Thanks to the return of “Dancing with the Stars,” Monday now easily represents the most-stacked night on television. And though the result was that all series fell from grace (some considerably), most of the major players still managed respectable numbers.<\/p>\n
One that did not was FOX’s soon-to-end “House,” which garnered a meager 2.0 adults 18-49 rating and 5.8 million viewers. A far cry from when it was a flagship FOX series in the demo, “House” is not poised to go out anywhere near on top.<\/p>\n
“Alcatraz,” which is a very likely cancellation prospect, was barely on the radar with a 1.6 and 5.1 million.<\/p>\n
Undoubtedly hurt by “Dancing,” NBC’s “The Voice” still claimed the nightly victory, with a 4.5 and 11.8 million viewers. Its lead-out “Smash” delivered a 2.3 and 6.7 million, but now that “Castle” is again receiving the “DWTS” lead-in, it was actually the lowest-rated broadcast program in the 10PM hour.<\/p>\n
“Dancing” was hit big time in its head-to-head with “The Voice,” although part of that fall can be attributed to series age and a cast wholly lacking in the buzz department. Its 3.5 rating was down considerably from last year’s 5.3; viewership was down to a still-dominant 18.5 million.<\/p>\n
“Castle” followed for ABC with a 2.4 and 11.9 million.<\/p>\n
On the whole, CBS’ comedies held up relatively well in comparison to their previous, lackluster outings in February. “How I Met Your Mother” dropped slightly a 3.4 and 8.2 million, tying “2 Broke Girls” (hit the hardest of CBS comedies) in the demo. The latter delivered 9.2 million viewers.<\/p>\n
The 9PM pair of “Two and a Half Men” (3.8 and 11.3 million) and “Mike & Molly” (3.2 and 9.8 million) actually improved over its previous original broadcast.<\/p>\n
At 10PM, “Hawaii 5-0” won the time period with a 2.5 and 9.1 million.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n