Spotted Ratings, Monday 4/9/12

WHAT MATTERS:

• The full CBS competition was back in place, meaning everyone on Monday was at full strength for once. The only network to really take a hit was Fox, where Bones and House were both down double-digits from the premiere of the pairing last week. The surprising dynamic between the two remains about the same, with House now dropping even more.

• Everybody else was fairly steady, but one interesting development was the best-yet retention for Mike and Molly after another stinker performance from Two and a Half Men. The four CBS sitcoms were amazingly almost identically-rated from wire to wire.

• Another ABC drama, another 1.3 pilot encore, this time for Scandal airing after Dancing with the Stars.

FULL TABLE:

Info				Show				Timeslot		TRUE
	Viewers	A18-49	Skew	Last	LeLa	Avg	Rank	Tavg	Lead
Dancing with the Stars Mon	16.39	3.0	23%	+3%	n/a	-6%	3/4	+11%	n/a	3.27
Scandal (R)	6.21	1.3	27%	n/a	n/a	n/a	1/1	-45%	-57%	0.98
How I Met Your Mother	8.00	3.5	56%	+0%	n/a	-17%	18/20	-16%	n/a	4.04
2 Broke Girls	8.78	3.5	51%	+0%	+0%	-22%	19/20	-20%	+0%	3.73
Two and a Half Men	10.40	3.6	44%	-5%	+0%	-32%	19/20	-32%	+3%	3.61
Mike and Molly	9.58	3.2	43%	+3%	-5%	-17%	17/19	-21%	-11%	3.19
Hawaii Five-0	10.30	2.6	32%	+4%	+3%	-11%	18/20	-11%	-19%	2.44
The Voice Mon	10.52	4.0	49%	-2%	n/a	-26%	10/10	+35%	n/a	4.43
Smash	5.99	2.0	43%	-5%	-2%	-21%	10/10	+25%	-50%	1.61
Bones	7.56	2.2	37%	-12%	n/a	-18%	8/8	-12%	n/a	2.41
House	6.01	1.9	40%	-17%	-12%	-29%	16/16	-23%	-14%	1.86
Gossip Girl	0.98	0.5	65%	+0%	n/a	-17%	15/19	-17%	n/a	0.50
Hart of Dixie	1.20	0.5	53%	+0%	+0%	-25%	15/17	-27%	+0%	0.50

KEY (click to expand)

Viewers - The total number of viewers (age 2+, in millions) that watched the program.
A18-49 - Adults 18-49 rating. Percentage of US TV-owning adults 18-49 watching the program.
Skew - Percentage of the total audience that falls in the 18-49 demo.
Last - A18-49 percent difference from previous episode.
Lead - A18-49 percent difference from lead-in program.
LeLa - A18-49 percent difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.
Avg - A18-49 percent difference from the show's average demo for previous original episodes this season.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes that have aired so far this season.
Tavg - A18-49 percent difference from its timeslot's previous original entertainment average this season.
TRUE - True Strength, a metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. (Note: these are PRELIMINARY TRUE calculations. Finals come next week.)

(R) - Repeat.

Much more detail on these numbers at the New Daily Spotted Ratings page.

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.