NBC - 90-MINUTE DEAL TOPS MONDAY

The usual Monday-night winners, Deal or No Deal on NBC and Two and a Half Men on CBS, continued to trounce the competition in their latest outing. An hour and a half of Deal averaged an 8.5 rating and a 13 share, while a repeat of Men recorded an 8.1/12. By contrast, the battle between reality shows Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann on ABC and American Gladiators on NBC fell far behind in the ratings, with War garnering a 6.4/9 and Gladiators, only a 5.1/8. CBS's new sitcom Welcome to the Captain was turned away in the 8:00 p.m. hour, drawing a fourth-place 4.6/7 in its second week.

12/02/2008