Ratings News - 28th February 2012 *Full Tables Added*

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NOTE: Alcatraz and House were pre-empted last night.



Metered Market Monday Ratings
Last Minute Daytona 500 Leads Fox to Victory

Monday 2/27/12
Metered Market Results

Household
Rating/Share
Fox 8.6/13
NBC 7.9/12
CBS 7.0/11
ABC 6.3/10
CW 1.1/ 2

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-Percent Change from Year-Ago Evening – Monday 2/28/11
NBC: +97, Fox: +34, CBS: +17, ABC: -15, CW: -21

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-Winners:
The Voice (NBC), The Daytona 500 (Fox), How I Met Your Mother (CBS), 2 Broke Girls (CBS), Two and a Half Men (CBS)

-Honorable Mention:
The Bachelor (ABC), Mike & Molly (CBS)

-Disappointing:
Smash (NBC)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
Gossip Girl (CW), Hart of Dixie (CW)

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-Ratings Breakdown:
Fox moved into the Monday overnight winners circle care of live last minute coverage of The Daytona 500 at an estimated 8.6 rating/13 share from 8-11 p.m. Comparably, the 8-10 p.m. portion outdelivered year-ago occupants House (7.0/11) and The Chicago Code (5.3/ on Feb. 28, 2011 by an average of 34 percent; and the week-ago combination of House (4.7/ 7) and Alcatraz (4.1/ 6) on Feb. 20 by 89 percent. But it was still not enough to beat NBC’s competing The Voice, which scored a 9.3/15 with a first-place finish in each of the half-hours.

Here are the half-hour breakdowns for both:

The Voice (NBC)
8:00 p.m.: 8.8/13 (#1)
8:30 p.m.: 9.5/14 (#1)
9:00 p.m.: 9.5/14 (#1)
9:30 p.m.: 9.6/14 (#1)

Daytona 500 (Fox)
8:00 p.m.: 8.4/13 (#2)
8:30 p.m.: 8.4/12 (#2)
9:00 p.m.: 7.8/11 (#2)
9:30 p.m.: 8.4/12 (#2)
10:00 p.m.: 9.9/15 (#1)
10:30 p.m.: 9.2/15 (#1)

Week four of Smash on NBC picked up some steam, with a 4.9/ 8 at 10 p.m., which was up by seven percent from one week earlier (4.6/ 8 on Feb. 20). But comparably that finished fourth in the overnights in the time period, with retention out of the 9:30 p.m. portion of The Voice of only 51 percent. Yes, Smash is a disappointment.

CBS was on the map thanks to its combination of How I Met Your Mother (#3: 6.5/10), freshman hit 2 Broke Girls (#3: 7.4/11), Two and a Half Men (#2: 8.4/12), Mike & Molly (#3: 7.0/10) and Hawaii Five-O (#2t, 6.4/10), which featured a guest shot by James Caan. Keep in mind, through, that the overall year-to-year overnight growth of 17 percent for CBS is a result of Two and a Half Men running out of original episodes. You recall that whole Charlie Sheen brouhaha, don’t you?

Despite the severity of the competition, ABC was on the map care of The Bachelor (6.3/ 9 from 8-10 p.m.) and Castle, which tied aforementioned Hawaii Five-O on CBS for second in the overnights in the 10 p.m. hour with a 6.4/10. Here is the half-hour breakdown for The Bachelor:

The Bachelor (ABC)
8:00 p.m.: 6.3/ 9 (#4)
8:30 p.m.: 6.1/ 9 (#4)
9:00 p.m.: 6.2/ 9 (#4)
9:30 p.m.: 6.5/10 (#4)

Last, and very least, was CW duo Gossip Girl and Hart of Dixie at a mere 1.1/ 2 in the overnights each. Compared to year-ago occupants 90210 and Gossip Girl, this was an average loss of 21 percent.

Source: Nielsen Media Research data

Source: Marc Berman@TVMediaInsights