| Scoreboard for Mon. June 9, 2008 |  |
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| Total Viewers (million) | 8.14 | 7.66 | 6.26 | 5.58 | .99 |
| Rating/Share: Adults 18-49 | 2.5/7 | 2.4/7 | 2.1/6 | 2.0/6 | 0.4/1 |
Maybe that old girl — scripted television, is a hot cougar after all. CBS won the night with a lineup of mostly repeats of scripted comedies and dramas, save for the Bill Engvall Show (which notably had the worst 18-49 demo performance of any show on CBS last night — we’ll chalk some of that up to the 8pm start). FOX came in second with repeats of Bones and House.
In third place was NBC with a combination of American Gladiators and two hours worth of Nashville Star audtions. For its two hour premiere, “Star” averaged 6.58 million and a 2.2/6 in the 18-49 demo. Meanwhile, two hours worth of ABC’s The Bachelorette 6.39 million and 2.3/7 in the 18-49 demo, though it’s notable that the second hour averaged a million more viewers and half an 18-49 ratings point better than the first.
I’m sure ABC doesn’t have the intestinal fortitude to just cancel The Mole, and it probably should. I can’t believe I’m saying this but alas, two repeats of According to Jim just might do better. The Mole had but 3.97 million viewers and a 1.6/5 in the 18-49 demo. Ok, According to Jim probably wouldn’t have done better, but still, that’s pretty bad.
It’s somewhat a surprise to me how well the repeats hold up. The best performance of the night? Two and a Half Men with 10.5 million viewers and a 3.2/9 in the 18-49 demographic. In head-to-head competition with the first hour of the Nashville Star premiere, a repeat of House beat it easily garnering more than a million and half more viewers and six-tenths of a ratings point better in the 18-49 demo.
Monday night’s details:
| Time | Net | Show | Viewers (Millons) | 18-49 Rating/Share |
| 8:00 | ABC | The Bachelorette | 5.86 | 2.0/6 |
| CBS | Bill Engvall Show | 6.44 | 1.9/6 | |
| NBC | American Gladiators | 5.61 | 1..9/6 | |
| FOX | Bones (R ) | 7.31 | 2.1/7 | |
| CW | Gossip Girl (R ) | 1.08 | 0.5/2 | |
| 8:30 | CBS | How I Met Your Mother (R ) | 6.3 | 2.2/7 |
| 9:00 | CBS | Two and a Half Men (R ) | 10.5 | 3.2/9 |
| CW | One Tree Hill (R ) | 0.89 | 0.4/1 | |
| ABC | The Bachelorette | 6.91 | 2.5/7 | |
| NBC | Nashville Star | 6.35 | 2.1/6 | |
| FOX | House (R ) | 8 | 2.7/7 | |
| 9:30 | CBS | Rules of Engagement (R ) | 8.38 | 2.9/8 |
| 10:00 | NBC | Nashville Star | 6.81 | 2.2/6 |
| CBS | CSI: Miami (R ) | 8.61 | 2.3/7 | |
| ABC | The Mole | 3.97 | 1.6/5 |
Nielsen Ratings Source: Nielsen Media Research. Full night’s results available via Marc Berman/Mediaweek.
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