One anticipating a slam dunk night for CBS’ comedy lineup, giving the lack of broadcast competition, would have been thoroughly disappointed Monday night.<\/p>\n
While the New England Patriots-New York Jets game, despite its blowout nature, undoubtedly provided an alternative viewing option, the lineup still missed expectations, particularly from 9-11PM.<\/p>\n
The 8PM tandem of “How I Met Your Mother” and “Rules of Engagement” performed comfortably. “How I Met” scored a 3.6 rating with a higher-than-usual viewership average of 9.41 million. Though frequently criticized for its retention rate, “Rules” was in usual territory with a 3.1 and 8.83 million.<\/p>\n
Of course, given the particularly dearth of competition at 8PM, neither show should be celebrating its performance Monday night.<\/p>\n
Things soured at 9PM. Despite an abysmally weak performance from ABC, which actually benefitted from the Boston-area airing of the NFL game, and a below-average showing from FOX, “Two and a Half Men” sunk to a season low 4.1 rating with 13.33 million viewers. After showing signs of a strong upward trajectory, “Mike & Molly” also dropped, reaching a 3.4 and 11.09 million.<\/p>\n
10PM entry “Hawaii Five-0” erased its recent gains with a drop to a series-low 2.7 rating with 10.30 million viewers.<\/p>\n
While Monday night standout CBS underwhelmed, NBC’s “The Sing Off” outperformed the usual combination of “Chuck” and “The Event.” The two hour premiere scored a 2.8 adults 18-49 rating with 8.54 million viewers. “Chase,” however, could not benefit from the better lead-in, posting a 1.5 with 5.06 million viewers.<\/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