The Following Ratings Rise On Monday Evening

The latest episode of The Following saw its ratings rise on Monday evening.

The Fox drama starring Kevin Bacon and James Purefoy pulled in 8.3 million viewers at 9pm with a 2.8 18-49 rating – that’s up from its 2.4 rating for last week’s episode. Actor James Purefoy has defended The Following, over its violent content, in a new interview with Vulture magazine.

At 8pm last night CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother pulled in 8.8 million viewers with a 3.4 18-49 rating while Rules of Engagement wasn’t too far behind, at 8.30, in terms of total viewers as 8.1 million tuned in but its 18-49 rating was lower at 2.8. ABC’s two-hour block of The Bachelor attracted 9.2 million viewers giving it a 3.0 rating while NBC’s The Biggest Lower trailed behind with 5.5 million viewers and a 2.1 18-49 rating. The latest episode of Fox’s drama series Bones pulled in 8.3 million viewers and had a 2.1 18-49 rating. Meanwhile Sex and the City prequel The Carrie Diaries dropped to 1.2 million viewers with a 0.4 18-49 rating.

At 9pm 2 Broke Girls was seen by 10.1 million viewers with a 3.4 18-49 rating followed by Mike & Molly which had more total viewers as 10.3 million watched but a lower 18-49 rating of 3.1. As noted above The Following had 8.3 million viewers with a 2.8 rating. The CW’s 90210 showed no signs of recovery as just 530,000 viewers tuned in with a 0.2 18-49 rating. It’s hard to see how the teen drama will escape cancellation with ratings so low.

At 10pm ABC’s Castle was seen by 9.6 million viewers with a 2.2 rating while CBS’s Hawaii Five-0 had 8.9 million viewers and 2.0 rating. Deception on NBC limped on with 3.2 million viewers and a 1.2 18-49 rating.