ABC was the big winner last night with Dancing with the Stars and Castle both seeing boosts from last week’s airings, according to preliminary overnight ratings. Stars nabbed 17.8 million viewers (up from 1.3 million from last week) while Castle hit 11.1 million (up 1.2 million from last week). A possible reason for the uptick in ratings? CBS’ powerful Monday night line-up was all in repeats.
| Time | Show | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 8pm | Dancing with the Stars (ABC) How I Met Your Mother (CBS) Heroes (NBC) So You Think You Can Dance (Fox) One Tree Hill (The CW) |
17.8 7.1 (repeat) 5.9 5.8 2.7 |
| 8:30pm | Accidentally on Purpose (CBS) | 6.0 (repeat) |
| 9pm | Two and a Half Men (CBS) Lie to Me (Fox) Trauma (NBC) Gossip Girl (The CW) |
11.2 (repeat) 6.3 5.8 2.2 |
| 9:30pm | The Big Bang Theory (CBS) | 10.6 (repeat) |
| 10pm | CSI: Miami (CBS) Castle (ABC) The Jay Leno Show (NBC) |
11.2 (repeat) 11.1 4.6 |
Source: Nielsen
Castle’s rating is almost twice as high as Heroes. Love it.
Jay Leno is now consistently pulling fewer viewers than he did on the Tonight Show. He was getting 7 million a night at 11:35.
I can’t believe a CSI Miami repeat still beat Castle in ratings. Castle is way way better than CSI: I can’t act
Why is Heroes even still on with ratings like those? It’s ridiculous.
Oh and Go Nathan!
love castle!!! keep up the good work! my fav show!!
Who says a Firefly reference can’t deliver? Promise us a glimpse of Mal Reynolds and we will deliver. Yay for Castle!
Totally agree!! I was hooked when I saw him come out in costume! could not turn the channel or turn it off!
Repeats of Two and a Half Men are still the most watched comedy on TV. That saddens me. Sigh.
Agreed. Sad, forced, dated television. Death to the laugh track!
The DWTS dance-off was a thriller.
Go Castle! Last night’s episode was BRILLIANT!
I wish “Castle” was on 2 or more nights a week. I just LOVE that show! I’m glad its ratings are climbing. Great news.
That’s what HULU is for.
I have already re-watched it and shown open sequence to non-castle but Firefly fan.
Yes Castle!
Glad to see Castle doing well, with Heat Wave number 11 on the NY Times bestseller list things are looking good for Fillion’s show.
‘Castle’ rules!!
The ratings for “Castle” would have been even higher if our stupid Philadelphia ABC outlet had aired it instead of the stupid Eagles football game which was being shown on another channel!!! GRRRRR!!!