Image Credit: James White/CBSThe premiere of The Talk may have only featured lots of enthusiastic chatter about starting a new show, but it definitely piqued the interest of female viewers: CBS says the new series featuring Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Holly Robinson Peete, Leah Remini and Marissa Jaret Winokur boosted key female demographics in the time period versus the same time a year ago.

According to preliminary ratings provided by CBS, The Talk averaged 2.2 million viewers and a 1.1 rating among women 25-54. It posted a 0.9 rating among women ages 18-49 and and a 0.5 rating with women ages 18-34. Compared to how As the World Turns performed in the time period a year ago, The Talk was up 22% in women 25-54, up 29% among women 18-49 and up 67% in women 18-34.

Jennifer Lopez is expected to appear on the show today.

Image Credit: Ray Mickshaw/Fox; Adam Taylor/NBC; Monty Brinton/CBSAnother terrific performance by Dancing With the Stars helped ABC to rule on Monday among adults 18-49 (3.5 rating/9 share) and viewers (16.7 million). The two-hour edition of Dancing was the night’s most-watched show (19.2 million), which did Castle a solid at 10: The sexy drama won its timeslot in viewers (11.5 million) and many of the female demographics, but came in second among adults 18-49 behind Hawaii Five-0, which averaged 10.5 million. Still, that’s great news for the Nathan Fillion drama, which looked like it was on the verge of cancellation last season before ABC programmers decided to keep it around. Occasionally, those net execs do recognize a good thing when they see it.

CBS finished second in the adult demo (3.3/9) and viewers (10.2 million) for the night, though its comedies took slight hits in the ratings. The network’s rookie Mike & Molly posted a 3.4/8 in the demo – down 3% versus last week and its lowest-rated telecast to date. It still finished second in its timeslot among viewers (10.9 million). How I Met Your Mother posted a season low among adults 18-49 (3.2/9) and averaged 8.0 million. Rules of Engagement averaged a 2.9/8 and 7.8 million viewers, followed by Two and a Half Men (4.3/11, 13.3 million) and Five-0 (2.9/8).

Each 18-49 ratings point represents 1.3 million viewers.

Over on Fox, House finished its fifth week in a row as Monday’s top-rated scripted drama among adults 18-49 (3.5/10). It averaged 9.4 million. And Lie to Me was up 5% versus last week in adults 18-49 (2.0/5) and averaged 5.6 million. Fox finished the night in third place among viewers (7.6 million) and adults 18-49 (2.8/7).

NBC gave good news to genre fans Monday by announcing that it picked up a full season of The Event, even though the freshman drama’s ratings aren’t exactly earth-shattering: The show was flat versus last week among adults 18-49 (2.2/5), which was still its lowest-rated telecast to date. It averaged 6.3 million viewers. At least we’ll have a full season to find out where the writers are going with the story. Elsewhere on the Peacock, Chase posted a 1.6/4 in the demo and lured 5.1 million eyeballs.

The CW was in repeats Monday.

Image Credit: Win McNamee/Getty Images; Michael Yarish/CBS; Craig Sjodin/ABCSports definitely ruled in primetime on Sunday, leaving shows like Desperate Housewives and Undercover Boss to scurry after their scraps. The latter two series, in fact, posted record low-rated telecasts among adults18-49 opposite NBC’s Colts-Redskins football matchup and Fox’s baseball playoff game between the Giants and the Phillies.

NBC won the night among 18-49 (5.4 rating/14 share) and total viewers (14.1 million) but CBS still managed to tie Fox for second place among adults 18-49 (3.0/8). CBS came in second for the night in viewers (11.8 million) while ABC followed in third with 9.2 million. Fox finished the night in fourth place among viewers with 8.9 million. Each 18-49 ratings point represents 1.3 million viewers.

The Amazing Race averaged 11.2 million viewers on CBS and came in second place in the adult demo (3.4/9) for the 8 p.m. hour, behind football. Undercover Boss built on its time slot lead-in and averaged a 3.5/9, but was still down 5% versus last week. It was the reality show’s lowest-rated telecast ever and averaged 12.1 million. CSI: Miami, however, was up 4% versus last week among adults 18-49 (2.8/7) and averaged 11.1 million pairs of eyeballs.

On ABC, Desperate Housewives posted a 3.8/9 in the demo — down 3% versus last week and its lowest-rated fall telecast ever. It averaged 12.4 million. And Brothers & Sisters tied last week’s lowest-rated fall telecast ever (2.7/7) and lured 8.9 million. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2.3/6) averaged 8.5 million.