Published at: Sept. 22, 2010, 1:02 a.m. CST by hercules
I am – Hercules!!
* CBS had a huge night with huge debuts for “Hawaii Five-0” and “Mike & Molly” and very strong showings for the rest of its sitcoms. The “Five-0” premiere tied “CSI Miami’s” best score of last season (for the episode that crossed over into the other CSI shows).
* “The Event” did way, way, way better than “Trauma” (best score last season: 2.2) or “Law & Order” (2.0) did on Mondays last season. I just finished watching the second and third “Event” episodes (@HercSpoils has details on Twitter) and can tell you I’m all aboard for the fourth and fifth at minimum.
* “Chase” had a slightly better premiere score than “Trauma” did last season, but did far worse than the first Monday episode of “The Jay Leno Show” a year ago.
* “Chuck,” the lowest-rated Monday show on the Big Three, continues to struggle. Its third-season premiere hit a 2.9; Monday's fourth-season premiere only hit a 2.0.
* ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” had Monday’s best network rating and did much better than the 4.1 its premiere scored last September. It also kept “Castle” plenty healthy.
* Fox looks to be in trouble. “House” continues to lose steam and viewers fled Fox (for “The Event”?) the minute “House” ended. “LoneStar” does not look long for this world (and TNT should perhaps reconsider its “Dallas” sequel).