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[09/26/11 - 11:47 AM]
Season Premiere of "Two and a Half Men" Gains an Additional 3.34 Million Viewers, 1.4 Rating Points in Adults 18-49 in Live Plus 3-Day Ratings
CBS further spins the numbers for Monday, September 19 through Wednesday, September 21.

[via press release from CBS]

PRELIMINARY LIVE +3 DAY PROGRAM RATINGS SHOWS SIGNIFICANT AUDIENCE GAINS OVER LIVE PLUS SAME DAY VIEWING

The Season Premiere of "Two and a Half Men" Gains an Additional +3.34 Million Viewers to 32.08 Million and +1.4 Rating Points in Adults 18-49 to 12.1

Preliminary live plus 3-Day ratings for the beginning of the new season show significant gains over live plus same ratings, according to just released Nielsen live plus 3-day program data for Monday through Wednesday.

All of CBS's premieres delivered at least an additional one million viewers or more and at least half a rating point in adults 18-49.

Viewers

L+SD L+3 Lift
How I Met Your Mother 11.01m 12.11m +1.10m
How I Met Your Mother 12.22m 13.59m +1.37m
Two and a Half Men 28.74m 32.08m +3.34m
2 Broke Girls 19.37m 21.09m +1.72m
Hawaii Five-0 12.19m 14.85m +2.66m
NCIS 19.96m 22.32m +2.36m
NCIS: Los Angeles 16.71m 18.46m +1.75m
Unforgettable 14.09m 15.93m +1.84m
Survivor 10.46m 11.94m +1.48m
Criminal Minds 14.14m 16.49m +2.35m
CSI 12.74m 15.35m +2.61m

Adults 18-49

L+SD L+3 Lift
How I Met Your Mother 4.7 5.4 +0.7
How I Met Your Mother 5.2 6.0 +0.8
Two and a Half Men 10.7 12.1 +1.4
2 Broke Girls 7.1 7.9 +0.8
Hawaii Five-0 3.4 4.3 +0.9
NCIS 4.3 5.2 +0.9
NCIS: Los Angeles 3.6 4.2 +0.6
Unforgettable 2.9 3.4 +0.5
Survivor 3.2 3.8 +0.6
Criminal Minds 4.1 5.0 +0.9
CSI 3.2 4.2 +1.0

Adults 25-54

L+SD L+3 Lift
How I Met Your Mother 5.3 6.0 +0.7
How I Met Your Mother 5.8 6.6 +0.8
Two and a Half Men 12.6 14.3 +1.7
2 Broke Girls 8.6 9.5 +0.9
Hawaii Five-0 4.5 5.6 +1.1
NCIS 5.9 7.0 +1.1
NCIS: Los Angeles 5.0 5.7 +0.7
Unforgettable 4.2 4.8 +0.6
Survivor 4.3 5.0 +0.7
Criminal Minds 5.0 6.2 +1.2
CSI 4.2 5.3 +1.1





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· 2 BROKE GIRLS (CBS)
· CRIMINAL MINDS (CBS)
· CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CBS)
· HAWAII FIVE-0 (CBS)
· HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (CBS)
· NCIS (CBS)
· NCIS: LOS ANGELES (CBS)
· SURVIVOR (CBS)
· TWO AND A HALF MEN (CBS)
· UNFORGETTABLE (A AND E)





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