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| Rating: Adults 18-49 | 2.3/7 | 2.2/7 | 1.6/5 | 1.3/4 | 1.1/3 | 0.3/1 |
| Rating: Adults 18-34 | 2.1/7 | 1.5/5 | 1.8/6 | 0.8/3 | 0.8/3 | 0.4/1 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 6.657 | 7.640 | 3.997 | 4.971 | 3.539 | 0.828 |
ABC's unscripted pair of The Bachelorette and Here Come The Newlyweds edged CBS repeats to top Monday night with an overall 2.3 adults 18-49 rating.
The Bachelorette's 18-49 demo rating slipped almost 8% from last Monday, but it still was enough to keep ABC ahead of CBS repeats for the win. Dateline NBC was down 29% from last week as the Jackson frenzy, at least for a moment, cooled. Note that the Law & Order:CI at 9pm is labeled “new-ish” because while it had already been telecast on USA, it is new to NBC.
You can see TV ratings from other recent Overnight ratings reports here.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | 18-34 Rating | 18-34 Share | Viewers (million) |
| 8:00 | ABC | The Bachelorette | 2.4 | 8 | 2.1 | 8 | 7.288 |
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother (repeat) | 1.8 | 6 | 1.3 | 5 | 5.513 | |
| FOX | House (repeat) | 1.2 | 4 | 0.9 | 3 | 3.741 | |
| NBC | Law & Order (repeat) | 1.1 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 4.662 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.874 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Rules of Engagement (repeat) | 1.9 | 6 | 1.2 | 4 | 5.483 |
| 9:00 | ABC | The Bachelorette | 2.7 | 8 | 2.4 | 8 | 8.037 |
| CBS | Two and a Half Men (repeat) | 2.7 | 8 | 1.9 | 6 | 9.254 | |
| NBC | Law & Order: CI (new-ish) | 1.3 | 4 | 0.8 | 3 | 5.100 | |
| FOX | Lie To Me (repeat) | 0.9 | 3 | 0.7 | 2 | 3.338 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.783 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory (repeat) | 2.7 | 8 | 1.9 | 6 | 8.200 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI:Miami (repeat) | 2.0 | 6 | 1.3 | 4 | 8.694 |
| ABC | Here Come The Newlyweds | 1.8 | 5 | 1.7 | 5 | 4.645 | |
| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.5 | 4 | 1.0 | 3 | 5.153 |
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All numbers are Live+SD.
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Just to let ev1 no bot And the scrubs repeat won’t be on tonight 20 20 is on instead about michael jacksons funerl and death.
Law and Order: CI was new-ish?
im actually happy Better Off Ted isnt on tonight. I love the show but hate seeing their extremely low ratings!
Still never understand how so many people can watch a repeat of Two and a Half Men. I seriously do not find the show a bit funny.
Mark, and all others to follow, read the copy I spent hours crafting
‘USA encore’ might be better wording
The combination of 2 1/2 men and BBT are going to be a tough team to beat in the 9:00 hour this coming season. BBT is predictably holding onto the 2 1/2 men audience
I, for one, ecstatic (well maybe that’s too much, but gratified at least) that CBS got BBT away from House.
Now if they could only do something similarily good for HIMYM. . .like move it to Wednesday night where the competition is much softer.
I’m sure NBC was happy with the ratings for the MJ special considering how many specials Dateline has already done in his honor since his passing. Figuring 5M viewers is good for a show that was cheaply, quickly produced and was more filler than anything.
WOW those TBBT numbers are impressive. It repeats very well.
I am glad to see my favorite show TBBT back up 100% of the 2.5 Men numbers in both demos. If that happens during the fall season, CBS is going to be absolutely wetting themselves from excitement.
*Yawn* Bill, this is the part of the year that sucks for you guys running the site, isn’t it…
I guess i’m in the minority but how is 2.5 funny?
HIMYM and TBBT are just better.
Maybe people 40+ get the 2.5 jokes more. shrugs
I don’t get the appeal of 2.5 Men,either. Nothing against Charley Sheen or John Crier. It’s just that the show seems so repetitive. Correct me if I’m wrong – because I don’t watch the show REGULARLY. I catch it every now and then. It just seems like it’s ALWAYS about the same thing. There’s no development of charcters, story line, etc. How many times can storys about the one guy being a pig and trying to get laid be funny?? You can say that most “comedies” are pretty much the same, but I would beg to differ. At least with Everybody Loves Raymond, you could follow Robert through the ups and downs of relationships, non-relationships, etc., you followed Ray and Deborah through the ups and downs of raising kids, his parents, and all that goes with it. Other comedies have some kind of character or story development as well. But 2.5 men just seems like it’s the same story over and over. Horny, lazy jingle-writing guy is in constant heat. If I’m missing something because I don’t watch it regularly (it’s just that the episodes I see just seem to be the same story), somebody please point out what I’m missing. I know that sex sells, but if that’s the case, why not just bring back “The Man Show” from the Comedy Channel and put it on in place of 2.5 Men. Seems like you’d get better ratings if all it’s about is sex.
It’s not all about sex. Its about witty (albeit, low brow) banter. Sharp, distinct (although shallow) characters. Its about the ups and downs of male relationships with each other, their children, their mother, and all the women in their life. Its about the classic television arrangement with the viewer that everything will always return to the status quo. Its okay to miss an episode; when you come back it will still follow the same familiar formula and it will still be funny. And finally its about male fantasy fulfillment as charlie sheen is effortlessly rich and sleeps with impossibly beautiful women whenever he wants.(which is all the time)
Wow, good sign for The Big Bang Theory. Hopefully, they will match, or even surpass, the ratings of 2 and Half Men. I get the appeal of 2 and Half Men because its easy to digest and there are funny banters [especially with Berta] although yes the show does not really care much about character growth nor story development. But I do hope the it will be dethroned as the top rated US Sitcom, hopefully Big Bang Theory could do it
Speaking of bachelorettes, BuddyTV made a list of the 50 most eligible bachelorettes on TV, and Summer Glau came in at number FIVE, beaten only by Kristen Bell, Sophia Bush, Jennifer Aniston and Mary Louise Parker (probably because Parker is currently on Weeds). She was one number better than Eliza Dushku, and even beat out Yvonne Strahovski, which is probably just wrong.
The criteria was stupid, however, saying that boyfriends were irrelevant, but no engagements or long-term relationships which should have left Summer out since she’s been with Daniel Wisler for some time. But that’s fine with me they left her in the running.
I’d like to see a TV show where they try to marry off actresses like they do ordinary women. I remember once reading some guy’s pickup book where he said he never dated actresses any more because they always flipped out before the third date because they’re all basically unstable. It would be interesting to see how that would work in a reality dating show.
is it me or is the bachelorette dumb and ugly? IMHO
No, Glenn, you are right. Gillian is dumb and ugly. Anyone twit that thinks you find a good man by the type of condiments they use on their hot dog is just dumber than dirt. And she is FUGLY. I am not even watching the show because I couldn’t care less who Gillian ends up with – whoever it is they are one sad sack.