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| Adults 18-49: Rating/Share | 4.0/10 | 3.6/9 | 3.4/9 | 1.8/5 | 1.4/4 | 0.6/1 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 3.1/9 | 3.5/10 | 2.3/6 | 1.5/4 | 1.5/4 | 0.8/2 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 11.86 | 9.58 | 15.88 | 5.01 | 3.74 | 1.28 |
CBS won the night with adults 18-49 as How I Met Your Mother hit season highs with adults 18-49 and The Big Bang Theory banged out its largest audience ever. Bang had regularly been besting Two and a Half Men with adults 18-49 recently, but last night it managed to win out in overall audience as well.
ABC had the most overall viewers and we'll have to see how it shakes out in the finals, but it looks like the 30 minute premiere of ABC's Find My Family makes for a slightly better lead-in for Castle than Dancing with the Stars, despite its smaller audience.
And here's a blurb from ABC PR for the Castle fans who say we never post anything nice about Castle!
10-11pm: Achieving season-highs, ABC’s Castle bested NBC’s Jay Leno in the 10 o’clock hour by 6.0 million viewers (10.5 million vs. 4.5 million) and by 93% in Adults 18-49 (2.7/7 vs. 1.4/4). In fact Castle earned its highest Adult 18-49 number in nearly 7 months and matched its biggest audience in more than 8 months – since 5/4/09 and 3/16/09, respectively. Castle greatly improved the hour year to year for ABC, over an original Boston Legal on the year-ago night, by 2.3 million viewers and by 29% in Adults18-49 (8.2 million and 2.1/6 on 11/24/08).
Heroes was up slightly from last week's lows, but Trauma sunk to its lowest-rated telecast ever with adults 18-49 despite a surprise pickup of three additional episodes.
One week's data point does not make a trend, but if it did, FOX might conclude fans really want Cameron on the show. House dipped from last week's 5.1 rating with adults 18-49 to a 4.5 rating last night, down about 12 percent week over week. FOX still won the night with adults 18-34.
In Late-Night Local People Meters Monday night:
- Conan O'Brien (0.9/4 in 18-49 in local people meters) trailed CBS's LATE SHOW (1.1/4) in Nielsen's 24 local markets with People Meters.
- At 12:35 a.m., Jimmy Fallon (0.5/3 in 18-49 in local people meters) trailed CBS's LATE LATE SHOW (0.6/4).
Here are last Monday's preliminary numbers for comparison.
Full details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Share | Viewers (Millons) |
| 8:00 | FOX | House | 4.5/12 | 11.88 |
| ABC | Dancing With the Stars | 3.8/10 | 19.77 | |
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 3.7/10 | 8.79 | |
| NBC | Heroes | 2.3/6 | 5.17 | |
| CW | One Tree Hill (Repeat) | 0.6/1 | 1.33 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Accidentally on Purpose | 3.2/8 | 7.90 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Two and a Half Men | 4.7/12 | 13.91 |
| ABC | Dancing With the Stars | 4.6/11 | 21.93 | |
| FOX | Lie To Me | 2.7/7 | 7.27 | |
| NBC | Trauma | 1.6/4 | 5.32 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (Repeat) | |||
| 9:30 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 5.2/13 | 14.22 |
| ABC | Find My Family (premiere) | 2.9/7 | 12.90 | |
| 10:00 | CBS | CSI: Miami | 3.7/10 | 13.18 |
| ABC | Castle | 2.7/7 | 10.46 | |
| NBC | The Jay Leno Show | 1.4/4 | 4.54 |
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Holla!!!! Boo to anyone who says Castle can’t stand on its own two feet without the DWTS lead-in. In your skeptical faces.
Thanks, TVBTN!
That’s very interesting results for Castle. If the ratings don’t drop in the finals, will ABC rethink things?
I guess Katee Sackoff did help the ratings even if she only showed up in one scene.
If that 2.7 for Castle holds, it’s a renewal lock.
Also, congratulations to Heroes for breaking their long series-low streak. Looks like they were finally up this week.
Insert standard disclaimer about MNF possibly appearing on ABC affiliates in Houston & Nashville here? Isn’t Houston one of the larger markets in the country?
And I can no longer be shocked by BBT, aside from pointing out that the show has no pre-existing stars (then again, neither did House, nor Heroes). Star power is overrated.
And just how bad are NBC’s midseasons that more Traumas at that cost at those ratings makes sense. Yeesh. Those April ratings will be ugly, mark my words.
i knew it wasnt dancing with the stars that kept Castle up. Its a kind of show that can fit anywhere, if u watch it u know what im saying. I didnt think it would go up this much, buut awesome! a 2.7 is actually pretty good for any show,
my opinion, if Castle stays above a 2.5, its good for a renewal
Wow those used to be DWTS regular numbers some season before
So did football appear on ABC stations in Houston and Nashville?
Oh I keep forgetting that Castle always drops in the finals because of MNF.
WOW @ Castle! I only saw one promo for it and that was during Find My Family. If it can fit with that show, it would probably fit well on Sundays @ 8 after EMHE.
Yay TBBT! Finally beating the awful 2.5 Men! Also great to see HIMYM doing well.
I agree with Tom I am not shocked any more about BBT but I was expecting a season Low with the finale of DWTS.
If they are getting these numbers with DWTS on imagine next few months
CSI Miami is doing OK
Yay. Castle was hysterical last night. It’s moving from my watch/enjoy/forget category to my watch/buy DVD/rewatch category.
Interesting. IIRC, last year, CBS’s comedies at 8pm also hit their season highs towards the end of November. Perhaps it’s the shorter days?
Wow at the results for Castle. It’s finally growing into the show that ABC needs it to be. What will pisher say?
‘Bang’ was pretty funny last night – the 8 o’clock hour for CBS is still pretty weak…
im sure castle will go down to its usual 2.5 cuz of MNF, but this still proves it dont need DWTS.
Ouch for Trauma, last night’s episode was the best one yet, it keeps improving in terms of quality. I hate the fact that Mercy performed better.
That House burn in hell with Cameron’s out.
If Castle stays in there, Renewal here we come
big applause for The Big Bang Theory. This season has been fantastic and those ratings are truly deserved. Give Sheldon his Golden Globe nomination already!!!
There was no overrun for Castle so the numbers should stay the same. Castle actually started on time at 10.