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Monday 18-49 Finals (prior weeks in parentheses; now including first-run cable!):

5.5 (5.4) (9.0) (6.6) (5.9) Monday Night Football
5.3 (4.8) (4.7) (5.3) (4.7) Big Bang Theory
4.8 (4.6) (4.4) (4.8) (4.5) Two and a Half Men
4.4 (5.0) (5.4) (5.8) (6.7) House
3.9 (4.0) (3.9) (4.1) (4.3) CSI: Miami
3.6 (3.5) (3.5) (3.7) (4.1) Dancing With The Stars
3.4 (3.5) (3.4) (3.6) (3.6) How I Met Your Mother
3.3 (3.0) (2.8) (3.1) (3.3) Accidentally On Purpose
2.9 (2.8) (3.1) (2.9) (----) Lie To Me
2.5 (2.4) (2.4) (2.5) (2.8) Heroes
2.4 (2.4) (2.2) (2.2) (2.3) Castle
2.2 (----) (----) (----) (----) ALCS Baseball
1.8 (1.6) (----) (----) (----) NLCS Baseball
1.8 (1.8) (1.7) (2.2) (----) Trauma
1.7 (1.6) (1.6) (1.6) (1.7) WWE Raw (9pm)
1.6 (1.7) (1.7) (1.7) (2.0) WWE Raw (10pm)
1.4 (1.5) (1.5) (1.7) (1.8) The Jay Leno Show
1.1 (1.2) (1.1) (1.2) (1.0) Gossip Girl
1.0 (1.2) (1.1) (1.1) (1.1) One Tree Hill
0.8 (1.1) (0.8) (----) (----) Jon & Kate Plus 8
0.7 (----) (----) (----) (----) Little People, Big World
0.5 (----) (----) (----) (----) Million Dollar Listing
0.3 (0.3) (0.3) (0.4) (0.4) Greek
0.2 (0.2) (0.2) (0.3) (0.3) Lincoln Heights

* !!!!! “House,” delayed 43 minutes by baseball, was overtaken for the first time by “Big Bang Theory,” which is (for the moment at least) America’s top rated show in 18-49. That means it even beat last week’s scores for “Grey’s Anatomy,” “Desperate Housewives” and “NCIS.”

* Jenna Elfman sitcom “Accidentally on Purpose” now looks like more like a hit, matching its best number to date and nearly matching “How I Met Your Mother” in 18-49. We’ll see if this keeps up the next time “House” starts on time.

* “Leno” hit its all-time Monday low at 1.4. (The show on Friday hit a 1.2, its lowest score on any night to date.) While NBC is hopeful ratings will improve when rival hourlongs go into repeats, it’ll be interesting to see what happens when Leno’s lead-ins go to repeats as well.

* ABC’s “Castle” isn’t setting Monday nights afire, but is doing well enough to pull on Tuesday a “back nine” order that will keep its lights on until May.

Find James Hibberd’s analysis here.

Sunday

18-49 Finals (prior weeks in parentheses; now with first-run cable!):

8.6 (----) (----) (----) CBS Football
7.2 (6.2) (7.4) (6.8) NBC Sunday Night Football
4.6 (4.6) (5.0) (4.7) Desperate Housewives
4.2 (4.5) (5.1) (5.2) Family Guy (r)
4.1 (3.7) (4.4) (4.3) The Simpsons
3.8 (3.9) (4.4) (4.9) The Cleveland Show
3.3 (3.3) (2.8) (3.4) The Amazing Race
3.2 (3.5) (2.2) (3.2) 60 Minutes
3.2 (3.0) (3.2) (3.0) Brothers & Sisters
3.1 (3.5) (3.6) (3.6) American Dad
3.0 (3.0) (3.4) (3.1) Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
1.9 (1.7) (1.9) (----) Three Rivers
1.9 (2.2) (2.2) (----) America’s Funniest Home Videos
1.6 (2.1) (----) (----) NLCS Baseball (7pm)
1.0 (----) (----) (----) Hannah Montana
0.8 (1.0) (----) (----) Brothers
0.8 (1.2) (----) (----) Girls Next Door
0.7 (0.5) (0.6) (----) Dexter
0.5 (0.6) (0.7) (0.6) Mad Men
0.5 (0.5) (0.7) (0.6) Curb Your Enthusiasm
0.3 (0.3) (0.5) (----) Bored To Death
0.3 (0.3) (0.4) (----) Californication
(----) (1.9) (2.2) (2.1) Cold Case

* Not much to say here except Americans sure do seem to like football a lot more than baseball!

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