ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, October 6, 2008.
CBS’s “Two and a Half Men,” “CSI: Miami,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “How I Met Your Mother,” and “Worst Week” dominated the next five slots in Nielsen’s ranking.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
18,592,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,073,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,884,000

4
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,394,000

5
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
8,977,000

6
WORST WEEK
CBS
8,848,000

7
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,746,000

8
HEROES
NBC
8,198,000

9
CHUCK
NBC
5,832,000

10
TERMINATOR: SRH CNR CHRON
FOX
5,726,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (October 6, 2008).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of just over 15.3 million viewers, while CBS took …