Entries from March 2009 ↓

Alyson Hannigan announced today that she had her baby last Tuesday (which also happened to be Alyson’s 35th birthday). She and Alexis named the baby Satyana Denisof. If the Internet is to be believed, Satyana is Sanskrit.

The name Satyana comes from two Sanskrit roots: sat, which means truth or being, and also refers to action aligned or suffused with spirit; and yana, which means vehicle. So “satyana” means a vehicle for action infused with the grace of spirit.

The announcement at People.com.

Viewers: 9.23 million.

Adults 18-49: 3.9/10

Adults 18-34: 3.4/10

Households: 5.4/8

Compared to other networks: Third in viewers and 18-49, second in 18-34.

Compared to other CBS comedies: Second in 18-34, third in 18-49, last in viewers.

Sources: PIFeedback, Zap2It, TV By the Numbers.

Viewers: 7.4 million - so much for the 8 PM experiment.

Adults 18-49: 2.9/8, up from last week.

Adults 18-34: 2.6/8, also up from last week.

Households: 4.5/7, up from last week.

Compared to other networks: Third out of five in viewers, second in 18-49 and 18-34 in the 8:00 slot.

Compared to other CBS comedies: First in 18-34, third in everything else. [Fourth place: The 8:30 rerun.]

Sources: PIFeedback, Zap2It, TV By the Numbers.

Viewers: 9.23 million. Up about 700K from last week’s beating. Blame Dancing with the Stars

Adults 18-49: 3.8/10, up from last week.

Adults 18-34: 3.7/11, also up from last week.

Households: 5.5/8, up from last week.

Compared to other networks: Behind Dancing with the Stars and House in everything.

Compared to other CBS comedies: Last in viewers, households, and 18-49, but not to worry: HIMYM still pulled off CBS’s best 18-34 numbers of the night.

Sources: PIFeedback, Zap2It, TV By the Numbers.

[For anyone interested in last week's numbers, which went unposted: TV By the Numbers, PIFeedback.]

Barney’s Blog: Couture Watch: Nightshirt Makes Night Moves

HIMYM Style identified some of the clothes from the episode here.

Recaps and reviews:

• TV Squad
• Alan Sepinwall
• Zap2It
• The AV Club
• Television Without Pity

Clips from the episode - try this if you’re outside the United States:

Viewers: 11.08 million. Up nearly a million from the last new episode (The Possimpible), and the third episode this season (after Little Minnesota and Benefits) to break 11 million - fairly impressive after a monthlong hiatus.

Adults 18-49: 4.2/10, same as the last episode.

Adults 18-34: 3.3/9, down slightly from last ep.

Households: 6.7/10, up from last episode.

Compared to other networks: Second to the finale of The Bachelor in everything, but with the best non-Bachelor 18-34 numbers of the night.

Compared to other CBS comedies: Third in viewers - ahead of TBBT, but behind Rules of Engagement, which premiered last night. First in 18-34, second in 18-49, and tied for third (with TBBT) in households.

Sources: PIFeedback, Zap2It, TV By the Numbers.

Barney’s Blog: Casting Couch

HIMYM Style identified some of the clothes from the episode here.

Recaps and reviews:

• TV Squad
• Alan Sepinwall
• Zap2It
• The AV Club

Clips from the episode - try this if you’re outside the United States:

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