CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, December 1, 2008.
ABC’s “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” was sandwiched in between, in second place, with 11.4 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
13,630,000

2
HOW GRINCH STOLE XMAS-1(S)-12/01/2008
ABC
11,414,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
11,158,000

4
SHREK THE HALLS(S)-12/01/2008
ABC
11,144,000

5
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,106,000

6
HEROES
NBC
7,995,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
7,883,000

8
WORST WEEK
CBS
7,788,000

9
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
7,631,000

10
CHUCK
NBC
7,335,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 1, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 9.9 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 8.6 million …