>CBS Monday won the night yet again with a 3.6 rating. The night was all originals, except for the benching of How I Met Your Mother. Freshman hit 2 Broke Girls aired at 8:00 pm and scored a 4.1 Adult 18-49 rating, about half a rating point below what it normally does at 8:30 and about three or four tenths below the recent level for How I Met Your Mother. At 9 pm, Two and a Half Men logged a sub-5 rating for the second time this year (4.6) and well below what the show did on this night last year (5.1 rating). Mike & Molly scored a 3.9 rating, not quite a season low (3.7) but toward the bottom of this year’s results. Hawaii Five-O tied a season low for an original (2.8). While the ratings are still strong versus the competition on the night, the disruption of one half hour shows that even a strong schedule is vulnerable to even slight disruptions of a habit-driven schedule. Last year on this night (Monday, December 13, 2010): How I Met Your Mother (4.5), Rules of Engagement (3.8), Two and a Half Men (5.1), Mike & Molly (4.2) and Hawaii Five-O (3.9).
CBS Mon 9.19 9.26 10.3 1010 1017 1024 1031 11.7 1114 1121 1128 12.5 1212
How I Met 4.9 4.5 4.5 4.0 4.2 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.4 2.9R 4.5 —
2 Broke G 7.1 4.6 4.5 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.6 3.3R 4.6 4.1*
2.5 Men 10.7 7.4 6.2 5.9 5.3 5.5 4.7 5.2 5.4 5.2 3.1R 5.0 4.6*
Mike & M — 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.9 4.2 3.7 4.2 4.4 4.2 2.7R 4.2 3.9*
Hawaii 5 3.4 3.3 3.2 2.7 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.1 3.3 2.8 2.1R 3.0 2.8*
NBC found a hit show by going back to a reality show developed in 2001. Fear Factor returned to the schedule with a 3.2 rating for a special episode at 8 pm (good for second place) and a 3.5 rating for the time period premiere at 9 pm (also a very strong second place). Not surprisingly, a younger-skewing reality show (with equal parts helicopters, explosions and gallons of cow blood) did little to help a very old-skewing new magazine at 10 pm. Rock Center scored a 1.1 rating (1.3 and 0.9 rating by half hour), a fairly typical performance for the program. For the night, NBC averaged a 2.6 rating. Last year on this night: The Sing-Off (3.6) and Chase (1.2).
NBC Mon 9.19 9.26 10.3 1010 1017 1024 1031 11.7 1114 1121 1128 12.5 1212
The Sing-O 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.3 1.4 1.7 1.1 –*
Fear Factor 3.5*
Playboy Cl 1.6 1.3 1.2 — — — —
Rock Centr — — — — — — 1.0 1.0 1.1 0.9 1.2 0.9 1.1*
FOX fell to third place with a 1.8 rating. Terra Nova tied a series low (2.1), although that number could decline to a 2.0 in the official nationals because of a pre-emption in St Louis for the ESPN Monday Night Football game. Last night on this year: House repeat (1.5) and Lie to Me repeat (1.2).
FOX Mon 9.19 9.26 10.3 1010 1017 1024 1031 11.7 1114 1121 1128 12.5 1212
Terra Nova — 3.1 3.1 2.5 2.8 — 2.1 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.2 — 2.1*
House — — 3.9 2.7 3.1 — 2.5 2.8 2.5 2.5 2.6 — 1.4R
ABC crashed to fourth place on the night with a lowly 1.1 rating. The animated special I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown! pulled a 1.4 rating at 8 pm, while You Deserve It set another series low (0.9) and a Castle repeat bottomed out at a 1.0 rating. Last year on this night: Skating with the Stars (0.8), Mariah Carey special (1.2) and Castle (1.3).
ABC Mon 9.19 9.26 10.3 1010 1017 1024 1031 11.7 1114 1121 1128 12.5 1212
Dancing St 4.0 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.3 3.2 2.8 3.4 3.2 3.5 — — —
You Deserve It 1.7 1.4 1.0 0.9*
Castle 3.2 3.1 2.5 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.4 — 2.3 1.3R 2.0 1.0R
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