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Broadcasters largely rebounded last night after being hit by a double whammy last Monday with a big NFL game on ESPN and baseball playoffs bleeding into primetime on Fox. The only series to buck the upward trend was CBS’ Two And A Half Men (5.2/13, 14.9 million), which is still finding the bottom after a blockbuster fall relaunch with new star Ashton Kutcher. The comedy was down 10% from its fast national last week when all CBS series hit season lows (down 12% from the final) but was still the highest-rated program of the night in 18-49. Veteran How I Met Your Mother (4.1/12) continues its rocking seventh season, up two tenths from its fast national last week (a tenth from the final). 2 Broke Girls was up a tenth from the fast national (flat with the final), and Mike & Molly (3.9/9) was also flat with its final last Monday but down a tenth from its fast national. Male-centric 10 PM drama Hawaii Five-0 (3.1/8), which was the hardest hit last Monday with a 19% decline, posted the biggest rebound this week, up 15%. Its time-slot rival, ABC’s Castle (2.6/7), was also up — 8% from its fast national and 24% from the final (the series’ fast nationals are often inflated by Dancing With The Stars overruns, so fast national-to-final comparisons are always skewed).
Speaking of Dancing (3.2/8), it was up 7% from last week. Also getting with the trend was NBC’s singing competition The Sing-Off (1.6/4), up 7%. The week-to-week ratings increases for Fox dramas Terra Nova (2.7/7, up 8%) and House (3.1/7, up 15%) have to be marked with an asterisk because Fox’s primetime lineup was pushed by a 52-minute baseball overrun last Monday. Both series were down from their results the previous week when they aired in pattern. The CW’s Gossip Girl (0.6/2) held steady, while Hart Of Dixie (0.7/2) was up a tenth. CBS (4.0/10, 11.5 million) won the night in 18-49, ABC (3.0/8, 15.5 million) in total viewers. Fox (2.9/7, 8.2 million) was third, while NBC (1.3/3, 3.8 million), which aired a Prime Suspect rerun at 10 PM, was once again fifth in the demo behind Univision (1.5/4, 3.4 million).
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I watched 2 1/2 men last night and I really don’t get how they say the show is hilarious with this idiot Azzton. First, I don’t think he is a funny guy and Second, he is not worth being paid the millions he is getting. They could have gone cheaper by just having Jon Cryer as the main character in the show.
Ashton is hilarious and he is not getting millions — in fact i never really liked this show with Sheen on it, nothing against sheen but I just don’t like the concept of the show nor thought it was appointment tv. But with Ashton it has become regular viewing.
Also, ABC won the night in total viewers, CBS got the demos.
I completely agree with you. I don’t blame CBS for dumping Sheen, but based on what we’ve seen so far Kutcher is a poor replacement and the writing has really suffered. Not even Berta is funny anymore.
I TOTALLY AGREE! IT IS JUST NOT FUNNY ANYMORE..
They also say The Big Bang Theory is hilarious and … Mike & Molly and … 2 Broke Girls … but we all know people who think those shows are good quality shows are not the brightest.
The Show is dead. It’s 2 MEN. NO SIGN of ANGUS or the MOTHER, OR ROSE. IT’s ASHTON, JOHN CRYER, and the FAT MAID…BORRRRRING.
YOU CAN SAY What you want about Charlie Sheen, but the show rocked when Charlie was on and Angus and CHARLIES MOM were included with lots of hot funny babes. NOW, it’s a dud. SORRY CHUCK, you blew it bro..ASHTON is a bomb. YOU SHOULD have renegotiated CHARLIE BACK. THAT’S the end of your cash cow, gold mine. MY PREDICTION is it’s cancelled before SEASON END, and it fades in to the dust, as UNLESS they can find a “clone” of CHarlie or bring him back from the dead like JESUS, they nuked the show when they killed CHARLIE.
BORING..AWFUL, and 2 and a half men, but some twisted unfunny version of whatever with a naked Ashton that just doesn’t do it for me..
NUFF SAID.
In the frist few weeks of the “new” TWO AND A HALF MEN, most viewers probably tuned in to see how the show was without Sheen and with Kutcher. Since then, it has been a continual slide, largely because of the poor writing and reliance on gimmicks (nudity mostly, at least blurred or implied).
The thing that turns me off – even more than Ashton’s one-note performance – is Lorre’s change in direction by slamming Sheen’s dead character at every turn. Yes, the character was not a role model, but in the “Sheen days”, he usually tried to do the right thing at the end. Now, every character – brother, nephew, mother, and ex-fiancees – all say incredibly nasty things about Charlie Harper.
