{"id":9394,"date":"2010-12-10T18:59:51","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T23:59:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?p=9394"},"modified":"2010-12-10T18:59:51","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T23:59:51","slug":"big-bang-theory-the-mentalist-ratings-drop-the-office-holds-strong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/10\/big-bang-theory-the-mentalist-ratings-drop-the-office-holds-strong\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Big Bang Theory,&#8221; &#8220;The Mentalist&#8221; Ratings Drop, &#8220;The Office&#8221; Holds Strong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fueled by an hourlong Christmas episode that featured the return of Amy Ryan&#8217;s Holly, &#8220;The Office&#8221; was one of the few Thursday night shows to hold reasonably steady in the ratings.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float:right;margin-left:5px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/entertainment\/2010-summer-tca-tour-day\/image\/9439855?term=big+bang+theory\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/view1.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9439855\/2010-summer-tca-tour-day\/2010-summer-tca-tour-day.jpg?size=234&#038;imageId=9439855\" border=\"0\" width=\"234\" title=\"2010 Summer TCA Tour - Day 1\" height=\"152\" oncontextmenu=\"return false;\" ondrag=\"return false;\" onmousedown=\"return false;\" alt=\"BEVERLY HILLS, CA - JULY 28: Actors Johnny Galecki, Jim Parsons, Kaley Cuoco, Simon Helberg and Kunal Nayyar speak at 'The Big Bang Theory' panel during 2010 Summer TCA Tour Day 1 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on July 28, 2010 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown\/Getty Images)\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>At a 3.7 adults 18-49 rating, &#8220;The Office&#8221; was within striking distance of new comedy king &#8220;The Big Bang Theory&#8221; (3.9 rating).  The total viewer battle, as expected, was not quite as close, with &#8220;Big Bang&#8221; scoring 12.03 million viewers and &#8220;The Office&#8221; only at 7.18 million.<\/p>\n<p>But many other shows shared in &#8220;The Big Bang Theory&#8221;&#8216;s disappointment.  NBC&#8217;s &#8220;30 Rock&#8221; was down to a mere 2.1 rating with 4.76 million viewers, leading out of a special stop-motion holiday episode of &#8220;Community&#8221; that saw no spike (1.9 rating, 4.29 million viewers).  CBS&#8217; other comedy &#8220;$#*! My Dad Says&#8221; was unimpressive with a 2.7 and 9.40 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>On the dramatic front, victims of the weakened December ratings included CBS&#8217; &#8220;The Mentalist&#8221; (2.4 rating, 13.41 million), FOX&#8217;s &#8220;Bones&#8221; (2.2 rating, 8.36 million) and &#8220;Fringe&#8221; (1.7 rating. 4.74 million).  Although the Barbara Walters&#8217; Most Fascinating People special (3.2 rating, 12.22 million) should shoulder some of the blame for the weaker &#8220;Mentalist&#8221; rating, its demo performance was not excessively greater than the normal &#8220;Private Practice&#8221; peformance.  Moreover, &#8220;CSI&#8221; (3.0 rating, 13.17 million) managed to hold up relatively well against the preceding &#8220;Oprah, The Next Chapter&#8221; special (3.0 rating, 13.27 million).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Apprentice&#8221; saw only a minor boost for its season finale; it averaged a 1.6 rating with 4.12 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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Big Bang Theory,&quot; &quot;The Mentalist&quot; Ratings Drop, &quot;The Office&quot; Holds Strong<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fueled by an hourlong Christmas episode that featured the return of Amy Ryan&#039;s Holly, &quot;The Office&quot; was one of the few Thursday night shows to hold\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/10\/big-bang-theory-the-mentalist-ratings-drop-the-office-holds-strong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&quot;Big Bang Theory,&quot; &quot;The Mentalist&quot; Ratings Drop, &quot;The Office&quot; Holds Strong\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fueled by an hourlong Christmas episode that featured the return of Amy Ryan&#039;s Holly, &quot;The Office&quot; was one of the few Thursday night shows to hold\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/10\/big-bang-theory-the-mentalist-ratings-drop-the-office-holds-strong\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-12-10T23:59:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/view1.picapp.com\/pictures.photo\/image\/9439855\/2010-summer-tca-tour-day\/2010-summer-tca-tour-day.jpg?size=234&imageId=9439855\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/10\/big-bang-theory-the-mentalist-ratings-drop-the-office-holds-strong\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/10\/big-bang-theory-the-mentalist-ratings-drop-the-office-holds-strong\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"Big Bang Theory,\\\" \\\"The Mentalist\\\" Ratings Drop, \\\"The Office\\\" Holds Strong\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-12-10T23:59:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-12-10T23:59:51+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Fueled by an hourlong Christmas episode that featured the return of Amy Ryan's Holly, \\\"The Office\\\" was one of the few Thursday night shows to hold\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2010\/12\/10\/big-bang-theory-the-mentalist-ratings-drop-the-office-holds-strong\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News &amp; Charts, TV News &amp; Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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