It's nice to see that it improves every week. We almost hit 10 million viewers. That's nothing to sneeze at.

Jamz said:

Of all the weeks so far I am hopeful that we saw a gain this time. I don't recall DWTS having a huge impact on Castle like he seems to think it will this week.

But it looks like tvbythenumbers is going to have a story up later why ABC won't be able to keep Castle. Here's the post from one of the site owners.

Dan, I think Bill has a post coming that will strike (some more) fear into the hearts of Castle fans. Personally I see Castle as “on the bubble or worse” when it comes to a full season pickup. Many seem to go with the notion that ABC can’t NOT pick-up ALL THREE of Castle, Eastwick and The Forgotten, and they might be right, but I’m not yet sold that “ABC can’t”

That's why I don't visit that site for the editorials anymore. What purpose does it serve? Speculation is useless. It's cheap, free and any idiot can do it.

Kris said:That site annoys me so much I refuse to go there anymore. Instead, I go to the Futon Critic. At least that way I don't get obnoxious commentary. Although, I do think it's good we keep pushing to show ABC how much we like Castle and hopefully positive word of mouth will help its viewers grow.

I agree.

It's neat seeing Castle on the Hulu main page as one of the most popular episodes today.

Jamz said:

Final numbers are up. Of course tvbythenumbers headlines that Castle ticked down but in fact it's up for the first time this season.

I like this take much better.

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/…..91013abc02

Sorry, I'll try to scale my tvbythenumbers talk back here but I like the fact they don't sugarcoat things. Even if they are doom and gloom and tend to be on the negative side.

Castle ended up with 9.768 total viewers. Another season high.

We have reason to be happy for sure.

Thanks for the futoncritic link. I think I'll try stopping by there from now on.

I agree with you that they should post an increase as it is instead of focusing on the tick down. We know it's always going to be that way since ABC shows run over the hour.

I'm hopeful the word of mouth from last nights episode and the surge in book sales improve the numbers even more.

I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the sites others are mentioning re: ratings.  But I do watch the Nielsens, and it's very encouraging that Castle was #28 this week overall – a very respectable number considering that other shows that are considered "successful" scored much lower.  It also did #2 in its time period — could be better, but could be worse, too.  Believe me, the networks pay as much, if not more, attention to how a show does in its time period than they do to its overall slot or anything else.  So the fact that it's beating Jay Leno in the time period is great (sorry Jay!).  I wrote to ABC again this week to tell them that I loved the episode — did anyone else do that, too?  Let's just hold good thoughts!  Next week's show sounds fantastic, too. 

davidsmom
I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the sites others are mentioning re: ratings. But I do watch the Nielsens, and it's very encouraging that Castle was #28 this week overall – a very respectable number considering that other shows that are considered "successful" scored much lower. It also did #2 in its time period — could be better, but could be worse, too. Believe me, the networks pay as much, if not more, attention to how a show does in its time period than they do to its overall slot or anything else. So the fact that it's beating Jay Leno in the time period is great (sorry Jay!). I wrote to ABC again this week to tell them that I loved the episode — did anyone else do that, too? Let's just hold good thoughts! Next week's show sounds fantastic, too.

*** Question: Where did you find the Nielsens rating of #28? (I looked all over and can only get the top 10)

That makes sense…I'm in Minnesota so it would be great to keep us informed.

Sure, davidsmom. I was born in the capitol city of St. Paul, but now my wife and kids live in Woodbury.

Now I'm sure you will send the Nielsen update to us since we are almost like family.