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| Adults 18-49: Rating/Share | 4.0/10 | 3.9/10 | 3.1/8 | 1.9/5 | 1.5/4 | 1.2/3 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 2.9/8 | 3.5/9 | 2.0/6 | 1.8/5 | 1.7/5 | 1.6/4 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 11.50 | 10.36 | 14.30 | 5.36 | 3.75 | 2.57 |
It was a night of mixed leadership with ABC winning the most-viewers and CBS leading with adults 18-49 and FOX leading with adults 18-34 (having commanding leads with both women 18-34 and men 18-34).
Last week, the overnight detail wound up being adjusted significantly due to a record breaking Monday Night Football contest airing on the ABC affiliates in some local markets. I'm not sure if the exciting Jets vs. Dolphins game will break any records but it makes comparing to last week's fast nationals more iffy than usual, and also note that the Dolphins game aired locally on the CW affiliate in Miami, so some football viewing that will be stripped out in the finals is included in CW's numbers below.
With that said, it appears Heroes and Trauma have stabilized and were up a tick each versus last week, unfortunately at very low (too low to stay on the air) levels for Trauma (1.8), and even if Heroes is still one of NBC's better performing shows because NBC's average have dropped so far, a 2.4 is better than last week's preliminary 2.3 -- not that girls kissing girls seemed to boost the ratings much, at least it wasn't another new record low 18-49 rating for an original episode of Heroes.
I know there are many Castle fans who were disappointed last Monday when the preliminary 3.0 adults 18-49 rating dropped to a 2.2 rating in the finals. Don't be too surprised if last night's 2.4 rating drops somewhere to around a 2.2 as well due to a minute or two of Dancing with the Stars overrun that will be stripped out in the final numbers.
Elsewhere as has been the Monday rule, House was the night's most popular program with adults 18-49, though it was down a tick from last week's 5.1 to a 5.0.
Over on CBS Two and a Half Men continues to lead The Big Bang Theory in viewers (13.89 million vs. 12.78 million), while Bang has the edge with adults 18-49 (4.8 vs. 4.6)
Over on the CW (and keeping in mind that in the Miami market, the football game aired on the local CW affiliate) according to the CW:
Compared to last week, OTH was up 17% with women 18-34 (2.1/6), 15% in adults 18-34 (1.5/4), 14% in women 18-49 (1.6/4), 9% in adults 18-49 (1.2/3) and 24% in total viewers (2.6mil).
Gossip Girl was flat with last week in adults 18-34 (1.7/5), and up 6% in women 18-49 (1.8/4), 9% in adults 18-49 (1.2/3) and 19% in total viewers (2.5mil). Gossip Girl ranked #1 in its time period with female teens (1.8/6).
Gossip Girl built on its OTH lead in among women 18-34, adults 18-34 and women 18-49, and matched OTH in adults 18-49.
In the late night battles Conan and Dave seemed locked in a tie with adults 18-49 last night each with a 0.9/4 rating/share in Nielsen's 24 local markets with people meters. Conan had the edge with adults 18-34 (0.8.4 vs. 0.5/2).
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | FOX | House | 5.0/13 | 12.91 |
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 3.5/9 | 8.61 | |
| ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 3.3/8 | 16.10 | |
| NBC | Heroes | 2.4/6 | 5.64 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill | 1.2/3 | 2.62 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Accidentally on Purpose | 3.0/7 | 7.83 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Two and a Half Men | 4.6/11 | 13.89 |
| ABC | Dancing With the Stars | 3.7/9 | 16.82 | |
| FOX | Lie To Me | 2.8/7 | 7.81 | |
| NBC | Trauma | 1.8/4 | 5.52 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl | 1.2/3 | 2.51 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 4.8/12 | 12.78 |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: Miami | 4.0/11 | 12.94 |
| ABC | Castle | 2.4/6 | 9.99 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.5/4 | 4.91 |
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Time Shifted Viewing – Program ratings for national sources are produced in three streams of data – Live, Live+Same Day (Live+SD) and Live+7 Day. Time shifted figures account for incremental viewing that takes place with DVRs which are currently in approximately 24.4% of all U.S. TV households. Live+Same Day (Live+SD) include viewing during the same broadcast day as the original telecast, with a cut-off of 3:00AM local time when meters transmit daily viewing to Nielsen for processing. Live+7 Day ratings include incremental viewing that takes place during the 7 days following a telecast.
