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ABC Leads Opposite Repeat CBS

Monday 1/09/12
Metered Market Results

Household
Rating/Share
ABC 6.0/ 9
CBS 5.0/ 8
NBC 3.1/ 5
Fox 2.2/ 3
CW 0.5/ 1

-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 1/10/11
NBC: +29, ABC and CBS: - 6 each, CW: -17, Fox: -45

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-Winners:
2 Broke Girls R (CBS), Two and a Half Men R (CBS), Mike & Molly R (CBS), Castle (ABC)

-Still An Option:
The Bachelor (ABC)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
Who’s Still Standing? (NBC), Rock Center With Brian Williams (NBC)

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Ratings Breakdown:
Only two networks, ABC and NBC, aired originals last night. That said, ABC led the Monday overnights with a 20 percent advantage over second-place CBS. In the distant No. 3 spot was NBC, followed by Fox and The CW.

Two-hours of The Bachelor on ABC averaged a 5.5 rating/8 share in the overnights from 8-10 p.m., which was 10 percent below the 6.1/ 9 it scored on the year-ago evening. Translation: there is still an audience for this type of non-scripted dribble. Here is the half-hour breakdown:

The Bachelor (ABC)
8:00 p.m.: 5.6/ 8 (#1)
8:30 p.m.: 5.3/ 8 (#1t)
9:00 p.m.: 5.4/ 8 (#2)
9:30 p.m.: 5.6/ 8 (#1)

Leading out of The Bachelor was Castle at a dominant 7.1/12 at 10 p.m.

Second-place CBS populated the evening with encore telecasts of How I Met Your Mother (#2: 4.7/ 7), 2 Broke Girls (#1t: 5.3/ 8), Two and a Half Men (#1: 6.1/ 9), Mike & Molly (#2: 5.5/ and Hawaii Five-O (#2: 4.3/ 7).

NBC was out of the competitive overnight loop with its line-up of game show Who’s Still Standing? (#3: 3.6/ 5 at 8 p.m.), recent returnee Fear Factor (#3: 3.5/ 5 at 9 p.m.) and newsmagazine Rock Center With Brian Williams (#3: 2.3/ 4 at 10 p.m.), which featured an interview with George Clooney. Expected respectable results among adults 18-49 keeps Fear Factor off the listing of “losers.” As a reminder, two hours of NBC’s The Voice in the Monday 8-10 p.m. block will lead into Smash at 10 p.m. effective on Feb. 6. Struggling Rock Center With Brian Williams moves into the Wednesday 9 p.m. time period on Feb. 8.

Elsewhere, two repeat episodes of House on Fox averaged a mere 2.2/ 3 in the overnights (#4) from 8-10 p.m. And encore telecasts of Gossip Girl (#5: 0.6/ 1) and Hart of Dixie (#5: 0.7/ 1) were barely on the map on The CW. As for the future of Fox after this season: stay tuned.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights