Spotted Ratings, Monday 2/4/13

WHAT MATTERS:

• The "Super Monday" bounce for CBS was really only evident in the 8:00 hour, where How I Met Your Mother hit a new season high and Rules of Engagement had an expectedly solid return, coming back well above its spring post-The Big Bang Theory level. The other hours have to be considered disappointments; 2 Broke Girls, Mike and Molly and Hawaii Five-0 were even to down slightly from their last originals.

• Almost everything else was also down, especially Fox, where Bones and week three of The Following each dropped back following last week's growth. And the winner of The Bachelor vs. The Biggest Loser now appears clear. Are we now on the doorstep of seeing, at least for a month or so, a network where nothing gets a 2.0?

• A notable exception to the slippage was the CW, where The Carrie Diaries had a very good week four, bouncing up to above the premiere number.

FULL TABLE:

Info			Show				Timeslot		True2
	Viewers	A18-49	Last	LeLa	Rank	y2y	TLa	Ty2y
The Bachelor	7.90	2.4	-4%	n/a	4/5	-8%	-4%	-9%	2.25
Castle	8.89	1.8	-10%	-4%	12/13	-10%	+29%	-10%	1.72
How I Met Your Mother	10.30	4.0	+8%	n/a	1/14	+0%	+150%	+0%	3.11
Rules of Engagement	9.40	3.1	n/a	n/a	1/1	-14%	+29%	-28%	2.24
2 Broke Girls	11.36	3.7	+0%	-3%	4/15	-14%	+85%	-14%	3.21
Mike and Molly	10.77	3.2	-3%	+0%	5/13	-6%	+78%	-6%	3.06
Hawaii Five-0	9.86	2.3	+0%	-3%	5/15	-15%	+92%	-15%	2.05
The Biggest Loser	5.80	2.1	-9%	n/a	6/6	-9%	-7%	-68%	1.99
Deception	3.08	1.1	-8%	-9%	5/5	n/a	-12%	-71%	1.09
Bones	9.06	2.4	-8%	n/a	2/14	n/a	-9%	-2%	2.05
The Following	9.01	2.9	-12%	-8%	3/3	n/a	-12%	+26%	2.87
The Carrie Diaries	1.51	0.7	+40%	n/a	1/4	n/a	+40%	+17%	0.64
90210	0.79	0.4	+0%	+40%	6/12	-43%	+14%	-33%	0.40

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.
Last - A18-49 percent difference from previous episode.
LeLa - A18-49 percent difference between the show's lead-in and its lead-in for the previous episode.
Rank - The A18-49 rating's rank among the show's episodes that have aired so far this season.
y2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to its rating a year ago.
TLa - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one week ago.
Ty2y - The show's A18-49 rating compared to the network's rating in the timeslot one year ago.
True2 - The second edition of True Strength, a metric that adjusts the A18-49 rating for overall viewing levels, competition and lead-in. PRELIMINARY CALCULATION. For finals, see SpotVault.

(R) - Repeat.

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

More Spotted Ratings in the Index.