Prime-Time Ratings:
Monday 11/09/09

-Total Viewers:
ABC: 15.33 million, CBS: 11.89, Fox: 10.13, NBC: 4.90, CW: 2.49

-Adults 18-49:
Fox: 4.0 rating/10 share, CBS: 3.9/10, ABC: 3.2/ 8, NBC: 1.8/ 4, CW: 1.2/ 3

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-Yesterday’s Winners:
Dancing With the Stars (ABC), Two and a Half Men (CBS), The Big Bang Theory (CBS), House (Fox), CSI: Miami (CBS)

-Yesterday’s Losers (excluding repeats):
Heroes (NBC), One Tree Hill (CW), Trauma (NBC), Gossip Girl (CW), The Jay Leno Show (NBC)

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Note: The fast affiliate results for Monday will be posted at PIFeedback by 12 p.m. ET. Go to the website, click on Ratings Box (the first category), then Last Night’s Results, and Monday, November 9, 2009.

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-Ratings Breakdown:
It was a Monday of split leadership, with dancing ignited ABC the most-watched network and Fox No. 1 among adults 18-49 -- one-tenth of a rating point ahead of second-place CBS in the demo. NBC finished fourth in both categories, followed by The CW.

Another two-hour installment of ABC’s Dancing With the Stars was amply sampled with 17.64 million viewers and a 3.5 rating/9 share among adults 18-49 from 8-10 p.m. Take a look at the half-hour breakdown:

Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
8:00 p.m. – Viewers: 16.70 million (#1), A18-49: 3.3/ 8 (#3)
8:30 p.m. – Viewers: 17.89 million (#1), A18-49: 3.5/ 9 (#2)
9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 17.64 million (#1), A18-49: 3.6/ 9 (#2)
9:30 p.m. – Viewers: 18.33 million (#1), A18-49: 3.7/ 9 (#2)

My pick to bid adieu tonight: shaky Aaron Carter, who has never been a fan favorite.

Dancing With the Stars led into Castle, which finished second behind CBS’ CSI Miami (Viewers: 13.83 million; A18-49: 4.0/11) with a respectable 10.72 million viewers and a 2.5/ 7 among adults 18-49 at 10 p.m.. Comparably, retention for Castle out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of Dancing With the Stars was 58 percent in viewers and 68 percent in the demo.

CBS had what you would call a typical Monday with its combination of How I Met Your Mother (Viewers: #3, 8.96 million; A18-49: #2, 3.5/ 9), which always delivers among adults 18-49, Accidentally on Purpose (Viewers: #3, 8.20 million; A18-49: #3, 3.0/ 7), which was recently picked up for five additional episodes, Two and a Half Men (Viewers: #2, 14.12 million; A18-49: #1, 4.4/11), compatible The Big Bang Theory (Viewers: #2, 12.41 million; A18-49: #1, 4.5/11) and aforementioned CSI: Miami (Viewers: #1, 13.83 million; A18-49: #1, 4.0/11). CSI: Miami featured part one of the three episode CSI franchise crossover of Laurence Fishburne this week.

Next was Fox care of House (Viewers: #2, 12.79 million; A18-49: #1, 5.1/13), which has a lock for dominance in the 8 p.m. hour among adults 18-49, and 9 p.m. time period warmer Lie To Me (Viewers: #3, 7.46 million; A18-49: #3, 3.0/ 7).

Elsewhere, NBC continues to open the week on a depressed note with its failing line-up of aging Heroes (Viewers: #4, 5.35 million; A18-49: #4, 2.3/ 6), canceled medical drama Trauma (Viewers: #4, 5.37 million; A18-49: #4, 1.8/ 4) and struggling The Jay Leno Show (Viewers: #3, 3.96 million; A18-49: #3, 1.2/ 3), which deserves to be canceled immediately but that would leave NBC with five hours to fill in primetime. Last was CW combo One Tree Hill (Viewers: 2.67 million; A18-49: 1.2/ 3) and Gossip Girl (Viewers: 2.31 million; A18-49: 1.2/ 3), which continue to benefit after the DVR usage is factored in.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data (R = repeat)

Pretty bad news for CBS. CSIM should've done a lot better given the crossover. And BBT losing viewers? Well i expected since this season has been well below par

Congrats for OTH. Another well-deserved season high. Sorry Ostroff, GG isn't going to work no matter what you try

I am a dancer and I want DWTS to go away. That show. Grr.

Glad to see a pick up of more episodes of AOP although I wish it had been for a whole season. It seems to be holding steady???? I don't know really. It seems to a bit of an up and down trend throughout the night for CBS.

