Ashton Kutcher is indeed packing.
Viewers, and a lot of ‘em. The season premiere of CBS’ rejiggered
Two and a Half Men on Monday night drew a series-high 27.7 million total viewers, almost
doubling the audience of the sitcom’s year-ago opener.
The much-anticipated outing also
scored a whopping 10.3 rating in the coveted 18-49 demo,
more than doubling its tally there from the 2010 premiere.
All told, CBS’ sitcom line-up had much to smile about. A double helping of
How I Met Your Mother delivered 11.7 million viewers and a 4.9 rating, up some 34 percent from a year ago, while
2 Broke Girls cashed in on their one-time lead-in, premiering to 19.2 mil and a 7.0 — up 57 and 79 percent from
Mike & Molly‘s series debut.
The night’s other big gainer was ABC’s
Castle, which with 13.6 million viewers and a 3.2 rating improved on its previous premiere by 21 and 14 percent, respectively. Elsewhere in the 10 o’clock slot,
Hawaii Five-0 returned to 12 million viewers and a 3.4 rating (shedding half of its lead-in and down 10 percent from its 2010 debut, but besting
Castle in the demo), while NBC’s
The Playboy Club (5 mil/1.6) only drew two-thirds of the numbers
Chase chased a year ago — and we all know how
that turned out.
And lastly, in the reality-TV realm: The
Dancing With the Stars premiere (18.6 mil/3.9) dropped 12 percent from last fall’s opener, while NBC’s The Sing-Off didn’t even manage
Chuck numbers, mustering just 5.2 million viewers and a 1.9 rating.
This article was written by Matt Webb Mitovich.
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Premiere Ratings for Two and a Half Men, Castle, Dancing with the Stars, More - TVLine
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