Primetime Ratings: CBS' Lineup Drops, Still Wins Monday

'Terra Nova,' 'Rock Center' down; 'DWTS' season finale down 27% from last year

By Lindsay Rubino -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/22/2011 12:00:38 PM

CBS was the clear winner on Monday night with an overall 4.0 rating/10 share in the 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen overnight numbers, though its shows were down across the board. How I Met Your Mother was down 7% to a 4.3, followed by 2 Broke Girls, down 8% to a 4.4. Two and a Half Men slipped 4% to a 5.2 and Mike & Molly was down 5% to a 4.2. At 10 p.m., Hawaii Five-0 tumbled 15% to a 2.8.

ABC was a distant second with a 2.8/7 as it aired part one of the season finale of Dancing With the Stars, which was down 27% from last year to a 3.6. New game show You Deserve It followed the finale, premiering at a 2.1. Castle returned up 13% from its last original on Nov. 7, to a 2.7. It should be noted that local ABC affiliates in Boston and Kansas City broadcast Monday Night Football, leading to higher than normal adjustments in the final numbers.

Fox's Terra Nova continued to fall, dropping 9% to a 2.1, while House was even with last week at a 2.5. The network earned an overall 2.3/6 for third place.

NBC was next with an overall 1.2/3 as Rock Center with Brian Williams dropped 18% to a 0.9. Earlier, The Sing Off was up a tenth to a 1.4.

The CW's Hart of Dixie was steady at a 0.7 in the A18-49 demo, but rose 14% in the A18-34 demo to a 0.8. Gossip Girl grew a tenth to a 0.7 in 18-49 and was up 29% in 18-34 to a 0.9. The network ended with an overall 0.7/2.