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TV ratings: 'Dancing With the Stars' steady in Week 2 as ABC rules Monday
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Fast National ratings for Monday, March 28, 2011The second episode of "Dancing With the Stars" drew ratings nearly identical to its premiere last week, giving ABC another huge win on Monday night. CBS and FOX were both in repeats for most of the night, so the margin of victory was even wider than last week.
Here's how dominant ABC was Monday: Its average of 19.2 million viewers (with an 11.9 rating/18 share in households) was greater than the combined total of the other four English-language networks. CBS was the best of the rest with 6.25 million viewers and a 4.1/6. NBC (5.6 million, 3.7/6) came in third overall, followed by FOX (4.4 million, 2.8/4). The CW was barely there with just 646,000 viewers and a 0.5/1.
ABC also ruled the adults 18-49 demographic with a 4.5 rating; no one else broke the 2.0 barrier. CBS took second in the demo with a 1.9. FOX's 1.3 edged NBC's 1.2 for third, and The CW trailed with a 0.3.
Monday hour by hour:
8 p.m.
ABC: "Dancing With the Stars" (20.85 million viewers, 12.9/20 households)
CBS: "How I Met Your Mother" rerun (5.65 million, 3.6/6)/"Mad Love" (5.6 million, 3.6/5)
FOX: "House" rerun (4.8 million, 3.0/5)
NBC: Special - "All Together Now: A Celebration of Service" (4.2 million, 2.8/4)
The CW: "90210" rerun (756,000, 0.5/1)
18-49 leader: "Dancing With the Stars" (4.7)
9 p.m.
ABC: "Dancing With the Stars" (23.8 million, 14.6/22)
CBS: "Two and a Half Men" rerun (7.6 million, 5.0/7)/"Mike & Molly" rerun (7 million, 4.6/7)
NBC: "The Event" (4.4 million, 2.9/4)
FOX: "The Chicago Code" rerun (4 million, 2.5/4)
The CW: "Gossip Girl" rerun (537,000, 0.4/1)
18-49 leader: "Dancing With the Stars" (5.5)
10 p.m.
ABC: "Castle" (12.8 million, 8.3/13)
NBC: "Harry's Law" (8.2 million, 5.4/9)
CBS: "Hawaii Five-0" rerun (5.8 million, 3.9/6)
18-49 leader: "Castle" (3.3)
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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CBS is killing Hawaii Five-O with the constant reruns. I think they made 10 episodes and just keep running them over and over again. Ridiculous!
Good for dancing with the stars!!! At least Two and a half Men is only getting half the ratings it used to get.
Most SCI-FI fans (like me) would agree that The Event is a pretty good show. It is far less complex and confusing now, better for the mainstream. But I like it even better with the flashbacks. The showrunners needed to make it easier to digest. FlashForward went through the same transformation and it didn't work either. Fringe was renewed because of the fanatical fans. I doubt The Event will be renewed, but I think V may earn another season. I'd rather have a short third season of V than a full second season of The Event.
Who watches this abomination of a show?
Really, this and American Idol?
Who?
Both horrible entertainment.
It's like a Solid Gold show all over again.
I agree, Fred. And I'd like to know if The Event has a non-cliffhanger ending to the season because there's no way it's going to continue past that.
Flash Forward was good, though..It failed the same way these other shows fail--no one watches on a bigger level, as with Invasion, Threshold, Night Stalker, etc, etc, etc..Even Moonlight was the sh*t, but no one watched. And now look--stupid vampire shows up the wazoo! They were just 3yrs too early!
Castle is doing really good! Great show!
Castle is doing really well! The show is getting better and better!
Attention CBS: You have a winner in Mad Love don`t ruin this show like you have others, so i don`t have to endure another darn season of the unwatchable Rules Of Engagment or what i call it..The show that won`t go away..it`s totally unwatchable..BRING BACK MAD LOVE!!
yup Kenny, I agree with you. Mad Love is a good show. BRING IT BACK CBS!