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Daylight Saving Time strikes! Against weaker than normal competition, both House and Chuck dropped 17 percent in adults 18-49 versus last week. House to a 4.0 rating and Chuck sunk to a 1.9. With CBS in repeats other than a new episode of Rules of Engagement , and ABC running a 20/20 special on The Bachelor and a repeat of Castle , it might have been a night for FOX and NBC to feast but it was not to be.  

The fast affiliate results for Monday will be posted at PIFeedback by 12 p.m. ET. Go to the website, click on Ratings Box (the first category), then Last Night's Results, and Monday, March 15, 2010. With 83 percent of CBS' schedule in repeats, Fox led this third Monday in the overnights care of its combination of House (#1: 7.9 rating/13 share) and 24 (#2: 6.5/10).  

I didn't watch the special, because after the wedding and the finale, I just couldn't take any more of The Bachelor . I also couldn't take watching 20/20 be used to promote an on-network series while either ignoring or pretending to investigate the accusations leveled against producers that have been backed up by evidence that cast members openly lied —especially because the show's creator thinks that leaks and accusations are just great publicity , kind of like 20/20. Thankfully, The Baltimore Sun's Sa

I relish, and maybe it’s because I’ve been a part of this so long, I really enjoy awkward moments. I mean, I love creating them, I like seeing how people react. I don’t mind it at all.   -Mike Fleiss

 

If you know the answers to these questions, you may be a diehard fan. You may have watched the Bachelor from the beginning, or you may have tuned in for the first time this year. If you think you are an expert on the popular show, head on over to ABCNews.com to test your "Rose IQ".  

As has been the pattern lately, the big awards shows continue to impress. At least, where the numbers are concerned. We'll leave the discussion of the Oscar dancefest for another time.  

At a time when news divisions are struggling with contracting margins, production units at the broadcast news organizations that long existed to repurpose newsmagazine content for cable are increasingly branching out with programming that breaks the news mold—and brings in crucial revenue. These units now produce hundreds of original non-fiction hours. They're also playing in the competitive reality milieu.

We are a profit center, which is what everyone is looking for   -Sharon Scott

 

Last week, reunited Bachelor couple Jason Mesnick and Molly Malaney tied the knot on national television, and the week before, newest Bachelor Jake Pavelka chose his bride in Vienna Girardi. And, of course , now Jake will remain on our screens as a contestant on Dancing with the Stars, which kicks off March 22. The Bachelor madness will continue this Monday, March 15, when ABC's news program 20/20 spends two hours looking "Inside The Bachelor " for the "Stories Behind the Rose" through exclusive inter  

Last week a 32-year-old woman in Kentucky felt a pain in her stomach. She ran to the restroom, and, surprise, out popped a baby. Kelly Bottom says she pushed only twice before her 6-pound son, Brian Sims, emerged.  

Last spring, 7-year-old Jani Schofield was diagnosed with schizophrenia, in part because of her incessant hallucinations that she says command her to hit and bite people. Nine-year-old Rebecca Stancil was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia after she tried to kill herself to stop the voices inside her head. Brenna Wohlenberg, 14, has not yet been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but she says sinister spirits instruct her to become a serial killer.