Viewers: 10.75 million. Down a million from last week, but facing strong competition from Fox (which debuted its House/24 Monday lineup last night), CBS was down about a million viewers on average last night. This is the third largest audience this season, behind Little Minnesota and Benefits.
Adults 18-34: 3.6/9
Adults 25-54: No idea – CBS didn’t issue a press release this week. (There wouldn’t be much to say other than “Fox won.”)
Households: 6.2/9 – tied with Benefits for the season high.
Compared to other networks: Second to House in every way. HIMYM got better 18-49 numbers than anything that wasn’t House or Two and a Half Men and better 18-34 numbers than everything but House and the fourth half hour of The Bachelor.
Compared to other CBS comedies: Third in viewers, second in 18-49, first in 18-34, third in households.
Sources: PIFeedback, Zap2It, TV By the Numbers.