One Tree Hill's Happy Un-Ending 2009-05-19

The living-on One Tree Hill rode Chad Michael Murray and Hilarie Burton off into the sunset Monday night before 2.7 million well-wishers, per preliminary Nielsen estimates. The show's audience was up more than 20 percent over last week.

Elsewhere in last night's ratings:

• Season-finale season or no, a bunch of shows had down nights, including Dancing With the Stars (18.7 million—off 2 million from last week), 24 (9.4 million) and How I Met Your Mother (8.7 million).

• Gossip Girl threw a graduation—and ran even with last week: 2.2 million.

• Two and a Half Men knows how to close out a season: 16 million viewers, up nearly 2 million over last week. CSI: Miami (14 million) also was up.

• The Bachelorette premiere scored an OK 9 million, up from last spring's opener.

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