RATINGS RECAP: 3/7/11

ABC
8:00 The Bachelor
Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 3.1
10:00 Castle (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

CBS
8:00 How I Met Your Mother (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
8:30 Mad Love
Viewers: 7.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
9:00 Two and a Half Men (Repeat)
Viewers: 10.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.9
9:30 Mike & Molly (Repeat)
Viewers: 9.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
10:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0

NBC
8:00 The Event
Viewers: 5.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4
10:00 Harry's Law
Viewers: 9.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8

FOX
8:00 House
Viewers: 11.1 million, 18-49 demo: 3.8
9:00 The Chicago Code
Viewers: 7.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0

ABC was partly new on Monday night with the Women Tell All special of The Bachelor from 8-10pm pulling solid results as it was down just 1.3 million viewers and four tenths in the demo from last week's regular episode. The finale will air next week. A Castle repeat did not garner much interest at 10pm. CBS was all in repeats except for Mad Love at 8:30pm. As usual, these shows repeated well though and Mad Love was down six tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo from last week for series lows but the drop isn't too bad since the lead-in was a repeat this week. A repeat of Hawaii Five-0 won the demo against a new Harry's Law and a repeat Castle.

NBC did not get good results from the return of The Event. After a very long hiatus (it hasn't been on since November 29), The Event returned to its worst numbers yet as the lowest demo it ever got in the fall was a 1.7. With a serialized show that was on the decline, it's not surprising that it couldn't roar back but this was lower than anticipated and makes it seem likely that it will be one-and-done this season. Maybe the producers and writers will be able to know in time to give the show a proper conclusion. At 10pm, Harry's Law was up four tenths in viewers and even in the demo. It probably should have risen more with less competition but it continues to have low and incompatible lead-ins, whether its The Event or The Cape.

FOX was all new on Monday night and fairly steady. At 8pm, House was up a tenth in viewers and even in the demo, easily winning the hour while new series The Chicago Code was down half a million viewers but just a tenth in the demo. After its big first week drop, this show has been remarkably steady and may be the final nail in the coffin for Lie to Me and Human Target if it can keep these steady numbers going despite not being all that high overall.

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