 6.59 | 2.4/6 | 1.8/5 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (R) | 1.13 | 0.5/1 | 0.6/2 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 11.08 | 4.2/10 | 3.3/9 |
| 9:00 | ABC | The Bachelor: Finale | 16.57 | 6.0/13 | 5.6/13 |
| CBS | Two and a Half Men | 15.42 | 4.9/11 | 3.0/8 | |
| FOX | 24 | 11.80 | 3.5/8 | 2.8/7 | |
| NBC | Heroes | 7.04 | 3.2/7 | 3.2/8 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (R) | 0.98 | 0.5/1 | 0.5/1 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | Rules of Engagement (season premiere) | 11.86 | 3.9/9 | 2.2/5 |
| 10:00 | ABC | The Bachelor: After the Final Rose | 17.47 | 6.7/16 | 6.1/16 |
| CBS | CSI: Miami | 13.31 | 3.8/9 | 2.6/7 | |
| NBC | Medium | 7.28 | 2.4/6 | 1.7/4 | |
| 8:00 | FOX | 24 | 10.30 | 3.0/8 | 2.6/7 |
| 8:30 | FOX | 24 | 10.52 | 3.1/7 | 2.5/7 |
| 9:00 | FOX | 24 | 11.63 | 3.4/8 | 2.7/7 |
| 9:30 | FOX | 24 | 11.96 | 3.5/8 | 2.9/7 |
Shows are sorted by viewers in each time slot.
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Chucks up in demos:), heroes series low in demos:(
poor chuck, heroes and medium.
but yay for big bang theory and how i met your mother
I’m getting out of Heroes again. The show just loses my interest amongst all of the other stuff there is to watch/do.
BTW, will Heroes be picked up if it keeps declining for the rest of the season?
Paul, I’m beginning to think every week between now and the season (?) finale will be series lows for Heroes.
Glad to see ROE is back with solid numbers! Great show, hope it gets a full season next year. Good numbers for all of the top 3 shows, 24 even increased in its 2nd hour over 1 million viewers. Really I think they should air all 24 eps in 2 hour blocks, as 1 hour of Bauer is just too short!! The story during each 24 episode moves so quickly, it really does feel more complete in a 2 episode block.
Chuck was up on a night when NBC was down. 2.4 is close to its fall average. NBC has to realize it has a loyal audience. Heroes did a 3.2 i thought.
Well, as far as Chuck is concerned, at least it isn’t continuing to slide. It did marginally better than last week, even while going up against the Bachelor finale (I cannot believe that after 942 Bachelors it is still getting these types of numbers!).
I hear there’s going to be yet another one week break in two weeks for Chuck, but perhaps the last few episodes can pick up steam again. Unless, of course, NBC decides to shoot itself in the foot some more by implementing more hiatuses!
Way to go to The Big Bang Theory! Lookin’ good up there. By the way, How I Met Your Mother was a repeat, they aired that episode last week. And it still did very well.
how i met was not a repeat.
rules was a huge improvement over worst week, but its no big bang or mother. what can you say about bachelor? wow wow wow
24 did good, it has now pretty much the same numbers than LTM… I wonder how it will do next week without the bachelor.
Heroes bounced back in viewers, good for them..
The CW can’t manage the go over the million with repeats other than SN and Smallville.. Looking forward how reaper will do this evening. Really hoping to see it stick for a while
Like I predicted last week, going up against 24 instead of House was a good thing for Chuck. I think House has been much more serious competition for Chuck than MNF ever was.
I’ve seen Heroes 18-49 reported as 3.2 in a couple of places but the half hourly data from two sources was 3.1 and a 3.4, that averaged to 3.25 which rounds up to 3.3 (at least for every other show that’s ever happened to). Regardless of rounding, I’m pretty sure the half hour data I have is good.
jesus_stick: Sorry, you’re right…it was supposed to be on two weeks ago, and CBS didn’t air it. But it was available for download on iTunes and Amazon, so that’s how I’ve seen it. Sorry for the mistake.
Not bad at all 24. Chuck was up. Heroes is killing itself to be honest.
All in all not a bad night. I expect 24 to get a few more million next week as around 3m or so DVR it but without the Batcherlor, they may switch over.
I only half watched HEROES while watching “24″. Heroes keeps getting worse – its so bad I no longer care if all the Heroes ended up dead. They should wrap it up this year, but odds are they will order 13 episodes for 2010 and call it quits.
“24″ is still more than ok ratings wise, so it will definitely see Day 8, but its getting very predictable and this season is more of a loosely connected bunch of mini-seasons. Unless of course Mrs. President takes a bullet in the head. THAT would suprise me. She reminds me of a mixture of Margaret Thatcher and Aunt Bee (from Andy Griffith Show) with a splash of Hillary Clinton. I really hope Whitehouse security isnt as bad as shown on “24″, that would be troubling; though I can imagine there would be way in thru the basement with nothing but a decaying old brick wall with laser thingies guarding it.
Yay for Big Bang Theory, it totally deserves the renewal it just got. Another yay for Chuck, for being up in the demo compared to last week, it totally needs to be renewed.
As for Heroes, I don’t think I’m out of line if I say it’s a high possibility it’ll drop below 3.0 in the demo which will mean it’s cancellation.
Sorry for double post but forgot to Ask..Robert do you have half hourly break downs for 24?
Is anyone surprised 24 has become much more older skewing? I just noticed that. The show was pulling a much higher demo the past few seasons if I remember right.
Chuck i think continues to do solid enough for NBC to give it a third season. I’d try and lead it off on Thursdays next season in front of The Office. Heroes will get a fourth season but that will probably be it.
CBS continues to have a great night.
The Bachelor is simply unbelievable. I remember a few seasons ago saying ABC was crazy for keeping the show around. Amazing how fast its grown.