Ratings: Hostages Keeps Falling; Dancing Grows

CBS' Monday lineup continues to struggle.
Hostages slid even further Monday to a dangerously low 5.2 million viewers and 1.2 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, dropping 20 percent. Save for How I Met Your Mother (7.4 million, 2.9), the rest of CBS' comedies all fell to around the 2.0 rating mark: We Are Men (5.4 million, 1.8), 2 Broke Girls (7.2 million, 2.2) — which hit a series low — and Mom (6.7 million, 2.0).
NBC won the night with The Voice (14.3 million, 4.5) and The Blacklist (11.3 million, 3.2), which slipped two-tenths and one tenth, respectively.

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Dancing with the Stars (13 million, 2.1) rose a tenth, while Castle (10.8 million, 2.0) dropped two tenths. On Fox, Bones 7.1 million (2.0) and Sleepy Hollow (7.8 million, 2.7) were both down a few tenths.The CW's season premieres of Hart of Dixie (1.2 million, 0.4) and Beauty and the Beast (1.2 million, 0.4) were both down from their previous premieres, but improved on 90210's and Gossip Girl's performances in the slots last year.
8 p.m.
CBS: How I Met Your Mother 7.4 million viewers (2.9 demo rating);We Are Men 5.4 million (1.8)ABC: Dancing with the Stars 13 million (2.1) [8-10 p.m.]Fox: Bones 7.1 million (2.0)NBC: The Voice 14.3 million (4.5) [8-10 p.m.]CW: Hart of Dixie 1.2 million (0.4)9 p.m.
CBS: 2 Broke Girls 7.2 million (2.2); Mom 6.7 million (2.0)Fox: Sleepy Hollow 7.8 million (2.7)CW: Beauty and the Beast 1.2 million (0.4)10 p.m.
CBS: Hostages 5.2 million (1.2)ABC: Castle 10.8 million (2.0)NBC: The Blacklist 11.3 million (3.2)