How I Met Your Mother was up on Monday night ahead of its series finale, while The Voice slipped in the ratings but ultimately topped the night.

With a 3.4 rating in the 18-49 demographic, NBC easily won, even with lower viewership numbers against ABC with 12.11 million, reports HitFix. The Voice dipped on the week to a 3.6 rating, while The Blacklist was up to a 2.9 in the demo.

ABC was a distant second in the demo with a 2.1 rating, but edged NBC with 12.75 million viewers. Dancing With the Stars fell to a 2.2 rating and Castle was down to a 1.7 in the demo.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, CBS came third with a 2.0 in the 18-49 demo and 6.9 million viewers. HIMYM was up 17 percent for the show's penultimate episode with a 3.4 in the demo. 2 Broke Girls was up slightly to a 2.3 rating and Mike & Molly also improved to a 2.0 in the demo. Mom was up to a 1.9 in the demo and Intelligence also grew over last week with a 1.2 rating.

Fox's two shows were steady last week as the network averaged a 1.4 in the demo and 4.95 million viewers. Bones was even wuth a 1.4 in the demo as was The Following, which ties last week series low.

The CW averaged a 0.3 in the demo and 870,000 viewers. Star-Crossed was steady at a 0.3, while The Tomorrow People dropped to a 0.3 rating.

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