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“Dancing with the Stars” Ratings Fall, “The Sing Off” Weak

With one of its more-underwhelming casts in recent memory and some of the stiffest competition it has ever faced, ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” was down for its season premiere.

The usually-dominant Monday night show, while strong, came off as somewhat “ordinary” Monday night, delivering a 3.9 adults 18-49 rating with 18.5 million viewers, a decline from some of its most recent season premieres.

Of course, when going against the best-rated “How I Met Your Mother” to date in the 8PM hour and the “Two and a Half Men” premiere at 9PM, a solid performance is still quite nice.

ABC’s 10PM closer “Castle” posted a 3.2 with 12.9 million viewers.

— Over on NBC, “The Sing Off” proved it is best utilized as a winter fill-in. As a fall series, it underwhelmed with just a 1.9 adults 18-49 rating and 5.2 million viewers; it was particularly weak against both “Men” and “Dancing” in the 9PM hour. Lead-out “The Playboy Club” did nothing at 10PM, debuting to a barely-there 1.6 rating with 5.1 million viewers.

Written by Brian Cantor

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  1. I purposely did not watch DWTS because ABC canceled AMC and OLTL….my two favorite shows of all time…………I AM PISSED OFF!!!!

  2. Who wants to watch a mutilated freak on hormones? Sorry, but cold day in hell before I have to have that conversation with my children.. ABC can go fly off a cliff, attempting to spin the mentally ill as normal and must see.

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