CBS Sees Big Ratings Monday, Led By THE BIG BANG THEORY

CBS's entire Monday lineup posted gains from last week, led by THE BIG BANG THEORY, the night's top program in adults 18-49, adults 18-34 and adults 25-54, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for May 10.

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (5.1/08, 8.16m) was second in adults 18-34 (3.0/10), tied for second in adults 25-54 (3.9/10, with FOX) and averaged a 3.3/10 in adults 18-49. Compared to last week, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER was up +9% in households (from 4.7/08), +11% in adults 25-54 (from 3.5/10), +6% in adults 18-49 (from 3.1/09), +3% in adults 18-34 (from 2.9/10) and added +790,000 viewers (from 7.37m, +11%).

RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (5.1/08, 8.18m) was tied for second in adults 25-54 (3.9/10, with FOX) and averaged a 3.2/09 in adults 18-49. Compared to last week, RULES OF ENGAGEMENT was up +11% in households (from 4.6/07), +15% in adults 25-54 (from 3.4/08), +14% in adults 18-49 (from 2.8/08) and added +970,000 viewers (from 7.21m, +13%).

TWO AND A HALF MEN (8.5/13, 13.75m) was first in adults 18-49 (4.6/12), adults 18-34 (3.0/09) and tied for first in adults 25-54 (5.8/14, with ABC). Compared to the last first-run episode (on April 12, 2010), TWO AND A HALF MEN was up +2% in households (from 8.3/13), +3% in adults 18-34 (from 2.9/09), even in adults 25-54 and added +30,000 viewers (from 13.72m).

THE BIG BANG THEORY (8.2/13, 13.58m) was first in adults 25-54 (6.2/14), adults 18-49 (5.2/13) and adults 18-34 (3.6/10). Compared to last week (at 9:00 PM), THE BIG BANG THEORY was up +17% in households (from 7.0/11), +15% in adults 25-54 (from 5.4/13), +13% in adults 18-49 (from 4.6/12), +6% in adults 18-34 (from 3.4/10) and added +1.95m viewers (from 11.63m, +17%). THE BIG BANG THEORY posted the night's best deliveries in adults 25-54, adults 18-49 and adults 18-34.

CSI: MIAMI (7.2/11, 11.10m) was first in adults 25-54 (4.2/11) and adults 18-49 (3.3/09). CSI: MIAMI was up +14% in households (from 6.3/11), +24% in adults 25-54 (from 3.4/09), +22% in adults 18-49 (from 2.7/07) and added +1.48m viewers (from 9.62m, +15%) compared to last week.

For the night, CBS was first in adults 18-49 (3.8/10), second in households (6.8/11), viewers (10.98m) and adults 25-54 (4.7/12).

Updated Monday ratings will be available this afternoon.

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