'Heroes' hits new series low of 5.4m

Last night's Heroes hit a new series low for NBC, according to early viewing figures.

The 8pm show pulled in just 5.41m, a drop of around 410k on last week's performance.

It was beaten during the hour by House, which pulled in an impressive 13.06m for Fox; ABC's Dancing With The Stars, which logged 17.11m, and CBS's comedy duo How I Met Your Mother and Accidentally On Purpose, which had 8.23m and 7.22m respectively.

One Tree Hill came last during the hour, averaging 2.19m for The CW.

Dancing With The Stars won the 9pm hour, logging 18.48m for ABC. The reality dance contest averaged 17.8m between 8pm and 10pm overall. Over on CBS, Two And A Half Men and The Big Bang Theory took 13.07m and 12.25m at 9pm and 9.30pm respectively.

Elsewhere at 9pm, Lie To Me interested 8.12m for Fox, 5.49m tuned in for Trauma on NBC, and The CW's Gossip Girl attracted 2.07m.

CSI: Miami won the 10pm hour, bringing in 12.96m for CBS, beating ABC's Castle, which had 11.46m, and The Jay Leno Show, which grabbed 4.31m for NBC.