Ratings: Did Heroes' Girl-on-Girl Kiss Boost Its Numbers?

• Oct 13, 2009 09:01 PM ET
• by Adam Bryant

Hayden Panettiere and Madeline Zima

Hayden Panettiere and Madeline Zima's same-sex lip-lock might have titillated fanboys, but the buzzed-about kiss did not draw in many new Heroes viewers.

Read our recap of the Heroes kiss

The NBC superhero drama pulled in 5.6 million viewers, staying flat from last week and finishing fourth in the 8/7c timeslot behind Dancing with the Stars (16.1 million viewers), House (12.1 million viewers) and a How I Met Your Mother-Accidentally on Purpose combo (8.6 million and 7.8 million viewers, respectively).

CBS won the demo for the night, thanks mostly to big numbers from Two and a Half Men (13.8 million viewers) and The Big Bang Theory (12.8 million viewers). Dancing with the Stars' second hour improved to 16.8 million viewers to win the 9/8c hour in total viewers. Fox's Lie to Me was watched by 7.8 million viewers and Gossip Girl pulled in 2.5 million viewers for the CW.

At 10, CSI:Miami was the big winner with 12.9 million viewers. Castle was flat with just under 10 million viewers and The Jay Leno show was watched by 4.9 million viewers.