Heroes and Prison Break are continuing to deliver high ratings for NBC and Fox respectively, according to Nielsen Media Research data.
NBC's smash hit cult show easily led its 9pm timeslot, where it went up against The Bachelor on ABC and back-to-back comedies Two and a Half Men and The New Adventures of Old Christine on CBS, averaging 15.5m viewers and a 16% share of the adults 18-49 audience.
An hour earlier, the fall finale of Prison Break did well for Fox, finishing slightly ahead of ABC's Wife Swap with 9.6m viewers and a 10% 18-49 share. Comedies on CBS, however, were ahead of Prison Break in terms of total viewers.
Elsewhere on Monday night, CSI: Miami easily beat NBC's Studio 60, 16.9m viewers to 7.4m.
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