Ratings: Dancing's Big Jump, Chuck's In Luck

Dancing with the Stars by Carol Kaelson/ ABC
This Monday's ratings:
8 pm/ET
Dancing with the Stars drew 24.74 million total viewers, a week-to-week increase of 1.65 mil and a 25 percent improvement over last season's final performance night.
Chuck placed second with 8.36 mil, its largest audience since Oct. 1 and its best demos since the series premiere.
How I Met Your Mother (8.07 mil) dipped 480K. The CW's
Chris (2.28 mil, +130K) and Aliens (1.89 mil, +520K) each saw gains.
9 pm
CBS'
Men (15.3 mil) was up 840 thou, while lead-out
Rules (11.6 mil) dropped 570K.
Samantha Who? (12.63 mil) was down 18 percent, and new lead-out
Notes from the Underbelly only held onto 8.25 mil. Delivering 11.86 mil,
Heroes soared 11 percent to an eight-week high.
Girlfriends (2.28 mil, +480K) and
The Game (2.8 mil, +430K) both were up.
10 pm
CSI: Miami was on top with 15.45 mil, a 770K drop.
Journeyman (6.18 mil) edged out
October Road (six mil), which shed 360 thou from last Thursday's season premiere.