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Ratings: Which Season Finales Fueled Season Highs?

House by Greg Gayne/Fox, Bones by Isabella Vosmikova/Fox

The season is winding down, folks. Monday's numbers:

8 pm/ET
DWTS was on top with 18.84 million total viewers, up 570K week-to-week. Bones scored a season high 10.15 mil, up 750 thou. CBS' Big Bang (7.36 mil, -500K) and Mother (7.92 mil, -a mil) each slipped. NBC's already-anemic Gladiators (four mil for the night) dropped 25 percent from its return. Gossip Girl delivered three mil, its second-largest audience ever and its best Monday in key demos.

9 pm
House gained 1.3 mil to hit a Monday high of 16.16 mil. CBS' Men (14.81 mil, +1.1 mil) and Rules (a season-high 12.25 mil, +1.5 mil) each enjoyed their best numbers since November. The Bachelorette averaged 8.75 mil over its two-hour premiere. One Tree Hill had its best Monday ever, drawing 3.15 mil.

10 pm
CSI: Miami surged 17 percent from last week, to 16.07 mil (its best audience since March 24).

Got any burning questions coming out of a season finale? Share them in comments.

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