Several years out of the public eye didn’t help last night’s premiere of The Mole much. The show placed last in its hour and put ABC in third place yesterday. Meanwhile, FOX was a winner with the viewers while NBC had a narrow victory in the demos.

8pm

• Bones* (1.8/6 in 18-49) returned to 6.7 million viewers.
• The Bachelorette (6.5 million, 2.1/6) was up 1 million from last week.
• The Big Bang Theory* (5.9 million, 2.0/7) shed 500,000; How I Met Your Mother* (6.1 million, 2.2/7) lost 600,000.
• NBC‘s coverage of the Stanley Cup (2.6/7) had 5.8 million cheering.
• Gossip Girl* (1.4 million, 0.6/2) remained steady with last week.

9pm

• Two and a Half Men* (9.8 million, 3.1/9) saw 900,000 tuning out.
• House* (9.4 million, 3.0/9) built upon its lead-in.
• Rules of Engagement* (8.2 million, 2.7/7) was off track by 200,000.
• One Tree Hill* (0.5/1) checked in with 1.2 million.

10pm

• CSI: Miami* (8.8 million, 2.6/7 in 18-49) picked up another 1.7 million.
• The Mole‘s premiere (1.9/5) drew in 4.7 million.

*denotes repeat

(You can review last Monday’s ratings here.)