Now that didn’t take long, did it?
EW’s Ausiello Files has confirmed that House veteran Jennifer Morrison is returning to the show later on this season. Details of the return are not yet known.
So what do you think? It’s not like Morrison has too much time on her hands, she’s just signed on to a Broadway revival of The Miracle Worker. This maybe gives her and the character a little closure too, it seemed like she was rushed out the door…
The Oscar Nominee is guest starring in an episode to be directed by the shows star, Hugh Laurie.
“He’s a patient who has scenes with Dr. House,” explains executive producer Katie Jacobs. “I’m excited to [watch] the two of them in a room together.”
Strathairn, who scored an Oscar nomination for the role of Edward R. Morrow in Good Night, and Good Luck will be in the shows 17th episode of this season.
On a night with competition all over the place, Chuck returned to Monday nights with very strong overnight numbers…
Lets take a look a CBS first: HIMYM posted its best numbers since last spring with a 3.9 A18-49 rating and 9.8 million viewers – a solid start to the night against House. Accidentally on Purpose was once again the weak link, pulling just a 3.2 (18-49) rating and 8.5 million viewers – which is why it’s moving to Wednesday nights. 9pm saw Two and a Half Men post its highest viewership for a while and a very good 5.4 (18-49) rating leading into a new Big Bang – which was again better in the key demos posting a 5.7 (18-49) rating. At 10, CSI Miami was level with its season average with a 3.7 (18-49) rating.
FOX took second for the night with a sold ep of House (4.6 rating, 12.2 million viewers) and an old new episode of Fringe (those who saw it know what i’m talking about), which posted a 2.8 rating and 7.8 million viewers – much better than how it’s performing on Thursdays.
ABC went with new episodes of the Bachelor between 8-10pm, averaging a sold 3.7 (18-49) rating and 10.5 million viewers. Castle was also good (by Castles standards) with a 2.6 (18-49) rating and 9.5 million viewers.
The biggest story of the night was Chuck returning to its 8pm timeslot where it outperformed Heroes’ season-to-date average by almost 20% and even its own average from last year by almost 15%. The show was also against a very solid 100th episode of HIMYM and grew .2 in its second half hour. It was again a bad night for Heroes though, with it dropping to a 2.1 rating in its old timeslot, good enough for fourth place. Leno posted his best Monday numbers in a while at 10pm, averaging a 1.6 rating and just under 4.8 million viewers.
The CW was in repeats — and who cares?
Full Breakdown:
8:00 – FOX – House – 4.6 (18-49) rating - 12.2 million viewers
CBS – How I Met Your Mother – 3.9 - 9.8 million viewers
ABC – The Bachelor: On The Wings of Love – 3.3 - 9.8 million
NBC – Chuck – 2.6 - 7.3 million
CW – One Tree Hill (R) – 0.4 - 1.2 million
8:30 – CBS – Accidentally on Purpose 3.2 - 8.5 million
9:00 – CBS – Two and a Half Men – 5.4 (18-49) rating - 17.3 million viewers
ABC – The Bachelor: On The Wings of Love - 4.0 - 11.2 million
FOX – Fringe – 2.8 - 7.8 million
NBC – Heroes – 2.1 - 4.7 million
CW – Gossip Girl (R) – 0.3 - 0.74
9:30 – CBS – The Big Bang Theory – 5.7 - 15.8 million
10:00 – CBS – CSI: Miami – 3.7 (18-49) rating - 13.7 million viewers
ABC – Castle – 2.6 - 9.45 million
NBC – The Jay Leno Show – 1.6 - 4.79
On a night with most networks in reruns, it was CBS which took the ratings crown. My best guess is that all of the broadcast networks were beaten out by the Giants/Redskins game on ESPN last night.
CBS won the night with reruns of How I Met Your Mother (1.8), Accidentally on Purpose (1.7), Two and a Half Men (3.1) and the nights highest rated show, The Big Bang Theory (3.3). CSI: Miami was 10pm’s #1 show with a 2.4 (18-49) rating, beating an original of The Jay Leno Show.
NBC was second for the night with 2 hours of The Sing Off, which averaged a solid 2.3 (18-49) rating. At 10, Leno was beaten by a rerun of CSI: Miami – posting just a 1.6 (18-49) rating.
FOX took third place with reruns of House (1.6) and Lie To Me (1.3) beating out ABC, which went with a rerun of I Want a Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown (1.8), a new Find My Family (1.2, season lows) and a Castle rerun (1.0).
The CW was last with reruns of One Tree Hill (0.3) and Gossip Girl (0.3).
