ABC's DWTS: ALL STARS is Most-Watched Series

With Dancing and Castle, ABC led the pack on Monday for the 3rd week running this season, beating runner-up NBC by 1.3 million viewers (The Voice/Revolution), CBS by 3.7 million viewers (HIMYM/Partners/2 Broke Girls/Mike & Molly/Hawaii Five-0) and Fox by 7.1 million viewers (Bones/The Mob Doctor) In addition, ABC continued to pace well ahead of Fox's Monday night in Adults 18-49, increasing its lead to a best-of-season 57%.

The Net was up over the prior Monday in viewers (+6%) and young adults (+10%).

Building its audience during each half-hour opposite stiff competition, ABC's Dancing with the Stars: All-Stars finished as Monday's most-watched series and outdrew NBC's The Voice in head-to-head competition in its 2-hour time period by 6%. In addition, the ABC unscripted series beat out Fox's dramas in the slot by 50% in Adults 18-49.

Dancing grew its overall audience week to week by nearly 1.0 million viewers.

Monday's most-watched scripted TV show for the 3rd straight week, ABC's Castle led the 10 o'clock hour by wide margins, topping CBS' Hawaii Five-0 by 1.6 million viewers and NBC's Revolution by a best-yet 2.4 million viewers. Additionally, the ABC drama finished as the #2 series in the hour with Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54, posting its closest finish to date against NBC's Revolution on both Nielsen measures.

Hitting season highs in viewers and young adults, Castle shot up week to week by 16% in Adults 18-49.

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