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UPDATE 1 PM: As they normally do, CBS’ HIMYM (3.3/9) and Two and a Half Men (4.4/11) each went up .1 in the finals. Good news for Mike & Molly — it also added .1, pulling even with last week’s delivery. Also even with last week is Fox’s House after a .1 bump in the finals. ABC’s Castle (2.5/7) went down .2 with the Dance overrun taken out.
Viewers must have settled into their viewing habits for the fall because one could play “Spot the Difference” with last night’s fast nationals and the ones from last Monday — that’s how close they were. Facing similar competition to last week: football on ESPN and baseball on TBS — broadcast series mostly hung tough after posting across-the-board ratings drops last week, with CBS the only network that saw declines for freshman series last night (albeit pretty modest). That despite the fact that overall TV usage last night was down 2% from last Monday.
On NBC, soon-to-be-picked up for a full season Chuck (1.9/5) as well as just-renewed The Event (2.2/5) were both flat with last week, while Chase (1.6/4), which also nears a back-nine order, was up a tenth. Fox saw little impact from the network’s blackout in some 3 million Cablevision homes, with House (3.5/10) down a tenth and Lie to Me (2.0/5) up a tenth from last week. ABC’s Dancing with the Stars (3.9/10) was also down a tenth, while Castle (2.7/7) posted an unusually low fast national number that is often inflated by a Dancing overrun. Last week, Castle posted 3.2/8 before getting adjusted down to a 2.7/7 in the finals.
CBS’ How I Met Your Mother (3.2/9) was down 6% from its fast national number last Monday. (HIMYM and Two and a Half Men always get a boost in the finals, so comparison to their fast national results is more accurate.) By that measure, Men (4.3/11) matched its fast national rating from last week. Freshman Mike & Molly (3.4/8) as well as veteran Rules of Engagement (2.9/8) were both down a tenth, while Hawaii Five-0‘s (2.9/8) 6% drop was a bit more worrisome. (Though the show is a big gainer in DVR viewing.) Hawaii Five-0 still won the 10 PM hour but it hit a new low as did Mike & Molly. (CBS’ returning series posted season lows.)
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Why no mention of Glee?
At first the show was cute, but then it moved swiftly into its anti-White, pro-homosexual agenda…gawd, it’s sickening.
Yuck.
The post is about last night’s ratings dumbass!GLEE airs Tuesdays – ie tonight! And that show is just getting better and better.
Try again troll.
There is no mention of “Glee” because this article is about the ratings for Monday night. “Glee” airs on Tuesdays. Therefore you won’t see a mention for “Glee” here because it does not air on Monday.
Got it?
Furthermore, “Glee” has always been a show that skewed Gay. It’s created by an openly Gay man. A Gay character is loosely based on him. It has some Gay writers. Jane Lynch is openly Gay. And not for nothing, the kids sing and dance in Glee club and are the social outcasts of the school.
Hmmmm…
Finally, how is the show “Anti-White”? That is the most ridiculous criticism I have ever seen leveled at the show. I can’t believe you are deluded enough to believe such an outlandish claim.
Open your mind, there is more to life than the view from under your bridge.
Agree that Glee sucks now. Every single episode of Glee now is about the gay kid and what it’s like to be gay in high school. I get it. It’s rough. Why must they beat us senseless with it each week? Why do they even bother having other cast members?
I am still amazed that 4 million people are willing to sit through Chase. It is terrible! My god, pull the plug on it already!
Well, you can be shocked to hear that Angela at NBC is planning to announce a full season order for Chase. I know, its soooo ridiculous. Apparently they are very happy with the quality.. even though nobody is really watching.
Say what you will about Chase but at least isn’t trying to be anything other than what it is, a show about capturing bad guys. If you want to talk about horrendous shows, why not talk about “The Event”. Now that is a show that should not be done any favors. As a student of film and screenwriting, last night’s episode was a complete disaster. It was terrible and it makes me question how this show even made it to air in the first place. Makes me sad that better shows have gotten canceled in less episodes when this turd is allowed to go full season.
Gave 5-0 another shot. Was once again disappointed. If this show wasn’t based in Hawaii, it’s shallow plots would REALLY be exposed.
Despite the promising pilot, HAWAII FIVE-0 seems to be aspiring for mediocrity when it could be so much better given the talented people involved. This episode had virtually the same ending as episode 2 (a VIP and his kid are held hostage at gunpoint in a hangar by an international baddie who needs information from a computer, only to have Five-0 come racing in with guns blazing). The coroner was gimmicky and incomprehensible, the villain once again was bland and barely developed, McG’s girlfriend conveniently saved the day 2 weeks in a row, no forward movement with the toolbox subplot.
It seems like the writers are taking convenient shortcuts with formulaic writing and merely aiming to get a base hit when they should be aiming for the fences. It’s cotton candy, compared to much better shows like Blue Bloods and Boardwalk Empire, which are a 4-course meal. The talented cast deserves better than this.
I can’t understand how Mike and Molly does as well as it does. I watched 5 minutes of it during a commercial break from the ball game and I felt like I was watching a really bad sitcom from 1975. My question is, do the people who write it think it’s funny or do they just figure it’s a paycheck?
I believe they do think it’s funny AND it’s a paycheck (a very good one at that). The question is, how many years of fat jokes are they going to do before everyone gets sick and tired? We’re into week 4 and I feel like I’ve heard all the fat jokes I can handle.
