Preliminary Ratings: Monday 05/05/14

24: LIVE ANOTHER DAY got off to a decent start on Monday night, pushing FOX to the #2 network. on the night, in the A18-49 ratings. The two hour event collected eight million viewers and a 2.5 rating in Adults 18-49. Only the two NBC programs performed better.

Speaking of NBC, both THE VOICE and THE BLACKLIST were the top programs of the night. THE VOICE did lose over 750k in viewership, but maintained it's demo rating, from last week. THE BLACK LIST produced near identical ratings, from 7 days earlier.

ABC saw a huge drop in the ratings, week-to-week. DANCING WITH THE STARS lost 31% in the demo ratings and a total of 3.2 million viewers. What ever last week had that this week didn't, ABC needs to bring back. The much lower DWTS numbers dropped CASTLE's numbers too. The crime drama was down 1.5 million viewers and 20% in the A18-49 numbers.

CBS completely sucked on Monday night. With the much higher competition, from FOX, each of the three sitcoms, in originals, placed at or near season lows. This has to be one of the more pathetic numbers we have seen from CBS, on a Monday night, during a sweeps month. The network may need to completely rebuild the night, from top to bottom.
 

Preliminary Network Averages:

ABC - 11.5 million viewers, 1.8 ating in A18-49

CBS - 5.1 million viewers, 1.3 rating in A18-49

CW - 1.0 million viewers, 0.4 rating in A18-49

FOX - 8.0 million viewers, 2.5 rating in A18-49

NBC - 10.7 million viewers, 2.9 rating in A18-49

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
8:00	ABC	Dancing With The Stars	12.70	1.8
10:00	ABC	Castle	8.90	1.6	-30%
8:00	CBS	2 Broke Girls	6.50	1.9
8:30	CBS	Friends With Better Lives	5.00	1.6	-23%
9:00	CBS	Mike & Molly	6.50	1.8	30%
9:30	CBS	Mom [R]	4.70	1.2	-28%
10:00	CBS	NCIS: LA [R]	3.90	0.8	-17%
8:00	CW	Star Crossed	0.90	0.3
9:00	CW	The Tomorrow People	1.00	0.4	11%
8:00	FOX	24: Live Another Day	8.00	2.5
8:00	NBC	The Voice	10.80	3.0
10:00	NBC	The Blacklist	10.60	2.7	-2%

* - in millions