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Dancing Performance Finale Skids to an All-Time Low
Down to the last three contestants, Dancing with the Stars attracted 20.04 million viewers but hit an all-time low in the industry-prized demo for a final performance program, scoring a 3.6 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds, preliminary Nielsen data shows.
Down to the last three contestants, Dancing with the Starsattracted 20.04 million viewers but hit an all-time low in the industry-prized demo for a final performance program, scoring a 3.6 rating among 18-to-49-year-olds, preliminary Nielsen data shows.
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Immediately following, Chris Harrison's latest show — the warmly reviewed You Deserve It— got about half of Dancing's viewership, 10.05 million, while posting a 2.1 demo rating, which was 12 percent less than the year-earlier debut of Skating with the Stars — which, it's easy to forget, started poorly and got worse.
Gossip Girl, meanwhile, achieved a season high in total viewers.
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8 p.m.
CBS: How I Met Your Mother10.07 million viewers (4.3 demo rating); 2 Broke Girls11.19 million (4.4)
ABC: Dancing with the Stars 20.04 million (3.6)
Fox: Terra Nova 6.49 million (2.1)
NBC: The Sing-Off 4.25 million (1.4) {8-10 p.m.}
CW: Gossip Girl 1.48 million (0.7)
9 p.m.
CBS: Two and a Half Men 15.74 million viewers (5.2 demo rating); Mike & Molly13.10 million (4.2)
ABC: You Deserve It10.05 million (2.1)
Fox: House7.34 million (2.5)
CW: Hart of Dixie1.79 million (0.7)
10 p.m.
CBS: Hawaii Five-010.34 million viewers (2.8 demo rating)
ABC: Castle 11.92 million (2.7)
NBC: Rock Center with Brian Williams3.63 million (0.9)