CBS WINS MONDAY IN ADULTS 18-49 AND ADULTS 25-54

"Two and a Half Men" Wins Its Time Period in Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54, Waltzing Past "Dancing with the Stars"

"Rules of Engagement" Returns to Rule Its Time Period in Key Demos, Retaining All of its First Run Adult 18-49 Average This Season

CBS won Monday in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 as TWO AND A HALF MEN and the return of RULES OF ENGAGEMENT won their respective time periods in both key measures, according to preliminary Nielsen live plus same day ratings for April 14.

At 9:00 PM, TWO AND A HALF MEN was first in adults 25-54 (6.3/14), adults 18-49 (5.3/13), adults 18-34 (3.5/09) and second in both households (8.5/13) and viewers (13.84m).

At 9:30 PM, the first-run return of RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (6.6/10, 10.32m) was first in adults 25-54 (4.8/11) and adults 18-49 (4.0/10), second in viewers (10.32m). Compared to the program's live plus same day first run average this season, RULES OF ENGAGEMENT was even in adults 18-49 and retained 96% of its households (from 6.9/10), 94% of both adults 25-54 (from 5.1/11) and viewers (from 11.02m).

BIG BANG THEORY (4.7/08, 7.69m) was second in adults 25-54 (3.5/09) and adults 18-49 (2.9/08).

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (4.9/08, 7.99m) was second in adults 25-54 (3.9/09) and adults 18-49 (3.4/09).

A rebroadcast of CSI MIAMI (R) was first in households (7.3/12), viewers (10.55m) and second behind a first run episode of "Medium" in both adults 25-54 (3.8/09, -0.1 behind NBC) and adults 18-49 (2.9/08, -0.2 behind NBC).

For the night, CBS was first in adults 25-54 (4.3/11), adults 18-49 (3.6/09) and second in both households (6.6/10) and viewers (10.16m).

Updated Monday ratings will be available this afternoon.