“The Big Bang Theory” is really starting to break away from the pack.<\/p>\n
On a Monday night that saw CBS’ other three comedies all dip in the ratings, “Big Bang” rose over last week. It also achieved a rare feat by defeating long-running “Two and a Half Men” not only in the young adults demographic but in total viewers.<\/p>\n
Granted, “Big Bang” was the only CBS comedy not to air opposite ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” powerhouse (18.81 million, 4.0); it, in fact, dealt with a poor-performing “Romantically Challenged” (8.69 million viewers, 2.1 adults 18-49 rating). But in achieving a 5.4 with 14.75 million viewers out of an underwhelming 4.4 with 13.17 million for “Men,” “Big Bang” once again proved that it is becoming a regular, hit CBS appointment.<\/p>\n
Elsewhere, the heavily-hyped “Wedding Bride” episode of “How I Met Your Mother” actually took the rating down a notch, landing the show at a 3.1 with 7.69 million viewers. “Rules of Engagement” followed with a 2.9 and 7.71 million. Following “Big Bang,” “CSI: Miami” was lukewarm with a 3.0 and 10.56 million.<\/p>\n
An uptick for the season finale of “House” likely played a role in holding “Mother” and “Rules” down. That episode posted a 4.2 with 10.89 million viewers, leading into the penultimate episode of “24” (8.98 million, 3.0).<\/p>\n
NBC was soft with “Chuck” (5.20 million, 1.9), “Law & Order” (5.91 million, 1.7) and a second “L&O” (6.24 million, 1.8). The latter lost to both “CSI: Miami” and ABC’s “Castle” (10.09 million, 2.4).<\/p>\n
The CW aired season finales of “One Tree Hill” (1.94 million, 0.9) and “Gossip Girl” (1.99 million, 1.1).<\/p>\n
Ratings Sources: Nielsen, TVBN<\/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