Unfortunately I doubt they’ll ever stop with the fat jokes – remember, the model is “The Honeymooners” and Alice and Norton never stopped making jokes about Ralph’s weight, ever. What they don’t seem to get is that despite the historical precedent, what seems comfortably familiar in black-and-white syndication gets on our nerves in first-run color.
It’s the Chuck Lorre conundrum: as long as most producers continue to pour resources into movie-style single-camera comedies (which will never be as popular as multi-camera or even mock-documentary), he’s the only guy offering the stuff that has always worked: multi-camera comedies starring funny people.
Mike & Molly isn’t a great show, but the two leads are likable people who were cast because they’re funny rather than for their looks. If there was a glut of multi-camera sitcoms about funny people, then it wouldn’t have a chance, but where else are fans of high-energy, live-audience sitcoms going to turn? Disney Channel?
you bring up a very solid point and i’d love deadline to do a feature on the rise of cable comedies because their time is finally coming and multicamera shows are going to lead the way.
First TBS with Tyler Perry and now BIG BANG THEORY. TV Land with Betty White. ABC Family has had some success. Soon CMT.
I like my comedy cheap with a laugh track. 30 ROCK was a much better show live
I agree. The two leads are excellent and the scene where they are on their own are really good.
The problem with the show is two-fold. One is the fat jokes, obviously. One or two might be OK but the constant barrage is embarrassing. The other are her mother and sister and his friend’s grandmother. They are sit-com stereotypes at their worst and are so poorly acted that they almost make me turn the channel (and that is saying a lot since I normally really like Swoozie Kurtz).
Learn to read the ratings. 1.6/4 doesnt mean 4 million viewers. It is a 4 share of households. Viewship was 5.17 million. And yes, 1.17million is a big difference in viewership. Pull the plug on your life for have so much contempt for something that affects your life other than you being a hater.
Please, enlighten me, why is Chase a good show? The cliche “tough female” main character? The trite dialogue? How they cram as much Texas down your throat as possible? Or is it how the crimes/clues are neither engaging or interesting? You appear to have a handle on it, so explain it.
I didn’t know Jerry Bruckheimer responded to these posts…
21/2Men is really hittin’ the skids. Mr. Sheen apparently does not want to interact with the rest of the cast. Mr. Cryer does not care how bad it looks. The lumpy Angus boy can’t believe his luck. Good runs don’t last forever.
I’m surprised The Event isn’t bleeding more viewers. Last week’s episode was even duller than anything previous, but it was still vastly more interesting than last night’s.
The show is also getting uglier, if such a thing were even possible. The camerawork and art-direction must be some of the worst on TV.
It’s a drab, gray show that’s increasingly lacking drama. It’s also not getting any more credible.
Yeah, creatively the show is just heading nowhere.I would have probably held the mole hidden till later in the season. It no longer has anything going to make me come back for more.
Fading fast.
I completely agree. The whole flashback scene between the Asian guy (the fact I can’t remember his name says a lot) and Thomas (I think that’s his name) was a complete mess. I didn’t know it was a flashback until he mentioned the Manhattan Project plus it felt so out of place. What was the point of that scene? For me personally, it didn’t enhance the episode or shed a new light on the character. We get it, they’re aliens so they’re more advanced than us! But we knew that since episode two. This show is going downhill fast and I don’t know what they could do to stop it much less carry this on for more than a season.
I agree with the Chuck Lorre conundrum….just wish the jokes were better and didn’t fall flat as often as they do. The same goes for Two and a Half men
I HAVE SUCH A HARD TIME UNDERSTANDING WHAT ALEX O’LOUGHLIN IS SAYING ON H5-0. I EVEN TURNED ON CLOSED CAPTION, AND STILL ITS VERY HARD TO FOLLOW. AND HE SEEMS TO BE TURNED AWAY FROM THE CAMERA WHEN HE SPEAKS. I HAVE NO PROBLEM UNDERSTANDING THE REST OF THE CAST.
ACTION IS GOOD, BUT WHEN IT GETS IN THE WAY OF THE STORY, THEN ACTION IS TO MUCH! AND THE EPS. SHIRT CHANGE IS ALSO GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE STORY. THERE IS NO REASON FOR IT, AND HOW DOES HE PACK AWAY SO MANY SHIRTS IN ODD PLACES? YOU NEVER SEE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE DIRTY ONES. AT LEAST THAT WOULD BE MORE INTERESTING THAN ANOTHER SHOOT ‘EM UP. LETS SEE HIM GATHER THOSE CHANGED SHIRTS FOR THE WASH!
Hawaii 5-0 is pretty terrible. Why does CBS keep giving A;ex O Loughlin chances? Does he know where the bodies are buried? At this point it would have been cheaper to stick with Moonlight.
After so many buzz I gave Hawaii Five-0 a chance. I watched 4 episodes. I wish I could have that time back. Terrible writting and terrible acting.Too much violence, Steve and Danno fooling around like dorks and more gunfire and explosions than in WW2.The beauty of Hawaii is wasted here.So disappointed. No wonder the numbers are going down each week.
When the current season of 2 1/2 men was being planned, the producers had no clue as to the availability of Charlie. It’s obvious that these season 8 episodes were designed to allow for a limited or no window for Charlie to appear because of his personal situation. So by having very little interaction with the others he can either film his parts separately or be mostly written out of the episodes. Alan has had more action this year then the 7 past years combined.
Now that HOUSE and LIE TO ME are together again, I can watch TV on Monday nights! Great programming move!
We DVR “Hawaii Five-0″ because Monday nights are tough for us and it’s the kind of show that’s fun to watch when we can replay the action scenes and banter.