Yes, yes - you heard me right: NBC showed signs of life yesterday. But let’s not get too excited now. It’s not like the network won anything. (The Peacock was still in fourth place.) It just didn’t suck as badly as it has been.

8pm

• Dancing with the Stars (19.1 million, 4.4/12 in 1849) stumbled by 500,000.
• House (11.8 million, 4.5/12) was down 1.2 million.
• The Big Bang Theory (10.1 million, 3.8/11) added on 1.2 million; How I Met Your Mother (9.6 million, 4.0/11) picked up 1.1 million.
• Chuck (6.2 million, 2.3/6) was up 200,000.
• Gossip Girl* (0.4/1) sat quietly in back with 990,000.

9pm

• Two and a Half Men (14.8 million, 5.2/13 in 18-49) had the night’s best demos.
• Rules of Engagement (11.6 million, 4.0/10) was up 5%.
• 24 (10.8 million, 3.6/9) was off by 200,000.
• Surviving Suburbia (10.7 million, 2.8/7) lost 1.5 million.
• Heroes (6.8 million, 3.2/8) rounded up 700,000 more.
• One Tree Hill* (0.4/1) turned in 920,000.

10pm

• CSI: Miami (3.8/10 in 18-49) attracted 13.8 million.
• Castle (7.61 million, 2.0/6) fell by 1.6 million.
• Medium (7.58 million, 2.7/7) nailed down another 380,000.

*denotes repeat

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