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“Lonestar” Premieres to Abysmal Ratings, “Mike & Molly” Wins

Despite all the emphasis on Monday’s dramas, it was new comedy series “Mike and Molly” that premiered to the highest ratings.

CBS’ new comedy opened with a 3.9 adults 18-49 rating, a high mark for any series premiere Monday. Combined with veteran “Two and a Half Men” (4.8 rating, 14.5 million viewers), the sitcom helped CBS place second for the hour (behind the ABC mammoth “Dancing with the Stars”) and build a sturdy bridge for fellow new CBS series “Hawaii 5-0.”

“Mike & Molly”‘s total viewership was 12.2 million, second only to that of “Five-0.”

FOX’s “Lonestar,” meanwhile, got off to an even worse start than was projected by the early overnight ratings. The series opened to a mere 1.3 adults 18-49 rating with 4.1 million viewers, an absolute bomb given the excess of rave reviews and the “House” lead-in (4.2 rating, 10.5 million viewers). Worse, for a series that was viewed so strongly by critics, the show’s significant decline in viewership over the course of the hour was both quite surprising and extremely disappointing.

Brian Cantor

Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.

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