Monday Night Ratings: MISTRESSES & UNDER THE DOME Up, James Franco Roast Watch By 3.1M

Check out a roundup of ratings reports below for Monday night, September 2nd.

From ABC:
Spiking 18% over its lead-in at 9:00 p.m. in Adults 18-49, ABC's MISTRESSES was up for the 2nd straight week with Total Viewers (+17% - 4.1 million vs. 3.5 million) and Adults 18-49 (+30% - 1.3/4 vs. 1.0/3) to deliver 12-week highs on both Nielsen measures - since 6/10/13. In fact the show earned its 2nd-highest Adult 18-49 rating ever and posted new series highs with Adults 18-34 (1.1/4) and Women 18-34 (1.7/5).

Bill Hader, Jonah Hill, Nick Kroll, Natasha Leggero, Jeff Ross & Sarah Silverman To Roast James Franco

Comedy Central unveiled today an all-star roster of Roasters who will join Roast Master Seth Rogen for the COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF JAMES FRANCO, which includes close friends, This Is The End co-stars and some of today's top comedians. To accommodate the growing list of celebrity Roasters and attendees, the network has moved the event tape date to Sunday, August 25 at Culver Studios. The #FrancoRoast airing will remain unchanged, premiering on Labor Day, Monday, September 2 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Confirmed Roasters include Bill Hader, Jonah Hill, Nick Kroll, Natasha Leggero, Jeff Ross, and Sarah Silverman. Additional Roasters and talent to be in attendance will be announced shortly.

James Franco Roast Promo: 'It Ain't Gonna Be Pretty'

Comedy Central is rolling out the red carpet for the multi-hyphenated jack-of-all-trades James Franco. THE COMEDY CENTRAL ROAST OF JAMES FRANCO (#FrancoRoast) will tape in Los Angeles this month and premiere on Labor Day. It will be executive produced by Miles Levy and Joel Gallen from Tenth Planet Productions, who also served as Executive Producer and Director of the Comedy Central Roasts Of Rosanne Barr, Charlie Sheen, and Donald Trump, as well as the Emmy-nominated Comedy Central Roast Of William Shatner.

Check out a new promo below in which former GENERAL HOSPITAL guest star Franco talks to himself (eventually kissing himself) in the mirror).

Comedy Central To Roast James Franco, Adding GENERAL HOSPITAL-Inspired 'Francophrenia' To Digital & VOD Platforms

Photo: Jim Warren

Comedy Central is rolling out the red carpet for the multi-hyphenated James Franco. The network announced today that Franco will be adding a new moniker to his ever growing list of accomplishments as this year's Roastee. The "Comedy Central Roast Of James Franco" (#FrancoRoast) will tape in Los Angeles in August and premiere on Labor Day.

"If only James Franco was a more successful, multi-hyphenated, incessant creative risk taker in different media, he'd be the perfect person to roast. Oh well... I suppose we'll just have to make do," said Kent Alterman, President, Content Development & Original Programming, Comedy Central.