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December 20, 2011
 

The Sked: MONDAY RATINGS December 19

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Written by: Mitch Metcalf
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>CBS Monday hung on to first place last night (2.2 Adult 18-49 rating from 8-11 pm) with an all-repeat schedule.  On this night last year (Monday, December 20, 2010), CBS averaged a 1.9 rating, also with repeats of its regular schedule: How I Met Your Mother (2.0), Rules of Engagement (1.9), Two and a Half Men (2.4), Mike & Molly (1.9) and Hawaii Five-O (1.7). 

CBS Mon        High Low  1114 1121 1128 12.5 1212 1219

How I Met Your 4.9  4.0  4.6  4.4  2.9R 4.5  —   2.3R
2 Broke Girls  7.1  4.2  4.8  4.6  3.3R 4.6  4.2  2.7R
2.5 Men       10.7  4.7  5.4  5.2  3.1R 5.0  4.7  2.5R
Mike & Molly   4.8  3.7  4.4  4.2  2.7R 4.2  4.0  2.2R
Hawaii Five-O  3.4  2.7  3.3  2.8  2.1R 3.0  2.8  1.8R


FOX provided the most significant competition to CBS last night, an original two-hour finale of Terra Nova from 8-10 pm (2.2 rating).  Despite fairly heavy promotion in FOX NFL Sunday, the time travel series that, at times, featured dinosaurs finished near the season lows of the last few weeks.  On this night last year, FOX averaged a 2.0 rating for a two-hour episode of Million Dollar Drop.   

FOX Mon        High Low  1114 1121 1128 12.5 1212 1219
Terra Nova     3.1  2.1  2.3  2.1  2.2  —   2.1  2.2*
House          3.9  2.5  2.5  2.5  2.6  —   1.3R —

NBC finished third on the night with a 1.7 rating from 8-11 pm.  The premiere of the game show Who’s Still Standing? started the night with a mediocre 1.5 rating, while Fear Factor‘s second week declined 31% from the time period premiere last week (2.4 vs 3.5 rating last week).  Rock Center registered a 1.2 rating, at the high end of its narrow range of episode ratings.  Last year on this night, NBC averaged a 2.2 rating from 8-11 pm: The Sing-Off (2.7) from 8-10 pm, Perfect Couples repeat (1.3) and Office repeat (0.9).   

NBC Mon        High Low  1114 1121 1128 12.5 1212 1219

The Sing-Off   1.9  1.3  1.3  1.4  1.7  1.1  —   —
Fear Factor    3.5  2.4                      3.5  2.4*

Playboy Club   1.6  1.2 
Rock Center    1.2  0.9  1.1  0.9  1.2  0.9  1.1  1.2*

ABC had another rough Monday without the benefit of Dancing with the Stars or The Bachelor.  Animated specials from 8-9 pm (Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special (1.3) at 8:00 and A Chipmunk Christmas (1.4) at 8:30) were the high water mark for the network’s evening, followed by a slight uptick for You Deserve It (1.1 this week vs 0.9 last week) and a 1.0-rated Castle repeat.  The network averaged a 1.2 rating last night, which is actually up considerably from the same night last year (a 0.7 rating from 8-11 pm for Skating with the Stars (0.5) at 8 pm, Castle repeat special (0.6) at 9 pm and Castle repeat (0.9) at 10 pm). 

ABC Mon        High Low  1114 1121 1128 12.5 1212 1219
Dancing Stars  4.0  2.8  3.2  3.5  —   —   —   —
You Deserve It 1.7  0.9  —   1.7  1.4  1.0  0.9  1.1*
Castle         3.2  2.0  —  2.3  1.3R 2.0  0.9R 1.0R

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About the Author

Mitch Metcalf
MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.