Ratings News - 8th November 2011 *Full Ratings Table*

Monday 11/07/11
Metered Market Results

Household
Rating/Share
ABC 11.2/17
CBS 7.2/11
Fox 4.9/ 7
NBC 2.7/ 4
CW 1.3/ 2

-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 11/08/10:
CBS: + 7, Fox: - 4, CW: -13, ABC: - 8, NBC: -34

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-Winners:
Dancing With the Stars (ABC), How I Met Your Mother (CBS), 2 Broke Girls (CBS), Two and a Half Men (CBS), Mike & Molly (CBS)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
The Sing-Off (NBC), Gossip Girl (CW), Hart of Dixie (CW), Rock Center With Brian Williams (NBC)

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Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy overnight Monday victory for the home of Dancing With the Stars, ABC, which bested second-place CBS by 56 percent. But the CBS is poised for victory among key adults 18-49. Third overall in the metered markets was Fox, followed by very distant NBC and, of course, The CW.

Two-hours of Dancing With the Stars, which is likely to see Nancy Grace bid adieu tonight, averaged a very healthy 12.8 rating/19 share from 8-10 p.m., with the half-hour breakdown as follows:

Dancing With the Stars (ABC)
8:00 p.m.: 12.2/18 (#1)
8:30 p.m.: 12.8/19 (#1)
9:00 p.m.: 13.2/19 (#1)
9:30 p.m.: 13.0/19 (#1)

Castle on ABC also dominated at 10 p.m., with an 8.0/14 in the overnights. But retention from the 9:30 p.m. portion of Dancing With the Stars was lacking at 62 percent.

To the masses wondering it Ashton Kutcher is still resonating on CBS’ Two and a Half Men, the answer is yes. The Eye net’s entire Monday comedy block, in fact, remains on the year-to-year plus side as follows:

CBS/Monday
8:00 p.m. – How I Met Your Mother: 6.7/10 (#2) – up 15 percent
8:30 p.m. – 2 Broke Girls: 7.3/11 (#2) – up 43 percent from year-ago occupant Rules of Engagement
9:00 p.m. – Two and a Half Men: 9.2/13 (#2) – up 3 percent
9:30 p.m. – Mike & Molly: 7.3/11 (#2) – up 4 percent

Sophomore Hawaii Five-O capped off the evening for CBS with a second-place 6.5/11 at 10 p.m., which was almost identical to the 6.8/11 on the year-ago evening.

Over at Fox, the Monday results remain modest care of Terra Nova (#2: 4.9/ 7 at 8 p.m.) and deteriorating House (#3: 4.9/ 7), which slipped by 26 percent from the 6.6/10 in the Monday 8 p.m. hour on 11/09/10.

In week two news, NBC newsmagazine Rock Center With Brian Williams cannot compete with a very last-place 2.7/ 5 in the overnights at 10 p.m. One week earlier, it opened with a disappointing 3.3/ 5 on Oct. 31, 2011. Failed year-ago occupant Chase also averaged a 3.3/ 5 on 11/09/10.

Earlier in the evening on NBC was failing reality competition The Sing-Off at a mere 2.7/ 4 from 8-10 p.m. Here is the embarrassing half-hour breakdown:

The Sing Off (NBC)
8:00 p.m.: 3.0/ 4 (#4)
8:30 p.m.: 2.7/ 4 (#4)
9:00 p.m.: 2.6/ 4 (#4)
9:30 p.m.: 2.6/ 4 (#4)

Last, and very least, was The CW’s modest combination of Gossip Girl (#5: 1.2/ 2 at 8 p.m.), which has lost any buzz it once had, and recent entry Hart of Dixie, which dropped to a series-low 1.4/ 2 at 9 p.m.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights

rimetime Averages
ABC 11.2/17
CBS 7.2/11
NBC 2.7/4
FOX 4.9/7
CW 1.3/2

8:00 – 8:30PM
Dancing with the Stars ABC 12.2/18
How I Met Your Mother CBS 6.7/10
The Sing-Off NBC 3.0/4
Terra Nova FOX 4.9/7
Gossip Girl CW 1.3/2

8:30 – 9:00PM
Dancing with the Stars ABC 12.8/19
2 Broke Girls CBS 7.3/11
The Sing-Off NBC 2.7/4
Terra Nova FOX 4.9/7
Gossip Girl CW 1.1/2

9:00 – 9:30PM
Dancing with the Stars ABC 13.2/19
Two and a Half Men CBS 9.2/13
The Sing-Off NBC 2.6/4
House FOX 4.9/7
Hart of Dixie CW 1.4/2

9:30 – 10:00PM
Dancing with the Stars ABC 13.0/19
Mike & Molly CBS 7.3/11
The Sing-Off NBC 2.6/4
House FOX 4.9/7
Hart of Dixie CW 1.3/2

10:00 – 10:30PM
Castle ABC 8.6/14
Hawaii Five-0 CBS 6.8/11
Rock Center with Brian Williams NBC 2.7/4

10:30 – 11:00PM
Castle ABC 7.4/13
Hawaii Five-0 CBS 6.2/11
Rock Center with Brian Williams NBC 2.6/5

11:30 – 12:00AM
Nightline ABC 3.4/8
Late Show with David Letterman CBS 2.9/7
Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC 2.8/6

12:00AM – 12:30AM
Jimmy Kimmel ABC 2.1/6
Late Show with David Letterman CBS 2.3/6
Tonight Show with Jay Leno NBC 2.0/6

12:30AM – 1:00AM
Jimmy Kimmel ABC 1.6/6
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson CBS 1.5/5
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon NBC 1.5/5

1:00AM – 1:30AM
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson CBS 1.2/5
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon NBC 1.1/4

1:30AM – 2:00AM
Carson Daly NBC 0.8/4

All Times Eastern.

Source: Nielsen Media Research

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