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| Adults 18-49: Rating/Share | 4.9/14 | 2.8/8 | 2.2/6 | 1.8/5 | 1.4/4 | 0.9/2 |
| Adults 18-34: Rating/Share | 3.8/12 | 1.9/6 | 1.8/6 | 1.4/4 | 1.4/4 | 1.1/3 |
| Total Viewers (million) | 19.86 | 8.29 | 6.89 | 5.46 | 3.61 | 1.85 |
On a night when CBS was entirely in repeat mode save for a new episode of Rules of Engagement and FOX aired a House repeat, ABC easily won the night led by Dancing with the Stars. Despite the repeats, CBS was comfortably in second place.
Dancing with the Stars scored a 5.5 rating with adults 18-49 and 22.56 million viewers between 8p-10p. That's down from last week when it averaged a 6.3 rating with adults 18-49 and 23.9 million viewers (rose to 6.4 and 24.2 million in the final numbers).
After two consecutive weeks of tying for a series low 1.9 rating with adults 18-49, Chuck rose to a 2.1, but that was against a repeat of House and a repeat of How I Met Your Mother for the first half of the 8pm hour.
Castle was up, to a 3.7 rating with adults 18-49, but last week it dropped several tenths in the finals when the DWTS overrun was stripped out, but it should still easily be above a 3.0 rating with adults 18-49 even in the finals.
Even with an all-new lineup, NBC languished in fourth place and a new Law & Order was beaten by a CSI: Miami repeat at 10pm.
I know fans of Life Unexpected will look at the numbers in the table below, and say "ha!, Life Unexpected beat Gossip Girl!" But where it really matters, women 18-34, Gossip Girl still had the edge (1.8 vs. 1.5) but that edge is getting slimmer.
Details:
| Time | Net | Show | 18-49 Rating/Sh | Viewers (Millions) |
| 8:00 | ABC | Dancing With the Stars | 5.0/15 | 21.12 |
| CBS | How I Met Your Mother (R) | 2.2/7 | 5.69 | |
| NBC | Chuck | 2.1/6 | 5.59 | |
| FOX | House (R) | 1.9/5 | 5.47 | |
| CW | Life Unexpected | 0.9/3 | 2.05 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | Rules of Engagement | 2.9/8 | 7.26 |
| 9:00 | ABC | Dancing with the Stars | 6.0/16 | 24.00 |
| CBS | Two and a Half Men (R) | 3.7/10 | 10.79 | |
| FOX | 24 | 2.6/7 | 8.31 | |
| NBC | Trauma | 1.5/4 | 4.80 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl | 0.9/2 | 1.64 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory (R) | 3.5/9 | 9.76 |
| 10:00 | ABC | Castle | 3.7/10 | 14.47 |
| CBS | CSI: Miami (R) | 2.3/6 | 8.13 | |
| NBC | Law & Order | 1.8/5 | 5.98 |
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Oh great. Now we're going to hear all day that Chuck can be saved! No. It can't.
Glad for Chuck fans. Interested to see how The CW did last night.
I learned last week more than ever that the finals are critical when DWTS overrun is involved, but a preliminary 3.7 for Castle makes me smile inside.
I had a feeling DWTS would be down and Castle up!!!
I had the same thought, Julia. Staaaaaampeeeeeeeede!
Glad Chuck went up, but would've liked to see it reach a 2.2 at least.
And yes, Julia, it can be saved!
A 2.1 against repeats of House and HIMYM? That's considered a drop.
Stop grasping at straws. Chuck is dead.
Yes can we have a non-chuck day for once on this site? Every thread even if it has nothing to do with Chuck somehow brings up Chuck.
Not a Chuck fan at all, I_am_Awesome, but I disagree. This is the one day that Chuck fans SHOULD be allowed to talk their heads off, because it's the day they get their ratings. I sometimes chuckle a little at how it dominates Tuesday talk these days, but it's appropriate here more than anywhere else on this site. So let them have their laughs (or tears, as has been happening more lately!).
a repeat of HIMYM beat a new Chuck, a repeat of House was only .2 behind, repeats of CSI Miami, TBBT and 2.5 Men also beat a new Chuck, Chuck is dead. Good riddance.
Chuck is dead and they have themselves to blame rather than NBC or whatever. This has easily been the least satisfying season of Chuck ever with only a few really great episodes here and there. The laughable romance storyline has had so many shifts from episode to episode and really from scene to scene that I'm sure it's turned a lot of people off. It would have made me tune out if I wasn't already heavily invested in the show.
I'm sure Josh Schwartz viewers on The OC and Gossip Girl eat that stuff up. On a comedic show? Doesn't work at all, especially since it's not intended to be comedic.
No one likes a Debbie Downer Julia
You mean you don't want to talk about Chuck, Captain Awesome?
Those Gossip Girl ratings are ugly! Lux beat it.
Im glad Chuck rose with a cliffhanger, extremely strong ep, and that House is still in reruns for next week. And I still like to see what the Comcast OnDemand numbers are. OnDemand had something like 12 Billion total viewers last year across all their offerings, I would like to think it has some impact on tv viewing in general.
In short I think Chuck can be saved. There is absolutely nothing like it on TV. Along with Glee, these are absolutely to two most enjoyable hours of tv.
Seems like Chuck has about a 50/50 shot if it holds those numbers, if only because of the discord over at NBC.
Do you have access to what Castle did at the half hour mark?
Chuck needs to go… but so does L&O!… either back to Friday or off, into the sunset. Record breaking season or no, this show is consistently getting smacked around against repeats of the weakened CSI:Miami.
Success story of the night: Rules of Engagement. I never understand why they wait until the 11th hour to bring this one out. Accidentally on Purpose has no chance of coming back to Monday, and Rules has always been a strong competitor and will almost assuredly return next season.
Well, I guess I was a little off, stating Chuck would rise to a 2.2/2.3. Oh well, off by a tenth of a point. No biggie.
Anyone who thought Chuck's ratings weren't going to drop from A) DST then B) Dancing With The Stars was simply being ignorant. Of course it's going to take a hit against DWTS. ABC is going to win Mondays week after week with those numbers. As the show continues DWTS's ratings will come back to Earth.
Chuck will hover at 2.1/2.2 for the next few weeks while DWTS is still riding high. Give it another month and it will be at 2.3/2.4.
Sorry Chuck haters (and haters of the fans) but it's gonna be back next season.
Well, I guess I was a little off, stating Chuck would rise to a 2.2/2.3. Oh well, off by a tenth of a point. No biggie.
Anyone who thought Chuck's ratings weren't going to drop from A) DST then B) Dancing With The Stars was simply being ignorant. Of course it's going to take a hit against DWTS. ABC is going to win Mondays week after week with those numbers. As the show continues DWTS's ratings will come back to Earth.
Chuck will hover at 2.1/2.2 for the next few weeks while DWTS is still riding high. Give it another month and it will be at 2.3/2.4.
Sorry Chuck haters (and haters of the fans) but it's gonna be back next season.