I’ll admit it, I was bracing myself for bad news this morning. Chuck<\/strong> aired against two major sporting events last night – Favre on Monday Night Football and the Giants clenching the NLCS – plus pre-emptions in several markets for local election debates, so I expected to see a significant drop. Guess what? In the face of such strong competition, pretty much everything except<\/em> Chuck<\/strong> lost viewers.<\/p>\n

According to the fast overnight ratings<\/a>, “Chuck vs. the Coup d’Etat” held steady with last week’s numbers, pulling a 1.9 in the 18-49 demo and watched by approximately 5.5 million viewers. In comparison, House<\/strong> fell another 10% over last week to a possible series low (ouch!). CBS saw HIMYM<\/strong> drop 3% while Rules of Engagement<\/strong> was the only other show to hold steady from last week. Dancing With The Stars<\/strong> also fell to a 3.75 during the Chuck<\/strong> timeslot, and will likely adjust down in the finals.<\/p>\n

Additional good news\/bad news from NBC’s other Monday night offerings as The Event<\/strong> dropped 8% to a 2.2 in the demo and Chase<\/strong> tumbled another 12% to a 1.5. With Outlaw<\/strong> already canceled, Undercovers<\/strong> underperforming, and these two new Monday night shows free-falling, Chuck<\/strong>‘s stability with little promotion has to be looking better and better. That’s good news for us, bad news for those sites that have been sounding the death knell for Chuck<\/strong> with such certainty.<\/p>\n

Updated:<\/strong> Final ratings are in and the numbers stand for NBC, meaning even after all the adjustments were made for pre-emptions, Chuck<\/strong> holds to a 1.9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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