Full Breakdown:
8:00 – NBC – The Sing Off – 2.2 (18-49) rating - 7.1 million viewers
CBS – How I Met Your Mother (R) – 1.8 - 5.7 million
ABC – I Want a Dog For Christmas, Charlie Brown (R) – 1.8 - 5.9 million
FOX – House (R) - 1.6 - 4.9 million
CW – One Tree Hill (R) - 0.3 - 0.9 million
8:30 – CBS – Accidentally on Purpose (R) – 1.7 - 5.4 million
9:00 – CBS – Two and a Half Men (R) – 3.1 (18-49) rating - 10.7 million viewers
NBC – The Sing Off – 2.3 - 7.4 million
FOX – Lie to Me (R) – 1.3 - 4.1 million
ABC – Find My Family – 1.2 - 4.8 million
CW – Gossip Girl (R) – 0.3 – 0.7 million
9:30 - CBS – The Big Bang Theory (R) – 3.3 (18-49) rating - 10 million viewers
10:00 – CBS – CSI: Miami (R) – 2.4 (18-49) rating - 8.6 million viewers
NBC – The Jay Leno Show 1.6 - 5.8 million
ABC – Castle (R) – 1.0 - 4.4 million
The Big Bang Theory continued its winning ways last night and How I Met Your Mother set season highs in both viewers and the key 18-49 demo.
At 8, How I Met Your Mother posted season highs with a 3.9 (18-49) rating and 10.2 million viewers leading into a new Accidentally on Purpose, which posted a solid 3.3 (18-49) rating and 9.3 million viewers. NBC came second with the premiere of The Sing Off which averaged a 2.3 rating and 6.9 million viewers between 8-10. A House rerun (2.1, 6.7 million) beat out ABC’s Jennifer Hudson special, which posted a 1.2 rating and 5.6 million viewers. The CW went with two eps of The Vampire Diaries, which averaged a 0.7 rating and 1.5 million viewers between 8-10.
At 9, Two and a Half Men took over with a season high in viewers (16.3 million) and A18-49 (5.2 rating). The Big Bang Theory was again the nights top rated show at 9.30, posting a 5.6 rating and 15.6 million viewers. Lie to Me is clearly missing original House lead-ins, averaging just a 2.2 rating and 6.6 million viewers for FOX. On ABC, Find My Family continued to drop, this week posting just a 1.4 rating and 5.4 million viewers.
At 10pm, CSI Miami was again up vs. its season average, posting a 4.1 rating and 14 million viewers to win the hour. The Jay Leno Show was solid, posting a 1.5 rating and 4.8 million viewers beating out a rerun of Castle on ABC (1.1 (18-49) rating, 4.3 million)
Full Breakdown:
8:00 CBS How I Met Your Mother - 3.9 (18-49) rating - 10.2 million viewers
NBC - The Sing Off (premiere) - 2.4 - 7.4 milion
FOX – House (R) – 2.1 - 6.7 million
ABC - Jennifer Hudson: I’ll Be Home For Christmas - 1.2 - 5.6 million
CW – Vampire Diaries (R) – 0.7 - 1.6 million
8:30 – CBS – Accidentally on Purpose – 3.3 (18-49) rating - 9.3 million viewers
9:00 – CBS – Two and a Half Men – 5.2 (18-49) rating - 16.3 million viewers
FOX – Lie to Me – 2.2 - 6.6 million
ABC – Find My Family – 1.4 - 5.4 million
NBC – The Sing Off (premiere) – 2.2 - 6.4 million
CW – Vampire Diaries (R) - 0.6 - 1.4 million
9:30 – CBS – The Big Bang Theory – 5.6 (18-49) rating - 15.6 million viewers
10:00 – CBS – CSI: Miami – 4.1 - 14 million viewers
NBC – The Jay Leno Show – 1.5 - 4.8 million
ABC – Castle (R) - 1.1 – 4.3 million
Mad Men, 30 Rock and The Office and Modern Family led the field for the 2010 Writers Guild Awards with three nods each in the TV section.
30 Rock was nominated in best episodic comedy and two nods for writing. The Office and Mad Men fared a similar fate, whereas Modern Family was nominated for Best Comedy, Best New Show and a Writing nod.
In the drama field, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Lost and Friday Night Lights have all been nominated. This years comedy nods are 30 Rock, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm and newcomers Glee and Modern Family.
Modern Family and Glee also made the best new series category, along with CBS’ The Good Wife, HBO’s Hung and Showtime’s Nurse Jackie.
The Simpsons can already start celebrating, having been nominated in all 5 animation writing slots.
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report, Real Time with Bill Maher and Saturday Night Live were all nominated in the Comedy/ Variety category.
