Primetime Ratings: Finales Drive CBS
Season Finales of Two and a Half Men , Rules of Engagement , CSI: Miami Lead to Monday Win
By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 5/20/2008 9:08:00 AM
Fox had the highest-rated show in the 18-49 demo Monday with the tear-jerking season finale of House (5.7 rating/14 share), but CBS won the demo for the night with two hours’ worth of 4-plus ratings performances for its own flurry of finales: Two and a Half Men (4.8/12), Rules of Engagement (4.3/10) and CSI: Miami (4.4/12).
CBS averaged a 4/11 Monday vs. Fox's 3.8/10.
ABC was third with a 3.4/9, led by the final dance-off on Dancing with the Stars (4.3/12).
NBC was a distant fourth with an all-reality night of two hours’ worth of the low-rated American Gladiators (1.7/4) and Dateline (2.2/6).
The CW had a good netlet night with the finales of Gossip Girl (1.4/4) and One Tree Hill (1.5/4).
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