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I’m not a Nielson box… so me watching Castle live or DVR doesn’t affect… anything.
Correct?
If it did, I’d consider starting to watch it live.
Eric, you can relax and watch as you want. Nielsen’s not keeping track of you
HIMYM – 3.5 yay! After seeing how the other 8PM sitcoms (Old Christine, Hank and Community) performed last week in the demo, I’m really impressed now with HIMYM’s numbers!
AOP is up to 3.0, I think it will get a full season pick up. I hope someday TBBT beats 2.5 Men in viewers but the 18-49 demo win is amazing, hopefully it could flirt with 5.0 demo again
I can tell you with complete certainty that TRAUMA will be removed from the Monday schedule ASAP.
It seems the CBS comedies are at stable levels. Purpose and Mother are up as well as Men and Theory. AOP should get a full season soon, or atleast additional episodes. Trauma and Heroes are consistent but it seems Trauma is looking to be axed soon. Heroes will likely only be saved because of the demo. Castle isnt doing that great out of dancing, however Im still confident in a full season (and that ABC wouldnt give up on the only drama they renewed from last season). Lie to Me is also only doing OK out of House but it should still get a full year.
Forg, always possible TBBT could be adjusted up, it was in last week’s finals. We’ll see!
AOP was up from last week, huh? Oh dear Lord, it’s going to stick around for a full season…
The two bubble shows of the day look quite stable. Accidentally on Purpose looks very good now with its 3.0 average demo, and although Castle’s 18-49 is far from great, its lead-in isn’t a powerhouse anymore, either. Anyway I hope if ABC would be mad enough to cancel Castle, USA or some other cable network would step in to save it. It would be perfect for USA.
At least Catsles numbers were up overall from where it was last week.
Robert, oh yeah I forgot about that TBBT usually goes up in the final ratings, I hope they will do it again this week
Good numbers for Gossip Girl, Hilary Duff rocks as Olivia Burke!
I love Heroes, but these ratings are bad :/
i hope heroes continues to increase
House is a beast as always. Only show I care about until Thursday though I still wish Fringe would be put after it. It’s a lot more compatible with House than Lie to Me and that should be behind Bones. Ah well, another solid week for Hugh and company.
The kiss on heroes was nothing. No way was it going to boost the ratings. Good to see it level out though. This season has been better than last season.
In terms of new and sophomore series
Castle will likely get a full year soon
Lie to Me will likely get a full year soon
Trauma will be axed soon
Accidentally on Purpose should get a full year soon
Other than that all other returning monday shows are safe
Not a whole lot of surprises:
AoP needs to go, sooner or later. When can RoE take over?
Trauma needs to go now.
Castle may as well stay for a while, given how bad the rest of ABC’s lineup is.
Lie To Me is filler at best, and should not be given a backorder.
Man, did Big Bang’s success come out of nowhere this season! What a difference a time shift makes! I figured that thanks to 2 1/2 Men, their HH would go up, but they are tops in teh 18-49 for CBS’s Monday? That’s nuts!
Yayish for Heroes
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David how were Gossip Girl’s numbers good? Even if compared against the network the fact that GG can only get 0.2 above a friday smallville show is bad! The CW shows all do bad (apart from VD and ANTM – and even they for any other network would be v.bad) so I don’t how they is much to smile about. Especially seeing as The CW needs to prove itself to Warner or the channel could be dead (as it looses around 100-300 million a year).
Dan, I think Bill has a post coming that will strike (some more) fear into the hearts of Castle fans. Personally I see Castle as “on the bubble or worse” when it comes to a full season pickup. Many seem to go with the notion that ABC can’t NOT pick-up ALL THREE of Castle, Eastwick and The Forgotten, and they might be right, but I’m not yet sold that “ABC can’t”
Love House last night, Im glad that they’re always able to win the night in 18-49 demo, but the numbers and the decreasing pattern week after week is this bad for the show? Or is this a normal trend?