CBS was the clear winner on Monday night with an overall
4.0 rating/10 share in the 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen overnight numbers,
though its shows were down across the board. How I Met Your Mother was down 7% to a 4.3, followed by 2 Broke Girls, down 8% to a 4.4. Two and a Half Men slipped 4% to a 5.2
and Mike & Molly was down 5% to a
4.2. At 10 p.m., Hawaii Five-0 tumbled
15% to a 2.8.
ABC was a distant second with a 2.8/7 as it aired part
one of the season finale of Dancing With the
Stars, which was down 27% from last year to a 3.6. New game show You Deserve It followed the finale,
premiering at a 2.1. Castle returned up
13% from its last original on Nov. 7, to a 2.7.
It
should be noted that local ABC affiliates in Boston and Kansas City broadcast Monday Night Football, leading to higher than normal
adjustments in the final numbers.
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Fox's Terra Nova
continued to fall, dropping 9% to a 2.1, while House was even with last week at a 2.5. The network earned an
overall 2.3/6 for third place.
NBC was next with an overall 1.2/3 as Rock
Center with Brian Williams dropped 18% to a 0.9. Earlier, The Sing Off was up a tenth to a 1.4.
The CW's Hart of Dixie
was steady at a 0.7 in the A18-49 demo, but rose 14% in the A18-34 demo to a 0.8. Gossip Girl grew a tenth to a 0.7 in 18-49 and was up 29% in 18-34 to a 0.9. The network ended with an
overall 0.7/2.
