Presumably thanks to its buzzworthy cast, Monday’s season premiere of “Dancing with the Stars” proved that the franchise is far from dead.<\/p>\n
Way up from the lackluster fall numbers, Monday’s “Dancing” posted a 6.3 adults 18-49 rating wtih 23.9 million viewers. The premiere moved slightly upwards from last year, a rare seasonal spike for a series of the sort.<\/p>\n
According to THR, the show drew its best season premiere viewership to date and second best demo rating.<\/p>\n
“Castle” led out of the premiere with a series-high 3.6 rating and 12.9 million viewers.<\/p>\n
The “Dancing” premiere took a sizable chunk out of three CBS comedies, bringing “How I Met Your Mother” (8.5 million, 3.5), “Two and a Half Men” (14.4 million, 5.0) and “The Big Bang Theory” (13.4 million, 5.2) to their lowest ratings of 2010. Because last week’s episode led out of a “How I Met” re-run, this week’s “Rules of Engagement,” however, parlayed a better lead-in to an improved 3.3 with 8.5 million viewers.<\/p>\n
“CSI: Miami” was at a 3.2 with 10.7 million, handing the 10PM hour off to “Castle.”<\/p>\n
FOX’s male-skewing “24” largely weathered the storm against “Dancing with the Stars,” matching last week’s 2.7 demo rating and declining slightly to 8.5 million viewers despite only receiving a “House” re-run lead-in this week. Its hour was also more congested due to originals of “Men” and “Big Bang.”<\/p>\n
Still, a 2.7 for “24” is nothing to celebrate.<\/p>\n
NBC’s Monday lineup continued to look bleak–“Chuck” averaged a 1.9 with 5.4 million viewers, while “Trauma” was only good for 1.5 and 4.3 million. “Law & Order” posted a 1.8 with 5.9 million at 10PM.<\/p>\n
The CW’s underperforming Monday lineup included “Life UneXpected” (2.0 million, 0.9) and “Gossip Girl” (1.9 million, 0.9).<\/p>\n
Ratings Sources: nielsen media research, thrfeed<\/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