By Nellie Andreeva
CBS won the last Monday of the season, which saw ABC’s summer “TheBachelorette” get off to a solid start.
The final performance edition of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars”dominated the 8 p.m. hour with 18.7 million viewers and a 4.2rating/12 share among adults 18-49.
After CBS’ “Rules of Engagement” underperformed in the Wednesday 8p.m. slot last week, the sitcom logged another low-ratedperformance at 8 p.m., this time on Monday (7.5 million,2.6/8).
But it rebounded nicely in its regular 9:30 p.m. slot with 12.8million viewers and a 4.4/11 in 18-49.
The birth-themed season finale of CBS’ “Two and a Half Men” at 9p.m. (16.0 million, 5.2/14) was the top program of the night in theadult demo and had its highest audience since February.
The season wraps of the network’s “How I Met Your Mother (8.7million, 3.7/10) and “CSI: Miami” (14.1 million, 3.8/11) also didsolid business.
Following “Dancing,” the two-hour premiere of “The Bachelorette”averaged 9 million viewers and a 3.0/8 in 18-49, holding its debut rating from last year. It shed almost 2million viewers from the first to the second hour, but most of themwere in the 50+ demographic.
The two-hour season finale of “24” clocked out at 9.4 millionviewers and a 3.0/8 in 18-49, earning its lowest rating to date.
NBC flatlined with “Dead or No Deal” and “Medium,” averaging 5.4million viewers and a 1.5/4 in 18-49, a series low, faring only a little betterin the demo that the CW (2.4 million, 1./3), which aired seasonfinales of “Gossip Girl” and “One Tree Hill.”
CBS (12.2 million, 3.9/11) won the night, followed by ABC (12.2million, 3.4/9).