Clearly this is Lorre’s way of venting (really professional, Chuck). But it is out of character for the show’s previous 8 years, and that may also be turning off viewers. We were convinved to accept this character, flaws and all, now he is trashed at every opportunity? It fails suspension of disbelief.
Here’s a wild idea. At the end of the 2011-2012 season, TWOW AND A HALF MEN is so low in the ratings that Kutcher’s character is written out (likely goes back to his wife – Judy Greer – , who long-time viewers will recall was Herb’s sister [Judith's second husband]). Lorre is paid to walk away from the show so Sheen’s character can return.
Impossible you say? Remember, there was no body, only ashes provided by the unstable Rose character (who is also a chronic liar).
Not saying it is right, but if DALLAS could “dream away” a whole year, then there is always a way to bring a character back. Especially if it means millions in revenue for WB and CBS.
Everything I wanted to say, you are absolutely right.. If you watch reruns of The 70′s show, you will see Ashton’s one note approach there as well but at least it went with the show. Now nobody is the voice of reason and everyone it nuts but not in a funny way. Even watching reruns of the show for the umpteenth time will always make me laugh, now you can watch the whole show and not even crack a smile..
THM is not funny anymore and that is why it is still dropping.I wonder where the show will be in 2 more months.
Hawaii has improved because someone on CBS has had the good sense of adding some acting talent to the show. Terry O’Q is really saving the show this season. I say keep the man in Hawaii.Great actor.
5.2/ 13?
Hey, that’s a smash hit on OWN!
Only thing I have found funny in the new 2 and a half is when Cryer and other supporting characters get screen time. When they give Ashton screen time he is just a blackhole of laughs. It’s like watching an older Kelso, which is just sad and not funny.
I don’t get how Terra Nova keeps climbing in ratings, the show is dreadful.
I agree that show is just not funny anymore. Hell it was not funny for at least 2 years.
5-0 is an actual good show and I enjoy watching it. It is a good update to a classic series.
Good for How I Meet Your Mother which is boucning back this season….
Ashton Kucher is totally worhtless (not/no way funny) on “2 1/2 Men”. CBS should have cancelled the show at the end of last season – Charlie ran off to Paris with Rose, got married to her etc., Alan has to move because Charlies sells the house & Alan & Jake have to leave i.e., move in with Alan’s mom. But NO – CBS, Chuck Lorrie, Les Moonves etc., are so afraid of not having a “hit show”, but the bottom line is they wouldn’t be making all the money that they make by puting a remake of “2 1/2 Men” on tv. Their afraid of being unemployeed & broke! Don’t watch “2 1/2 Men” because it’s become “total crap”!
This makes me worried for both Two and a Half Men and Mike & Molly they are both my favourite shows and i wish them well and i hope they get more seasons. Chuck Lorre should be congatulated for being shuch a good creator and a good writer.
Hopefully most people with a brain realize how bad this show is and it continues to drop..ruined one of my favorite shows.
Reason for the ratings slide: Ashton cheating on Demi! Women are taking revenge by not watching! Duh!
They need to find a way to dump Ashton and bring back Sheen!
No, no, no!!! The ratings have dropped because THE SHOW IS NOT FUNNY!!! Who cares or even believes what the tabloids say..
Two and a Half Men is not worth watching anymore. Charlie had an aura about him. Ashton has nothing and its not cos he cheated on Demi, its because theres nothing funny about him. Nudity doesn’t cut it. The show is in its death throes. Unless Charlie comes back the show is finished. I agree that Lorre keeps dissing Charlies character. Time he stopped that and moved on to other projects. The writers are useless and so is the acting. I will no longer be tuning in to what used to be one of the best shows on.
And the show will continue to slide, slide, slide. There is virtually nothing to Kutcher’s character that is compelling to watch. Just wait until the advertisers start balking at the cost of commercial time or CBS has to drop advertising prices.
ashton cheated? who cares? the show 1.5 men um 2.05 no 2.5 men thats it thats the title is just lackluster why do people waste their time turning it on I quit watching after the fourth episode and i only watched that one ’cause im basically bed ridden. Hell my life is funnier than that show and I’m stuck in bed most of the day. Kelso is not a funny character at all. Who wants to watch a whiner?
Two and 1/2 Men is going gay faster than George Michael in a public urinal.