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RATINGS RECAP: 12/6/10

ABC
8:00 Skating with the Stars
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8
9:30 Modern Family (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 Castle
Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9

CBS
8:00 How I Met Your Mother
Viewers: 9.3 million, 18-49 demo: 3.6
8:30 Rules of Engagement
Viewers: 8.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1
9:00 Two and a Half Men
Viewers: 13.4 million, 18-49 demo: 4.2
9:30 Mike & Molly
Viewers: 11.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.4
10:00 Hawaii Five-0
Viewers: 10.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8

NBC
8:00 The Sing Off
Viewers: 8.6 million, 18-49 demo: 2.8
10:00 Chase
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

FOX
8:00 American Country Awards
Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

ABC had a troubling Monday. The flop Skating with the Stars continued to fall apart dropping a very troubling 2.2 million viewers and four tenths for series lows. Needless to say, this will certainly never be a filler again as the audience has completely rejected it. A Modern Family repeat was low at 9:30 while Castle was affected very negatively by the lead-ins and was down 2.4 million viewers and six tenths in the demo easily hitting season lows. For a show that seemed to be beyond being lead-in dependent, this is an alarming showing though ABC was preempted for the Jets-Patriots game in major markets.

CBS was back to new episodes on Mondays with mixed results. How I Met Your Mother was up six tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo from two weeks ago hitting a season high in total viewers. This show seems as strong as ever and has become a good lead-off for the night. Rules of Engagement was up eight tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo, also hitting a season high in total viewers. Its retention was as strong as its been all season and it may squeak out another renewal at this rate. Two and a Half Men on the other hand was down a million viewers and three tenths in the demo from two weeks ago while Mike & Molly was down a troubling 1.9 million viewers and six tenths in the demo. This could have been due partly to a big NFL game on ESPN. Finally at 10pm, Hawaii Five-0 was down a rough 1.8 million viewers and half a demo point. This could also be due to NFL.

NBC had a positive start to the night as the new edition of The Sing Off premiered to strong numbers. A 2.8 in the demo is far better than NBC has seen all season at 8pm. It was well-promoted but the question is how will it hold up for the rest of its run? If it's anywhere close to this, NBC should think about using it as a regular series. Chase followed at 10pm and was down a million viewers and a tenth in the demo from last week. It's sure to get killed when it moves to Wednesday at 9pm. FOX had a mediocre showing from the little-promoted American Country Awards.

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