Drama Series:
Breaking Bad
Dexter
Friday Night Lights
Lost
Mad Men
Comedy Series:
30 Rock
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Glee
Modern Family
The Office
New Series:
Glee
The Good Wife
Hung
Modern Family
Nurse Jackie
Episodic Drama:
“Broken, Part 1 and Part 2″ (“House“), Written by Russel Friend & Garrett Lerner & David Foster & David Shore; Fox
“Come, Ye Saints” (“Big Love“), Written by Melanie Marnich; HBO
“The Grown Ups” (“Mad Men“), Written by Brett Johnson and Matthew Weiner; AMC
“Guy Walks into an Advertising Agency” (“Mad Men“), Written by Robin Veith and Matthew Weiner; AMC
“I Will Rise Up” (‘True Blood’), Written by Nancy Oliver; HBO
“Phoenix” (“Breaking Bad“), Written by John Shiban; AMC
Episodic Comedy:
“Apollo, Apollo” (“30 Rock“), Written by Robert Carlock; NBC
“Broke” (“The Office”), Written by Charles Grandy; NBC
“Chapter 1″ (“Eastbound & Down“), Written by Ben T. Best & Jody L. Hill & Danny McBride; HBO
“Gossip” (“The Office“), Written by Paul Lieberstein; NBC
“Pilot” (“Modern Family“), Written by Steven Levitan & Christopher Lloyd; ABC
“Reunion” (“30 Rock“), Written by Matt Hubbard; NBC
Drama – over one hour:
“Georgia O’Keefe,” Written by Michael Cristofer; Lifetime
“Grey Gardens,” Teleplay by Michael Sucsy and Patricia Rozema, Story by Michael Sucsy; HBO
“Pedro,” Screenplay by Dustin Lance Black, Story by Paris Barclay & Dustin Lance Black; MTV
Adaptation – over one hour:
“America,” Teleplay by Joyce Eliason and Rosie O’Donnell, Based upon the novel by E.R. Frank; Lifetime
“Taking Chance,” Teleplay by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.) and Ross Katz, Based on the short story by Lieutenant Colonel Michael R. Strobl, USMC (Ret.); HBO
Animation:
“The Burns and the Bees” (“The Simpsons“), Written by Stephanie Gillis; Fox
“Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe” (“The Simpsons“), Written by John Frink; Fox
“Gone Maggie Gone” (“The Simpsons“), Written by Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham; Fox
“Take My Life, Please” (“The Simpsons“), Written by Don Payne; Fox
“Wedding for Disaster” (“The Simpsons“), Written by Joel H. Cohen; Fox
Comedy/ Variety – (INCLUDING TALK) SERIES:
Real Time With Bill Maher (HBO)
Saturday Night Live (NBC)
The Colbert Report (Comedy Central)
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Comedy Central)
The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien (NBC)
Last night saw stellar performances from The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men, leading to a CBS victory.
At 8, CBS won the hour with a solid performance from How I Met Your Mother (3.5 rating) and Accidentally on Purpose (2.9). Two and a Half Men then almost doubled its lead in with a season high 5.1 demo rating and over 15 million viewers. The Big Bang Theory then improved on its lead in to hit series highs in the key demo (5.7 rating) and viewers (14.7 million) CSI: Miami wasn’t helped much though, pulling a 3.8 rating, a slight improvement over last week.
FOX was second for the night with Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special which managed an average 2.4 rating and 8.6 million viewers, which is well down from what House and Lie To Me normally do on Mondays.
Third was ABC, which went with a Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town rerun at 8, pulling a 2.7 rating and 8 million viewers. Find My Family continued dropping this week pulling just a 1.8 rating and under 6 million viewers at 9pm. Castle was impacted by the low lead in, drawing just a 2.3 rating and 8.4 million viewers, its lowest in a while.
NBC went with two Law & Order SVU’s last night in place of Heroes and Trauma. They averaged a 1.6 rating and 6.2 million viewers, which is still pretty solid for reruns. At 10, Leno fell to a 1.3 rating and just 4.7 million viewers.
The CW was last (as usual) with One Tree Hill (1.2, 2.6 million) and Gossip Girl (1.2, 2.2 million) both having a solid evening.
Full Breakdown:
8:00 – CBS – How I Met Your Mother – 3.5 (18-49 rating) - 9.2 million viewers
ABC – Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town (R) - 2.7 - 8 million
FOX – Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special – 2.4 - 8.9 million
NBC – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) - 1.5 - 6.6 million
CW One Tree Hill 1.2/3 2.59
8:30 – CBS – Accidentally on Purpose – 2.9 (18-49 rating) - 8.3 million viewers
9:00 – CBS – Two and a Half Men – 5.1 (18-49 rating) - 15.2 million
FOX – Carrie Underwood: An All-Star Holiday Special – 2.3 - 8.2 million
ABC – Find My Family – 1.8 – 5.9 million
NBC – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (R) – 1.6 - 5.8 million
CW – Gossip Girl – 1.2 - 2.2 million
9:30 – CBS – The Big Bang Theory – 5.7 (18-49 rating) - 14.7 million viewers
10:00 – CBS – CSI: Miami – 3.8 (18-49 rating) - 12.9 million viewers
ABC – Castle – 2.3 - 8.4 million
NBC – The Jay Leno Show – 1.3 - 4.7 million
On a night where CBS and ABC were mostly in reruns, it was FOX that won the night with original airings of House and Lie To Me.
