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Les Moonves’ widely-reported prediction that “Two and a Half Men” could produce AFC Championship-caliber numbers for its season premiere will not prove true, but the episode, which marked Ashton Kutcher’s debut as Charlie Sheen’s replacement, looks to have been a massive success.<\/p>\n

According to TV Media Insights, the show posted a whopping 18.7 metered market rating, a figure ahead of what even “American Idol” and “Dancing with the Stars” typically garner in the overnights.<\/p>\n

(Update: “Two and a Half Men” delivered an astounding 10.3 adults 18-49 rating with 27.8 million viewers in the fast nationals<\/b>)<\/p>\n

With such strong overnight tracking, it looks like “Men” definitely eclipsed 20 million viewers for its premiere.<\/p>\n

That would mark a huge step-up from any recent episode of the popular CBS sitcom.<\/p>\n

Given its usual skew, a fantastic performance in adults 18-49 can also be surmised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n"Two and a Half Men" Delivers Massive Ratings for Premiere<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Les Moonves' widely-reported prediction that "Two and a Half Men" could produce AFC Championship-caliber numbers for its season premiere will not prove\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/09\/20\/two-and-a-half-men-delivers-massive-ratings-for-premiere\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\""Two and a Half Men" Delivers Massive Ratings for Premiere\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Les Moonves' widely-reported prediction that "Two and a Half Men" could produce AFC Championship-caliber numbers for its season premiere will not prove\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/09\/20\/two-and-a-half-men-delivers-massive-ratings-for-premiere\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Headline Planet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-09-20T14:16:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-09-20T15:30:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Brian Cantor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cantorpedia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@headlineplanet\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/09\/20\/two-and-a-half-men-delivers-massive-ratings-for-premiere\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/09\/20\/two-and-a-half-men-delivers-massive-ratings-for-premiere\/\",\"name\":\"\\\"Two and a Half Men\\\" Delivers Massive Ratings for Premiere\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-09-20T14:16:38+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-09-20T15:30:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\"},\"description\":\"Les Moonves' widely-reported prediction that \\\"Two and a Half Men\\\" could produce AFC Championship-caliber numbers for its season premiere will not prove\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/2011\/09\/20\/two-and-a-half-men-delivers-massive-ratings-for-premiere\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/\",\"name\":\"Headline Planet\",\"description\":\"Music News & Charts, TV News & Spoilers\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/b530255b81ceb7463ea060a9b8a302c8\",\"name\":\"Brian Cantor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/headlineplanet.com\/home\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/5726265e0532f231e46bbddd41009383?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Brian Cantor\"},\"description\":\"Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. 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