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"Heroes" pulled in its smallest audience of the season Monday as fans don't seem convinced that the "Fugitives" chapter is something they want to see.

The NBC show earned a 4.4 rating/7 share, according to Fast National ratings from Nielsen Media Research. It finished behind everything except a "One Tree Hill" repeat on The CW, losing to "The Bachelor" on ABC, "24" on Fox and reruns of CBS' comedy block of "Two and a Half Men" and "The New Adventures of Old Christine."

The episode's audience was off 4 percent from the previous week, which had already tied a previous low for the season. "Heroes" is off 12 percent from its 20-week average, and has lost nearly 28 percent of its audience since it had its lowest season premiere ever.

More than 15 percent of "Heroes'" audience has departed the series since the current volume began, but most indications seem to point that NBC will give the show a fourth season as long as Bryan Fuller is involved.

"Chuck" is back to its normal audience size, a 4.0/6, after it enjoyed a few weeks of higher ratings thanks to its Super Bowl promotion.

For the night, NBC finished in fourth place with a 4.6/7, well behind Fox's 7.9/12, ABC's 6.610 and CBS' 6.1/10, according to Zap2it.

Fast Nationals usually provide a snapshot of what Americans are watching by pulling numbers from the top urban markets that includes both live viewing and same-day timeshifted viewing. A rating point generally represents more than 1.1 million households while the share indicates the percentage of televisions turned on that was tuned to the specific program. These numbers typically shift when final ratings are issued.