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Top 10 Network Primetime Series: Total Households
Rank	Program Name	Net	Day	Time	Household		Viewers
					Rating/Share	Audience
1	AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY	FOX	Wed	9:00 PM	14.8/22.0	16,656,000	24,839,000
2	AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY	FOX	Tue	8:00 PM	14.7/23.0	16,617,000	26,117,000
3	DANCING WITH THE STARS	ABC	Mon	8:00 PM	13.0/20.0	14,689,000	20,557,000
4	CSI	CBS	Thu	9:00 PM	12.4/20.0	13,957,000	20,577,000
5	DANCING W/STARS RESULTS	ABC	Tue	9:00 PM	11.1/17.0	12,559,000	17,282,000
6	CSI: MIAMI	CBS	Mon	10:00 PM	10.1/16.0	11,371,000	15,650,000
7	WITHOUT A TRACE	CBS	Thu	10:01 PM	9.7/17.0	10,977,000	15,196,000
8	CSI: MIAMI - TUESDAY SP(S)	CBS	Tue	10:00 PM	9.1/15.0	10,293,000	14,230,000
9	CBS NCAA BSKBL CHAMP SA-2(S)	CBS	Sat	8:48 PM	8.8/16.0	9,979,000	14,435,000
9	TWO AND A HALF MEN	CBS	Mon	9:00 PM	8.8/13.0	9,925,000	14,504,000

Two and a Half Men proves to be a hit, even after being perceived by some as too vulgar for cable broadcast. The popular comedy tied for the 9^th spot in the Top 10 Broadcast TV Programs for the week of March 31, 2008 according to the Nielsen Media Ratings. The show, which is about two brothers and one of their sons all living in the same house, received a rating of 8.8. An estimated 14.5 million viewers tuned in to watch the show during this week.

Apart from this success, it still is not among the top in the 9 o’clock weekly time slot, as it airs on Monday. The 9 o’clock showing on Tuesday is Dancing with the Stars (Results) and holds the number 5 spot in the overall TV broadcasts in the Nielsen Ratings. Wednesday at 9 airs the number one show in America for the season, American Idol. The 9 o’clock Thursday time slot also ranks above Two and a Half Men at number 4 with the hit drama CSI. Compared to the shows on Monday night immediately before at 8 and immediately after at 10, Two and a Half Men still has the lowest rating. Dancing with the Stars airs right before it at 8 o’clock and ranks 3^rd on the top ten. CSI: Miami airs right after it at 10 and it ranks at number 6 on the top ten.

However, when it comes to ratings versus share of market, Two and a Half Men is one of the better shows. Its rating is at 8.8 while the share is at 13. This results in a minimal 3.2 difference between the two, the lowest of any other show in the top ten.

I think that if the show were moved to a different night it may have better ratings. The hindrance of having so many good shows surrounding Two and a Half Men may be limiting its viewers due to the fact that people may not want to watch TV for three hours in a row. If the show were to be switched with the time slot that American Idol has, at 9 on Wednesdays, then I believe it would do much better due to the lack of competition that this time slot has.

Another change that could be made to better the ratings for Two and a Half Men would be to air it at 8 o’clock instead of 9 so that it is first on line-up three hit shows back to back. More people may be apt to watch it due to the fact they are not yet bored of watching another hit show before it.