One returning and one new series premiered last night with decidedly disappointing results. Fox’s Lie to Me kicked off its second season with 7.7 million viewers, a sharp drop from the 14.5 million who watched lead-in House. Elsewhere, NBC debuted its new drama Trauma, but the first episode only drew a weak 6.9 million viewers. The one silver lining is that it managed to improve upon its lead-in, Heroes, by over a million viewers.
| Time | Show | Viewers (in millions) |
|---|---|---|
| 8pm | Dancing with the Stars (ABC) House (Fox) How I Met Your Mother (CBS) Heroes (NBC) One Tree Hill (The CW) |
16.7 14.5 8.7 5.8 2.6 |
| 8:30pm | Accidentally on Purpose (CBS) | 8.1 |
| 9pm | Two and a Half Men (CBS) Lie to Me (Fox) Trauma (NBC) Gossip Girl (The CW) |
13.6 7.7 6.9 2.3 |
| 9:30pm | The Big Bang Theory (CBS) | 13.0 |
| 10pm | CSI: Miami (CBS) Castle (ABC) The Jay Leno Show (NBC) |
13.5 9.6 5.6 |
Source: Nielsen
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Put Heroes out of its misery.And Big Bang Theory held well to its lead audience!
I always wondered why they don’t put Two and a Half Men at 8 pm since it has the best ratings. Wouldn’t it help the ratings for their whole night?
I always wondered why people watch Two and Half Men. I find it almost insipid. I cannot sit through 30 seconds of it, much less 30 minutes. Oh well, to each his own I guess. A lot of people probably aren’t big fans of Private Practice (which for some reason I actually almost enjoy!).
Yeah,Heroes just keeps getting worse and worse each week.I’m this close to not watching it anymore but I’ve invested so much time watching it from the very beginning.I wish it would just get cancelled so that I don’t have to keep holding on to hope that it gets better.
I watched the first episode of Heroes & promised myself I’d watch 3 more episodes before abandoning it. Last Monday came and I couldn’t make myself do it. I am officially done with that show.
Can you please put Heros’ out of it misery and bring back Chuck already? I tried Heros last season and gave up on it halfway through the the second half. I need my Chuck back before March.
How about for those who just have to watch Men and Big Bang…DVR those and watch Lie To Me live!!! It’s an amazingly brilliant show that deserves better ratings!
Trauma was a heaping pile of you know what. It will be cancelled by Christmas!
Trauma is Third Watch. It’s already been done, and done better.
Trauma is not even a good medical drama. It managed to be boring after the opening helicopter crash.
Jay Leno did even worse than Heroes! AWESOME!
Yes, clearly Jay Leno was much more profitable for the same rating.
I like the show “Lie to Me”, but it has a horrible timeslot! I watch the comedies on CBS and “Dancing with the Stars”. I would watch “Lie to Me” if it was on another night.
Amen. Lie to Me is must see TV for me.
Lie to Me should be on a different night, if they keep it — they may move it.
Lie to Me should go back to being on Wednesdays. I love the show, and I hate that Fox moved it. It’s competing against Two and a Half Men, the #1 comedy. Lie to Me won’t get its deserved ratings due to its new timeslot, which is a shame.
I think Castle gained viewers over last week – good sign.
At least Castle kept decent numbers. Maybe Nathan Fillion will have a show that’ll last for a while like he so very much deserves.
Lie To Me’s numbers are pretty good for Fox though, aren’t they?
Compare to House, on the hour before. Lie to Me dropped 6 million viewers. That’s a significant drop, IMO.
I enjoyed Trauma. Good acting; good backstory for the characters. Unless the network can promote it better (the promos didn’t characterize it well)….
Heroes needs to die once and for all. Accidentally on Purpose needs to be yanked asap to. Charlie Sheen needs to retire his show as promised.Jay Leno will always be epic mistake! Trauma was better than Mercy although neither of them brings something new to table!
So basically your options for TV nowadays are:
A) crime procedurals
B) hospital/medical shows
C) lame sitcoms/sketch comedy
D) tacky reality TV
*sigh*
..and your options from a few years ago were?…..atleast we HAVE options!
Please kill Accidentally on Purpose. It’s just painful.
CBS will not stop kicking everyone’s ass, will they? Credit to ‘Castle’ for retaining [and building upon] their audience.
In the final numbers, Heroes dropped even lower to 5.7 million. LMAO! This crap show bombing harder each week amuses me to no end.
Wow, looks like people are just avoiding NBC altogether this season. Every one of their shows (except for The Office) seems to be in the same low range.
It’s called the Leno Effect. America in unison turning its back on the network and the show, which is, by the way, appallingly bad.
Even The Office doesn’t post very good ratings.
The office is strong in 18-49 year old demographic. That is what the advertisers are interested in. It sometimes beats Dancing with the Stars in that demo.
Yeah, Castle continues to grow!