A scripted show besting Sunday Night Football in the adults 18-49 ratings and average viewership for a single week is both historic and very impressive. Doing it two weeks in a row would've been pure Sheenius for Two and a Half Men (minus the "Sheen" that is), but it couldn't quite pull it off as 'Men' trailed SNF by about 4% for the week with adults 18-49. In the bragging rights and press release friendly total viewers though, 'Men' did top Sunday Night Football and everything else for the week.
Primetime Broadcast Adults 18-49 Viewers for the week ending October 2, 2011:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | 18-49 rating | 18-49 Viewers (000) |
| 1 | NBC Sunday Night Football | NBC | 7.7 | 9,900 | |
| 2 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | 7.4 | 9,403 | |
| 3 | Modern Family | ABC | 5.7 | 7,330 | |
| 4 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 5.3 | 6,818 | |
| 5 | Big Bang Theory, THE | CBS | 4.9 | 6,288 | |
| 6 | MIKE & Molly | P | CBS | 4.8 | 6,178 |
| 7 | 2 Broke Girls | CBS | 4.6 | 5,922 | |
| 8 | How I Met Your Mother | CBS | 4.5 | 5,771 | |
| 9 | New Girl | FOX | 4.5 | 5,712 | |
| 10 | NCIS | CBS | 4.2 | 5,410 | |
| 11 | X-FACTOR-WED | FOX | 4.1 | 5,193 | |
| 12 | X-FACTOR-THU | FOX | 3.9 | 5,014 | |
| 13 | FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3 | NBC | 3.8 | 4,822 | |
| 14 | GLEE | FOX | 3.7 | 4,710 | |
| 15 | Criminal Minds | CBS | 3.6 | 4,637 | |
| 16 | Grey'S ANATOMY | ABC | 3.6 | 4,602 | |
| 17 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 3.6 | 4,601 | |
| 18 | Family Guy | FOX | 3.5 | 4,502 | |
| 19 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 3.5 | 4,498 | |
| 20 | OFFICE | NBC | 3.5 | 4,435 | |
| 21 | Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 3.3 | 4,261 | |
| 22 | Suburgatory | P | ABC | 3.3 | 4,217 |
| 23 | Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 3.2 | 4,151 | |
| 24 | Amazing Race 19 | CBS | 3.2 | 4,063 | |
| 25 | SURVIVOR: SOUTH PACIFIC | CBS | 3.2 | 4,056 |
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Primetime Broadcast Total Viewers for the week ending October 2, 2011:
| Rank | Shows | R=Repeat S=Special P=Premiere | Net | # Viewers (LIVE+SD) (000) | HH RATING (LIVE+SD) | HH SHARE (LIVE+SD) |
| 1 | Two and a Half Men | CBS | 20525 | 12.2 | 18 | |
| 2 | NCIS | CBS | 19511 | 12.0 | 19 | |
| 3 | NBC Sunday Night Football | NBC | 18900 | 11.5 | 18 | |
| 4 | 60 Minutes | CBS | 17105 | 10.6 | 17 | |
| 5 | NCIS: LOS ANGELES | CBS | 16265 | 10.1 | 15 | |
| 6 | Dancing with the Stars | ABC | 16227 | 10.8 | 16 | |
| 7 | Big Bang Theory, THE | CBS | 14740 | 8.8 | 15 | |
| 8 | DANCING W/STARS RESULTS | ABC | 14389 | 9.3 | 14 | |
| 9 | SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK | NBC | 14086 | 8.4 | 14 | |
| 10 | MIKE & Molly | P | CBS | 13861 | 8.4 | 12 |
| 11 | Modern Family | ABC | 13449 | 8.0 | 12 | |
| 12 | Mentalist, THE | CBS | 12923 | 8.1 | 13 | |
| 13 | Criminal Minds | CBS | 12581 | 7.8 | 12 | |
| 14 | Person Of Interest | CBS | 12515 | 7.7 | 12 | |
| 15 | UNFORGETTABLE | CBS | 12426 | 8.1 | 13 | |
| 16 | X-FACTOR-THU | FOX | 12173 | 7.0 | 11 | |
| 17 | X-FACTOR-WED | FOX | 11860 | 6.8 | 11 | |
| 18 | CSI | CBS | 11759 | 7.4 | 12 | |
| 19 | 2 Broke Girls | CBS | 11751 | 7.1 | 10 | |
| 20 | CASTLE | ABC | 11665 | 7.6 | 12 | |
| 21 | Blue Bloods | CBS | 11296 | 7.3 | 13 | |
| 22 | Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 11257 | 7.1 | 11 | |
| 23 | Good Wife, THE | CBS | 11077 | 7.0 | 11 | |
| 24 | Amazing Race 19 | CBS | 10873 | 6.4 | 10 | |
| 25 | SURVIVOR: SOUTH PACIFIC | CBS | 10707 | 6.4 | 10 |
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Nielsen TV Ratings: ©2011 The Nielsen Company. All Rights Reserved. All numbers are live viewing plus same day DVR viewing.
