NBC gains for 'Gladiators,' 'Star' finales

Monday night's season finales of NBC's "American Gladiators" and "Nashville Star" earned the highest ratings for the shows in nearly two months.

A two-hour "Gladiators" (5.3 million viewers, 2.0 preliminary adults 18-to-49 rating and a 6 share) matched its highest summer rating. A 10 p.m. edition of "Star" (6.3 million, 1.9/5) had its best number since its season premiere. The gains put NBC into second place for the evening, behind CBS' comedy and procedural repeats (averaging 7.7 million, 2.3/7).

In third place, Fox aired "The Teen Choice Awards" (1.5/5). The show, hosted by Miley Cyrus, was up 73% in the teen demo this year and marks the highest rated outing for the event among teens since 2004.

Despite airing all-original reality programming, ABC landed in fourth place. "High School Musical: Get in the Picture" (2.9 million, 0.8/3) fell another notch, followed by "Wanna Bet" (2.8 million, 0.9/3) and "The Mole" (3.1 million, 1.2/4).