At 8, House won the hour with a 4.8 rating and just over 13 million viewers, up vs last week. How The Grinch Stole Christmas was second for ABC, posting a solid 2.9 rating and just over 9.5 million viewers. ABC showed a Shrek The Halls rerun at 8.30, which posted a 3.2 rating and just over 10 million viewers. Heroes bounced back from last weeks series low with a 2.5 A18-49 rating (vs. 2.2). How I Met Your Mother was in reruns last night and posted a 2.1 rating whereas Accidentally on Purpose posted a 1.7. A new One Tree Hill was last for the CW, posting a 1.1 rating and just under 2.4 million viewers.
At 9, reruns of Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory won the hour with a 3.2 rating and just over 10.5 million viewers. Lie to Me was second at 9pm with a 2.7 rating and just over 7.5 million viewers. Find My Family lost over 25% in the demo vs. its premiere last week, dropping to a 2.3 rating and just under 8 million viewers. Trauma was up a tick vs. last week for NBC, pulling a 1.8 rating and just under 6 million viewers – good enough for fourth place. Gossip Girl was last for the CW with a 1.1 rating and 2.3 million viewers.
At 10, reruns of CSI: Miami on CBS (2.5 18-49 rating) and Castle on ABC (1.9 18-49 rating) beat out a new episode of The Jay Leno Show (1.3 rating).
Full Ratings Breakdown:
8:00 – FOX – House – 4.8 A18-49 rating - 13.2 million viewers
ABC – How The Grinch Stole Christmas (R) - 2.9 - 9.6 million
NBC – Heroes 2.5 – 5.9 million
CBS – How I Met Your Mother (R) – 2.1 - 6.25 million
CW – One Tree Hill 1.1 - 2.37 million
8:30 - ABC – Shrek The Halls (R) - 3.2 A18-49 rating - 10 million viewers
CBS – Accidentally on Purpose (R) - 1.7 – 5.4 million
9:00 – CBS – Two and a Half Men (R) – 3.1 A18-49 rating - 11.3 million viewers
FOX – Lie To Me – 2.7 - 7.6 million viewers
ABC – Find My Family - 2.3 - 7.9 million
NBC – Trauma – 1.8 - 5.9 million
CW – Gossip Girl – 1.1 – 2.3 million
10:00 – CBS – CSI: Miami (R) - 2.5 A18-49 rating - 9.4 million viewers
ABC – Castle (R) – 1.9 - 6.8 million
NBC – The Jay Leno Show – 1.3 - 5.3 million
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
Earlier today FOX announced its midseason schedule, here are some of the highlights…
January
Friday Jan. 1:
8:00 PM-CC ET ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL (LIVE)
Tuesday, Jan. 5:
7:30 PM-CC ET FEDEX ORANGE BOWL (LIVE)
Friday Jan. 8:
9:00-10:00 PM DOLLHOUSE (All-New Episodes)
Sunday Jan. 10:
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (450th Milestone Episode)
8:30-9:30 PM THE SIMPSONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: IN 3-D! ON ICE!
Tuesday, Jan. 12:
8:00-10:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Premiere, Part 1)
Wednesday, Jan. 13:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Premiere, Part 2)
9:00-10:00 PM OUR LITTLE GENIUS (Series Premiere)
Monday, Jan. 18:
8:00-10:00 PM 24 (2-Night / 4-Hour Season Premiere, Part 2)
Tuesday Jan. 19:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Time Period Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM OUR LITTLE GENIUS (Time Period Premiere)
Wednesday Jan. 20:
9:00-10:00 PM HUMAN TARGET (Series Premiere)
Friday, Jan. 22:
9:00-10:00 PM DOLLHOUSE (Series Finale)
Sunday, Jan. 24:
6:00 PM-CC ET NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (LIVE)
Monday Jan. 25:
9:00-10:00 PM 24 (Time Period Premiere)
Fridays Jan. 29:
9:00-10:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (Season Premiere)
February
Thursday Feb. 4:
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (Winter Finale)
Thursday Feb. 11:
8:00-10:00 PM PAST LIFE (Two-Hour Series Premiere)
Thursday Feb. 18:
9:00-10:00 PM PAST LIFE (Time Period Premiere)
March
Sunday, March 14:
8:30-9:00 PM SONS OF TUCSON (Series Premiere)
April
Thursday April 1:
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (Time Period Premiere)
TuesdayApril 13:
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE (Time Period Premiere)
