CBS Posts Best Monday Night of the Season

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, 2 Broke Girls and MIKE & MOLLY all delivered their largest audiences of the season and notched demo gains over their last first-run episodes, leading CBS to its best Monday of the season, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Jan. 14.

How I Met Your Mother was first in households (6.4/10), viewers (10.42m), adults 25-54 (4.3/10), adults 18-49 (3.8/10) and adults 18-34 (3.3/11). How I Met Your Mother posted its best deliveries in households and viewers since Dec. 5, 2011, its best adults 25-54 and adults 18-49 ratings since Feb. 20, 2012 and its best adults 18-34 ratings since Feb. 6, 2012.

The Big Bang Theory MONDAY SPECIAL (R) (S) was first in households (6.9/10), viewers (11.53m), adults 25-54 (4.7/10), adults 18-49 (3.6/09) and adults 18-34 (2.4/07) at 8:30 PM - beating all first-run competition.

2 BROKE Girls was first in households (7.4/11), viewers (12.20m), adults 25-54 (5.2/11), adults 18-49 (4.1/10) and adults 18-34 (2.7/08). 2 Broke Girls posted its best deliveries in both households and viewers since Dec. 12, 2011 and matched season-high deliveries in both adults 25-54 and adults 18-49.

MIKE & MOLLY was first in households (7.1/10), viewers (11.52m), adults 25-54 (4.8/10) and adults 18-49 (3.5/09). MIKE & MOLLY posted its best deliveries of the season in both households and viewers, matched its season-high adults 25-54 ratings and posted its second-best adults 18-49 ratings of the season.

At 10:00 PM, Hawaii Five-0 was first in viewers (9.37m), adults 25-54 (3.1/08) and adults 18-49 (2.4/06).

For the night, CBS was first in households (6.7/10), viewers (10.74m), adults 25-54 (4.2/10), adults 18-49 (3.3/08) and adults 18-34 (2.2/08). CBS posted its best deliveries this season in households, viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49, and matched its second-best delivery this season in adults 18-34.

Updated Monday ratings will be available later today.