Comedies, 'Five-0' energy CBS on Monday

CBS folded again on Mondays, having its comedies while using night's top four spots among teens and drama ''Hawaii Five-0'' rising opposite some news programs about your competition. ABC's interview with Repetition. Gabrielle Giffords acquired well, while NBC's interview with former Penn Condition coach Jerry Sandusky provided a bit of the boost for ''Rock Center.'' According to preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, ''How I Met Your Mother'' (4.5 rating/12 participate grownups 18-49, 10.4 million audiences overall), ''2 Broke Girls'' (4.8/12 in 18-49, 11.7 million audiences overall), ''Two . 5 Men'' (5.3/12 in 18-49, 14.6 000 0000 audiences overall) and ''Mike and Molly'' (4.4/10 in 18-49, 12.2 million audiences overall) counseled me up just a little week to week, with ''Broke'' striking a season high due to its regular timeslot and ''Men'' once again standing since the night's top-rated entertainment series in key demos. They were then sophomore drama ''Hawaii Five-0'' (3.3/8 in 18-49, 11.5 million audiences overall), which was also up versus. the other day to write its best scores since its season premiere. CBS easily assigned its broadcast rivals for your evening in many under-55 demo groups. ABC, which centered Monday in general audiences, opened up track of ''Dancing While using Stars'' (3.4/8 in 18-49, 18.5 million audiences overall), which was on componen with the other day since it has acquired some ratings steam lately. It absolutely was then your Diane Sawyer-fronted ''20/20'' news special ''Gaby and Mark: Courage and Hope'' (2.8/7 in 18-49, 13.4 million audiences overall), which was up versus. the present average of ''Castle'' inside the timeslot it introduced its 10 p.m. broadcast competition in general audiences known as the net's top-rated primetime news program since July's ''20/20'' featuring Sawyer's interview with Jaycee Dugard. (Realize that the preliminary, affiliate-based earnings for ABC add a preemption for ''Monday Evening Football'' on its CBS station in Milwaukee.) Fox's dramas remain sluggish round the evening, with ''Terra Nova'' (2.3/6 in 18-49, 7.millions of audiences overall) and ''House'' (2.5/6 in 18-49, 6.7 million audiences overall) both lower week to week and ranking third among the tv producers inside their timeslots. NBC's ''The Sing Off'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 6.9 million audiences overall) was in line with the other day, and 10 p.m. newsmag ''Rock Center'' (1.3/3 in 18-49, 4.5 million audiences overall), whose opening 20 minutes incorporated Bob Costas' phone interview with Sandusky, rose from last week's 1. inside the demo and was up slightly within the 1.2 that drama ''The Playboy Club'' acquired having its third and final original episode inside the timeslot noisy . October. (Realize that NBC's station in Ontario broadcast ''Monday Evening Football,'' and so the net's earnings for your evening are inclined to change.) At CW, ''Gossip Girl'' (.6/2 in 18-49, 1.2 million audiences overall) and ''Hart of Dixie'' (.6/one out of 18-49, 1.6 000 0000 audiences overall) were on componen with the other day in demos, even though latter rookie was up in general audiences. Preliminary 18-49 earnings for your evening: CBS, 4.2/10 ABC, 3.2/8 Fox, 2.4/6 NBC and Univision, 1.4/4 CW, .6/2. In general audiences: ABC, 16.8 million CBS, 12. million Fox, 6.9 million NBC, 4.7 million Univision, 3.4 million CW, 1.4 million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com