CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Monday, January 19, 2009 with 16.1 and 14.6 million average viewers respectively.
FOX’s “House” was sandwiched in between with 15.0 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
16,094,000

2
HOUSE
FOX
15,027,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
14,579,000

4
24
FOX
12,099,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
11,026,000

6
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
10,694,000

7
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
9,949,000

8
WORST WEEK
CBS
9,597,000

9
SUPERSTARS OF DANCE 1/19(S)-01/19/2009
NBC
6,505,000

10
TRUE BEAUTY
ABC
5,842,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 19, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 13.6 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 12.8 million average …