Last night was the finale of Dancing With The Stars, but CBS ended up the winners after thanks to a Big Bang.
CBS had a very good night from start to finish, with How I Met Your Mother posting season highs in A18-49 (3.7 rating) to lead them off. Accidentally on Purpose was solid at 8.30 with a 3.1 rating. At 9, Two and a Half Men posted strong numbers against the cycle finale of Dancing With The Stars with a 4.7 rating, up from last week. The Big Bang Theory posted season highs at 9.30 with a 5.2 A18-49 rating and 14.2 million viewers, beating Men in all categories. CSI Miami was level with last week, posting a 3.7 rating.
The Dancing With The Stars finale posted a 4.0 rating and over 20 million viewers between 8-9.30 to lead ABC to victory in viewers for the night. The premiere of Find My Family lost 9 million viewers from its lead in to post just under 13 million and a 2.9 rating. Castle was up vs. last week to a solid 2.7 rating.
Fox took second in the key demo with House (4.6) and Lie To Me (2.7) performing not too badly against the increased competion of the Dancing finale.
Heroes rebounded slightly from last week series low (2.2) rating to a 2.3 rating for NBC at 8. Trauma was roughly level with last week with a 1.7 rating.
The CW was in repeats all last night with One Tree Hill and averaging just over a million viewers and a 0.5 A18-49 rating.
Full Hourly Numbers:
8:00 – FOX – House - 4.6 A18-49 rating - 11.9 million viewers
ABC – Dancing With the Stars – 3.7 - 20 million
CBS – How I Met Your Mother - 3.7 -10 8.7 million
NBC – Heroes – 2.3 - 5.2 million
CW – One Tree Hill (R) – 0.5 - 1.1 million
8:30 – CBS - Accidentally on Purpose – 3.1 - 7.9 million
9:00 – CBS – Two and a Half Men – 4.7 A18-49 rating - 13.9 million viewers
ABC – Dancing With the Stars – 4.6 – 22 million
FOX – Lie To Me – 2.7 - 7.3 million
NBC – Trauma – 1.7 - 5.3 million
CW Gossip Girl (Repeat) – 0.5 – 1 million viewers
9:30 – CBS – The Big Bang Theory – 5.2 A18-49 rating - 14.2 million viewers
ABC – Find My Family (premiere) – 2.9 - 12,8 million
10:00 – CBS – CSI: Miami – 3.7 A18-49 rating - 13.2 million viewers
ABC – Castle – 2.7 – 10.5 million
NBC – The Jay Leno Show – 1.4 - 4.5 million
