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CBS led the way last night on the broadcast networks with a 3.7 rating ,with Adults 18-49 for an all-original line up: How I Met Your Mother (3.9), 2 Broke Girls (4.3), Two and a Half Men (4.4), Mike & Molly (3.8) and Hawaii Five-O (2.9). Because of a massive upgrade at 8:30 pm, the night is up one tenth of a rating point from the same night last year (Monday, January 3, 2011): How I Met Your Mother (3.9), Rules of Engagement (3.4), Two and a Half Men (4.6), Mike & Molly (3.7) and Hawaii Five-O (2.9).
ABC placed second with a 2.4 rating (down from a 2.7 on the same night last year), as The Bachelor got off to a sluggish start. The Bachelor averaged a 2.4 from 8-10 pm (compared to a 2.9 in the same time period last year on this night). By half hour, The Bachelor last night scored 2.2, 2.4, 2.4, 2.5 — it just never got going (last year the show peaked at a 3.1 on this night). Celebrity Wife Swap at 10 pm last night averaged a 2.4 rating, the same number a Castle original did in the hour on this night last year.
NBC finished in third with a 1.7 rating, up substantially from a 0.9 last year on this night, when it relied on repeat programming. Last night started with Who’s Still Standing? (doing its reliable 1.5 rating from 8-9 pm), peaking at 9 pm with Fear Factor (2.4), and falling back with Rock Center (1.2 rating and a 1.3/1.0 by half hour).
In all-repeat mode last night, FOX averaged a 1.2 for the night, about the same as last year’s 1.3. Last night, two House repeats each scored a 1.2 rating, compared to last year’s line up of House (1.5) and Lie to Me (1.1).
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