I am – Hercules!!

Monday 18-49 Finals (prior weeks in parentheses):

5.2 (5.5) (5.4) (9.0) (6.6) (5.9) Monday Night Football
3.8 (5.3) (4.8) (4.7) (5.3) (4.7) Big Bang Theory
3.6 (3.6) (3.5) (3.5) (3.7) (4.1) Dancing With The Stars
3.5 (4.8) (4.6) (4.4) (4.8) (4.5) Two and a Half Men
3.1 (3.9) (4.0) (3.9) (4.1) (4.3) CSI: Miami
2.6 (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) So You Think You Can Dance
2.6 (3.4) (3.5) (3.4) (3.6) (3.6) How I Met Your Mother
2.5 (2.4) (2.4) (2.2) (2.2) (2.3) Castle
2.5 (2.5) (2.4) (2.4) (2.5) (2.8) Heroes
2.4 (2.9) (2.8) (3.1) (2.9) (----) Lie To Me
2.1 (3.3) (3.0) (2.8) (3.1) (3.3) Accidentally On Purpose
2.1 (1.6) (1.7) (1.7) (1.7) (2.0) WWE Raw (10pm)
2.0 (1.7) (1.6) (1.6) (1.6) (1.7) WWE Raw (9pm)
1.9 (1.8) (1.8) (1.7) (2.2) (----) Trauma
1.4 (0.8) (1.1) (0.8) (----) (----) Jon & Kate Plus 8
1.3 (1.4) (1.5) (1.5) (1.7) (1.8) The Jay Leno Show
1.3 (1.0) (1.2) (1.1) (1.1) (1.1) One Tree Hill
1.2 (1.1) (1.2) (1.1) (1.2) (1.0) Gossip Girl
1.2 (----) (----) (----) (----) Real Chance of Love 2
1.0 (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) Cake Boss
0.8 (0.7) (----) (----) (----) (----) Little People, Big World
0.8 (----) (----) (----) (----) (----) No Excuses With Master P
0.4 (0.3) (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) Greek
0.2 (0.2) (0.2) (0.2) (0.3) (0.3) Lincoln Heights
(4.4) (5.0) (5.4) (5.8) (6.7) House

Figures in grey represent repeats.

* The big news is “Leno” matched its series low in 18-49 against a repeat of “CSI Miami” – this despite lead-in “Trauma” climbing a bit this week. NBC had hoped that “Leno” would improve as its scripted competition went into repeats. The opposite has proven the case.

* “One Tree Hill” matched “Leno” in 18-49, hitting a season high.

* ABC’s “Castle” also hit its season high, but it’s unclear whether it did because “CSI Miami” was a repeat or because Nathan Fillion dressed up like “Firefly” captain Mal Reynolds for Halloween:

Find James Hibberd’s analysis here.

Sunday

18-49 Finals:

10.7 (----) (----) (----) (----) Fox Football Overrun
5.9 (7.2) (6.2) (7.4) (6.8) NBC Sunday Night Football
5.2 (----) (----) (----) (----) ALCS Baseball
4.7 (4.6) (4.6) (5.0) (4.7) Desperate Housewives
3.4 (3.3) (3.3) (2.8) (3.4) The Amazing Race
3.3 (3.2) (3.0) (3.2) (3.0) Brothers & Sisters
3.0 (3.0) (3.0) (3.4) (3.1) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
2.3 (1.9) (2.2) (2.2) (----) America’s Funniest Home Videos
2.1 (3.2) (3.5) (2.2) (3.2) 60 Minutes
1.8 (----) (1.9) (2.2) (2.1) Cold Case
1.7 (1.9) (1.7) (1.9) (----) Three Rivers
1.0 (----) (----) (----) (----) The Next Iron Chef
0.9 (----) (----) (----) (----) My Antonio
0.8 (0.7) (0.5) (0.6) (----) Dexter
0.7 (0.8) (1.2) (----)(----) Girls Next Door
0.6 (0.5) (0.6) (0.7) (0.6) Mad Men
0.4 (0.5) (0.5) (0.7) (0.6) Curb Your Enthusiasm
0.4 (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (----) Californication
0.3 (0.3) (0.3) (0.5) (----) Bored To Death

* “Dexter” has swapped places with E!’s “The Girls Next Door” to become Showtime’s highest-rated show ever.

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