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TV ratings: 'Dancing' dips again; CBS and FOX share demo title
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Fast National ratings for Monday, May 17, 2010"Dancing With the Stars" fell a bit more in the ratings Monday, and while it was still the night's most-watched show, the rest of ABC's lineup wasn't strong enough to keep CBS and FOX from tying for the lead in adults 18-49.
ABC scored Monday's best overall numbers, averaging 14.2 million viewers and a 9.1 rating/15 share in households. CBS (10.7 million, 6.6/11) came in second, beating out FOX (9.9 million, 5.9/9). NBC (5.8 million, 3.8/6) was up a bit from last week, while a night of finales on The CW drew 2 million viewers and a 1.3/2.
CBS and FOX tied for first in the 18-49 demo at 3.6 ABC took third with 3.2. NBC averaged 1.8 and The CW 1.0.
Monday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
ABC: "Dancing With the Stars" (18.1 million viewers, 11.5/18 households)
FOX: "House" season finale (10.9 million, 6.5/10)
CBS: "How I Met Your Mother" (7.65 million, 4.7/8)/"Rules of Engagement" (7.7 million, 4.8/8)
NBC: "Chuck" (5.2 million, 3.0/5)
The CW: "One Tree Hill" season finale (2 million, 1.3/2)
18-49 leader: "House" (4.2)
9 p.m.
ABC: "Dancing With the Stars" (20.3 million, 12.3/20)/"Romantically Challenged" (8.7 million, 5.8/9)
CBS: "Two and a Half Men" (13.2 million, 8.0/12)/"The Big Bang Theory" (14.75 million, 8.7/14)
FOX: "24" (9 million, 5.4/8)
NBC: "Law & Order" (5.9 million, 3.9/6)
The CW: "Gossip Girl" season finale (2 million, 1.3/2)
18-49 leader: "The Big Bang Theory" (5.4)
10 p.m.
CBS: "CSI: Miami" (10.6 million, 6.7/11)
ABC: "Castle" season finale (10.1 million, 6.5/11)
NBC: "Law & Order" (6.2 million, 4.3/7)
18-49 leader: "CSI: Miami" (3.0)
Ratings information includes live and same-day DVR viewing. All numbers are preliminary and subject to change. Source: The Nielsen Company.
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Another great House episode. Keep up the good work FOX!!!
Romantically Challenged lost almost 12M viewers. Any wonder why it was canceled so quickly!
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DWTS is still doing fine. Reason why viewership dips toward finale is because so many popular stars are gone. Seems that many viewers gave up on R/C after the cancelation notice. Too bad, Alyssa was cute and likeable as usual. Hope to see her again soon. Show was typical comedy sitcom no funnier or stupider than average.
I see the douchebag named Donna/**** is still on here. You're an idiot **** and always will be, grow up!
Anyways, Romantically Challenged has been a huge challenge and disappointment to ABC and so happy ABC decided to cancel this junk, but why Chuck got a 4th season renewal with those numbers they're posting is baffling.
Good to see "24" climb up a bit from last Monday's ratings. Law & Order's ratings for the new two episodes last night were around what it got last Monday for the one new episode at 10 pm.
I wish NBC would have moved Chuck to Fridays and paired it up with The Cape.
Let's give the moron called cici a bit of a reality check. It was announced last week that Romantically Challenged was cancelled. Still, 8.7 million viewers tuned in anyway! Last time I checked 8.7 million viewers beats 7.6 million posted by How I Met Your Mother and the 7.7 million posted by Rules of Engagement. The show is gone and they'll move on but you'll always be the biased dingbat with sh-it for brains and a personality to match. Fu ckin TARD!