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Monday, March 19, 2012

THE RUNDOWN: Monday, March 19

ABC
8:00 Dancing with the Stars (14th Edition Premiere)
10:00 Castle #76 "A Dance with Death"
Every single network is all new on Monday night and ABC is starting off with the next edition of Dancing with the Stars. With a very uninteresting cast and airing against The Voice and new comedies on CBS, Dancing will likely be below the fall's already below average premiere. Dancing will still do well but will likely continue its downward trend this spring. At 10pm, Castle should be improved and compete with Smash for second in the demo.
Prediction: Dancing - 16.1 million, 3.4/Castle - 10.5 million, 2.4

CBS
8:00 How I Met Your Mother #155 "The Broath"
8:30 2 Broke Girls #19 "And the Spring Break"
9:00 Two and a Half Men #196 "Palmdale, Ech"
9:30 Mike & Molly #42 "Peggy Goes to Branson"
10:00 Hawaii Five-0 #43 "Kalele"
CBS is all new with its regular lineup. The competition is fierce on Monday night so I wouldn't be surprised to see some season lows considering there is Dancing with the Stars, The Voice, and Daylight Savings to contend with. Hawaii Five-0 should still be able to win its timeslot though.
Prediction: Mother - 8.5 million, 3.3/Girls - 9.1 million, 3.4/Men - 11.2 million, 3.4/Mike&Molly - 9.3 million, 2.7/Hawaii - 8.9 million, 2.5

NBC
8:00 The Voice
10:00 Smash #7 "The Workshop"
NBC is all new and the big question is, how will The Voice fare against Dancing with the Stars? It should easily win the demo but could be down some from last week. I wouldn't expect a huge drop though. I think The Voice is the new show to beat on Mondays. Smash will be trying to avoid third place in the demo against new entries on CBS and ABC. I could see it staying even with Castle.
Prediction: Voice - 13.9 million, 4.9/Smash - 6.5 million, 2.4

FOX
8:00 House #169 "Love is Blind"
9:00 Alcatraz #11 "Webb Porter"
FOX could be the odd network out on Monday night. I fully expect a series low for Alcatraz and it wouldn't shock me to see one for House too even as the finale nears.
Prediction: House - 6.5 million, 2.2/Alcatraz - 4.9 million, 1.5

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