Only one in 11 Super Bowl fans tune into NBC's heavily-hyped Monday lineup, while The CW announces new cannon fodder for "American Idol"

Given the number of promos NBC ran for its new-ish Monday lineup of "Chuck," "Heroes" and "Medium," they could've just run installments of one of the episodes and people would've then seen practically the whole thing.

("So the ratings were weak! You can't pin this all on me!")

That's what they would've done had they wanted people to actually see the shows, because viewers didn't exactly tune in in droves Monday night despite all the hype. What's probably most worrisome for NBC is that almost as many people watched "Chuck's" 3D episode - did the 3D work for you? It didn't, much, for me - as watched "Heroes," the network's one-time juggernaut, and practically no one has been watching "Chuck," which actually had tougher competition, given that "House" had nearly 15 million viewers opposite it, while "24" scraped a chunk over 11 million opposite "Heroes" ("Heroes" beat it in that 18-49 demographic TV people yap so much about, however; both had their hats handed to them by "Two and a Half Men" and "The Bachelor"). (What we learned last night on "24:" Terrorists can be distracted by offers of lasagna.)

"Medium" fared the best, but just nominally - all shows had about 8.5 million viewers, with so-so numbers in the 18-49 demographic.

(Rarely has one character slept so much through her own show.)

Oh, and I mentioned this in my review, but someone should really slap together a montage of Patricia Arquette's character Allison waking up with a start from one of her countless nightmares. I did a cursory search on YouTube and was shocked that no one has done this yet. If anyone finds (or makes) one, I'll post it here.

Meanwhile, since "90210" is getting hammered by "American Idol," The CW has opted to rescue it from such ignominy by putting "Reaper" in the 8 p.m. Tuesday timeslot beginning March 3. Why The CW likes "90210" better than "Reaper" is beyond the purview of sentient beings.

(Simon Cowell prepares to send "Reaper" to its maker once and for all.)