‘One Tree Hill’ hits season high; ‘Lie’ low

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by James Hibberd | October 27, 2009 at 8:53 am | View Comments

One tree UPDATED: With usual Monday leader CBS airing repeats last night, shows like the CW's "One Tree Hill" and NBC's "Trauma" seemed to take advantage of the weakened competition, while NBC's "The Jay Leno Show" and Fox's "Lie to Me" slumped.

ABC moved into first place for the evening, with "Dancing With the Stars" on par (17.4 million viewers, 3.6 adults 18-49 rating). "Castle" (10 million, 2.5) preliminary boost was mainly due to that Philly game, the show was up 4% in nationals. 

CBS placed second with repeats (and, it should be pointed out, still won 10 p.m. with "Miami").

Fox aired a "So You Think You Can Dance" special, "Meet The Top 20," (5.9 million, 2.6). Without its "House" lead-in, "Lie to Me" (6.3 million, 2.4) hit a season low.

On NBC, "Heroes" (5.7 million, 2.5) was flat. "Trauma" (5.8 million, 1.9) keeps fighting to survive, climbing 6% this week — live, damn you! This is the best number for "Trauma" since its premiere.

Yet at 10 p.m., "The Jay Leno Show" (4.7 million, 1.3) dropped 7% to tie its season low from a couple Fridays back. That's a brutal rating considering Leno's biggest competitor aired an encore and his lead-in improved. And though one rating doesn't mean much, NBC's Leno defense is that the talk show will shine once drama competitors go into repeats. Well … here's a repeat.

The CW, however, perked up. "One Tree Hill" (2.7 million, 1.3) was up 30% and hit season highs across the board. "Gossip Girl" (2.3 million, 1.2) rose too, up 9% in the adult demo and 20% in the CW's key demo. 

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