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Originally posted by robert:
Pretty bad news for CBS. CSIM should've done a lot better given the crossover. And BBT losing viewers? Well i expected since this season has been well below par

Congrats for OTH. Another well-deserved season high. Sorry Ostroff, GG isn't going to work no matter what you try

The threesome was SO lame! Super awkward and they chose the boring-est characters to do it with. All they showed was kissing. And not hot kissing.

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Originally posted by TheBees:
I am a dancer and I want DWTS to go away. That show. Grr.

Glad to see a pick up of more episodes of AOP although I wish it had been for a whole season. It seems to be holding steady???? I don't know really. It seems to a bit of an up and down trend throughout the night for CBS.

I used to dance ballet and agree DWTS is terrible. SYTYCD is much much better. Too bad the judges suck.

Can somebody explain how the CSI Trilogy is gonna work? Is it just Fishburne appearing on Miami and then on NY or will there be characters from the spinoffs on the Vegas episode as well?

Either way, I didn't expect a huge boost on Miami, since it's currently the healthiest show of the three to begin with. The NY ratings will be of some interest though.

CBS is resorting to stunt programming already to try to stop Castle's momentum. Didn't work CBS, here comes Castle. Leno's worst night seems to be Monday probably due to the strength of ABC and CBS programs that night.

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Originally posted by Marc Berman:
.... and struggling The Jay Leno Show (Viewers: #3, 3.96 million; A18-49: #3, 1.2/ 3)

MediaLife is also reporting that the demo for Heroes was a series low.

Break out the champagne NBC!

/me patiently waits for pishers comment about this weeks performance of Castle



AOP seems to be settling in, I think CBS is going to keep it, if it manages to stay above 3.0 in the demo.
House did well in the demo, but # of viewers seems low to me.

Ya, keep believing that. CSI:MIAMI a show that Beats Castle by 50% or more in the demos is trying to stunt programming to stop the "huge" momentum of Castle, a show that has 1 minute of DWTS bleeding into it in order to get a better rating

If anything this "Stunt Programming" is for CSI to uptick vs. Greys Anatomy, Castle on the other hand is no threat to CBS

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Originally posted by Tom98006:
CBS is resorting to stunt programming already to try to stop Castle's momentum. Didn't work CBS, here comes Castle. Leno's worst night seems to be Monday probably due to the strength of ABC and CBS programs that night.

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Originally posted by spotupj:
Can somebody explain how the CSI Trilogy is gonna work? Is it just Fishburne appearing on Miami and then on NY or will there be characters from the spinoffs on the Vegas episode as well?

Either way, I didn't expect a huge boost on Miami, since it's currently the healthiest show of the three to begin with. The NY ratings will be of some interest though.

The original is another one to watch this week as it should have viewers from the other two tuning in.

Pisher must be out to lunch!

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Originally posted by kavselj:
/me patiently waits for pishers comment about this weeks performance of Castle



AOP seems to be settling in, I think CBS is going to keep it, if it manages to stay above 3.0 in the demo.
House did well in the demo, but # of viewers seems low to me.

I was watching the Broncos/Steelers game on ESPN. DVR'd the rest of the evening. Any word on the ratings for Monday Night Football?

Thanks,
CVA

Marc, don't you think CBS has a big problem with the CSI franchise?

Not even the triple crossover could bring back viewers to the aging show. Castle is closing the gap each week!

If it was up to me: David Caruso should be fire right away. Lawrence Fishburne is not doing it for me on any level.

MARC, what dou you think? Does CSI needs an urgent make over?

Looking at last night:
CBS-
Comedies remain solid. CSI:Miami gets a slight uptick.

ABC-
Dancing and Castle remain steady. Look for Castle to dip to a 2.3 or 2.4 in the finals thanks to overrun.

NBC-
Utter disaster night. Jay isn't the biggest loser from last night. That's Heroes. What a disaster that show has become in just 4 short seasons. Trauma never had a chance. Jay, from the sound of the Twitter-verse, revamped some things last night with the order of his show. Hopefully that helps things.

Fox-
House looks much stronger this fall. Last spring I was getting a bit worried. Lie to Me will be lucky to get a full season and if it has to move, it has no where to go but Fridays.

CW- Yes DVRs are hurting this network more than ever but OTH is a grandma series that should've ended 2 years ago and GG is being hurt from the influx of rich kid shows we've had to deal with. Pair 90210 and GG and try other programming aimed at 18-34 year olds on other nights.