RATINGS RECAP: 4/29/13

ABC
8:00 Dancing with the Stars
Viewers: 13.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
10:00 Castle
Viewers: 10.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0

CBS
8:00 How I Met Your Mother
Viewers: 7.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7
8:30 Rules of Engagement
Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:00 2 Broke Girls
Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
9:30 Mike & Molly
Viewers: 8.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.4
10:00 Hawaii Five-0
Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.7

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 12.7 million, 18-49 demo: 4.3
10:00 Revolution
Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8

FOX
8:00 Bones
Viewers: 7.4 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:00 The Following
Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7

On Monday night, FOX had the season finales of Bones and The Following. At 8pm, Bones was up three tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. It will return for a ninth season in the fall. At 9pm, The Following saw a nice spike for its finale as it was up eight tenths in viewers and three tenths in the demo for its best performance since March 11. In its final two weeks, the previously fading Following rose six tenths in the demo which is a real nice jump for the show. I think its very likely the show will return in the same Monday 9pm slot for another 15 episode season in January because Kevin Bacon is only contracted for 15 episodes. 

CBS had another bad night. Most shows were up but things are really going south for them in general on Mondays. How I Met Your Mother was up half a million viewers and even in the demo while Rules of Engagement was up 1.1 million viewers and six tenths in the demo from last week when it followed a repeat. At 9pm, 2 Broke Girls was up four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo while Mike & Molly was up three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. It managed to be the top show among total viewers for CBS. At 10pm, Hawaii Five-0 was up a tenth in viewers but down a tenth in the demo for a series low and third place finish. Time for this show to move to Fridays or Sundays.

On NBC, The Voice started things off down a substantial 1.5 million viewers and six tenths in the demo as its starting to come back to Earth. At 10pm, Revolution was down four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo for another series low. This show is really starting to falter. The 1.8 demo is exactly what Smash got a year ago but The Voice only got a 3.5 demo a year ago. So it's doing worse than Smash and that show tanked when it had to be on its own. This is not good news for Revolution despite a 22 episode second season order. Finally on ABC, Dancing with the Stars was down three tenths in viewers and even in the demo while Castle was down a big 1.3 million viewers and three tenths in the demo. It's a bigger drop but last week was higher than usual so it sort of evens out. It still managed to win the 10pm hour thanks to really poor performances from Revolution and Hawaii Five-0.