ABC wins Monday night ratings battle

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter)- Monday night's original fare on broadcast television were all down, most likely due to cable network ESPN's broadcast of the BCS National Championship game between Auburn and Oregon.

ABC won the night though with a two-hour "Bachelor" (8.4 million, 2.7 rating/7 share in 18-49) and a new "Castle" (9.2 million, 2.1/5), but both were down versus the previous week.

"The Bachelor," which was down 3%, was the top program on Monday in the key demo.

Fox aired back-to-back originals of "Lie to Me" (5.5 million, 1.5/4), which were down significantly -- 27% and 32%, respectively -- compared to its season high on November 29.

CBS ran reruns of "How I Met Your Mother" (7.4 million, 2.4/6), "Rules of Engagement" (6.7 million, 2.0/5), "Two and a Half Men" (10.2 million, 2.4), "Mike & Molly" (8.7 million, 2.0/5) and "Hawaii Five-0" (6.6 million, 1.5/4).

A repeat of "Two and a Half Men" was the night's most-watched and put the network in second.

NBC also ran a repeat of "Chuck" (3 million, 0.8/2) and an encore presentation of "The Cape's" two-hour Sunday premiere (3.6 million, 1.0/2).

The CW aired "90210" (950K, 0.4/1) and "Gossip Girl" (777K, 0.4/1) reruns.

(Editing by Zorianna Kit)