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The acclaimed comedy led into &#8220;Accidentally on Purpose&#8221; (8.8 million, 3.2).  &#8220;Two and a Half Men&#8221; (16.4 million, 5.2) and &#8220;The Big Bang Theory&#8221; (15.6 million, 5.6) dominated at 9PM, while &#8220;CSI: Miami&#8221; was on top at 10PM with 14.2 million viewers and a 4.1.<\/p>\n<p>NBC saw less success with the premiere of its &#8220;The Sing-Off.&#8221;  Though not terrible, the two-hour premiere was underwhelming with a 2.3 rating and 6.9 million viewers.  &#8220;The Jay Leno Show&#8221; led out with 4.8 million viewers and a 1.5.<\/p>\n<p>Yet that was not the worst story of the night.  ABC struggled as Jennifer Hudson&#8217;s special proved unable to match last week&#8217;s Carrie Underwood show on FOX; &#8220;I&#8217;ll Be Home for Christmas&#8221; posted an abysmal 1.2 rating with 5.6 million viewers.  &#8220;Find My Family&#8221; was also weak with a 1.3 and 5.4 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>FOX&#8217;s &#8220;Lie to Me&#8221; was good for an unimpressive 2.2 with 6.6 million viewers, while the first night of The CW&#8217;s &#8220;Vampire Diaries&#8221; repeat marathon averaged 1.5 million viewers with a .7 in adults 18-49.<\/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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;How I Met Your Mother&quot; 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