Ratings: Dateline Reigns with Princes, Closer Opens Big
Prince Harry, Prince William and Matt Lauer by Jeff Overs/NBC Universal Photo
This Monday's ratings bits:
" CBS'
Creature Comforts delivered 4.3 million total viewers, a week-to-week drop of 370 thou.
" NBC's
Age of Love debuted to 6.95 mil, landing it in third behind
Men-
Mother repeats and
Hell's Kitchen (7.33 mil).
" ABC's
Ex-Wives Club (3.81 mil) was down 320K.
" Matt Lauer's chat with princes William and Harry gave
Dateline its biggest audience - 12.2 million - since January 2005.
UPDATE: NBC will rebroadcast this
Dateline Sunday, July 1, at 7 pm/ET.
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The Closer's Season 3 opener was watched by 8.8 million, besting the TNT hit's previous premiere and setting a new record for ad-supported cable's best delivery of all time for a series telecast.