Fox dramas dip, still top Monday

Fox dramas ''House'' and ''Alcatraz'' fell off some inside their second week just like a Monday combo, nonetheless they lifted the web to victory around the evening through which CBS broadcast repeats. Still, the Eye's ''Two . 5 Men'' ruled since the top-rated program. According to preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, ''House'' opened up in the evening getting a couple.8 rating/8 participate grownups 18-49 and 8.6 000 0000 audiences overall, winning its hour in many key groups despite a tenPercent week-to-week decline. At 9, ''Alcatraz'' (2.7/7 in 18-49, 8.3 million audiences overall) also saw a tenPercent decline in the earlier week but remains searching good within the third week and appears to become nice match its lead-in. It absolutely was neck and neck with ABC and CBS for your hour's lead in 18-49 and won its hour that face men 18-49 (2.6/7). CBS again amazed by ranking a hostile second in 18-49 and 25-54 around the evening if the broadcast repeats of the regular Monday series: ''How I Met Your Mother'' (2.4/7 in 18-49, 7.3 million audiences overall), ''2 Broke Girls'' (2.7/7 in 18-49, 7.8 million audiences overall), ''Two . 5 Men'' (3./7 in 18-49, 10. million audiences overall), ''Mike and Molly'' (2.3/5 in 18-49, 8.5 million audiences overall) and ''Hawaii Five-0'' (1.7/5 in 18-49, 7.3 million audiences overall). ''Men'' was Monday's No. 1 show in 18-49, 25-54 and total audiences, and ''Hawaii'' introduced the broadcast systems inside the 10 o'clock hour. At ABC, ''The Bachelor'' (2.6/7 in 18-49, 8.millions of audiences overall) was lower a tick week to week but nevertheless drenched it is the the second best lots of year. It absolutely was then ''Castle'' (1.4/4 in 18-49, 6.7 million audiences overall), which was round the high side for just about any repeat. NBC opened up up while using finale of gameshow ''Who's Still Standing'' (1.7/5 in 18-49, 6.6 000 0000 audiences overall), which matched up up or set season levels and figures to return eventually for your network. It absolutely was a repeat of ''Fear Factor'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 4. million audiences overall) plus an original installment of newsmag ''Rock Center'' (.8/2 in 18-49, 3.3 million audiences overall). At CW, the 100th episode of ''Gossip Girl'' brought to greater ratings (.7/2 in 18-49, 1.4 million audiences overall), accumulating the show's second greatest audience of the year. Also up week to week was rookie 9 p.m. drama ''Hart of Dixie'' (.6/one out of 18-49, 1.5 million audiences overall). Preliminary 18-49 earnings for your evening: Fox, 2.8/7 CBS, 2.3/6 ABC, 2.2/6 Univision, 1.5/4 NBC, 1.3/3 CW, .6/2. In general audiences: Fox, 8.5 million CBS, 8. million ABC, 7.6 000 0000 NBC, 4.6 000 0000 Univision, 3.5 million CW, 1.4 million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com