TV Jots

8pm: The Eye Network’s dominance started early on, with some 22.79 million viewers tuning in to the first hour of Dancing. The competition also raked in a 5.5 rating/15 share for the 18–49 demographic. CBS’ sitcom pairing of a new How I Met Your Mother (8.55m, 3.4/9) and a repeat Big Bang Theory (8.02m, 3.0/7) pulled in at a very distant second. Even further behind, NBC’s Chuck (7.8m, 3.1/8) placed third, followed by a House repeat (7.02m, 2.6/7) on Fox at fourth and The CW’s comedy duo Everybody Hates Chris (2.15m, 0.8/2) and Aliens in America (1.37m, 0.5/1) at fifth.

9pm: The last half-hour of Dancing with the Stars stayed steady (23.68m, 5.8/13), while newbie Samantha Who? (15.43m, 4.8/11) kept ABC in first place, too. Both CBS sitcoms Two and a Half Men (14.46m, 5.1/12) and Rules of Engagement (12.17m, 4.3/10) bested NBC’s Heroes (10.73m, 5.1/12) in total audience size, although the sci-fi drama did manage to tie Men and earn higher numbers than Rules among 18–49-year-olds. Meanwhile, a new episode of K-Ville (4.7m, 1.4/3) on Fox was a faraway fourth, with The CW comedies Girlfriends (1.8m, 0.8/2) and The Game (2.37m, 1.1/3) predictably last.

10pm: CBS came alive in the final hour, however, with a new installment of CSI: Miami (16.22m, 4.9/13). The eleventh-season finale of ABC’s The Bachelor (11.61m, 4.3/11) was second and NBC’s sci-fi freshman Journeyman (5.75m, 2.3/6) third.

Overall: ABC (17.98m, 5.0/12) dominated the night in total viewers and the 18–49 demographic, while CBS (12.61m, 4.3/10) was second for both, NBC (8.09m, 3.5/8) third, Fox (5.86m, 2.0/5) fourth, and The CW (1.92m, 0.8/2) fifth.

DATA EXPLANATION: In the households figure 6.4/11, 6.4 is the household RATING that indicates what average percentage of U.S. households tuned into a particular show (6.4%), while 11 is the household SHARE that refers to what average percentage of televisions in use were tuned into a particular show (11%).

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