Ratings: America's Got Talent with Howard Stern premieres below CBS and ABC
Update: Half Men adjusted up to 3.9, AGT up to 3.7
Two and a Half Men had a 3.8 adult rating and the #1 show of the night.
America's Got Talent premiered with a 3.6 rating.
Dancing with the Stars had a 2.9 rating and a total of 17.15 million viewers.
The rest of the numbers:
From TVbytheNumbers:
CBS was the top rated network in adults 18-49 while ABC was number one in total viewers.On CBS, the hour long How I Met Your Mother season finale earned a 3.6 adults 18-49 rating up from a 3.3 for its most recent original episode on May 1. For comparison, last week the hour long finale of 2 Broke Girls got a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating. Two and a Half Men's season finale garnered a 3.8 adults 18-49 rating even with last week. The Mike and Molly season finale scored a 3.3 among adults 18-49, up from a 3.1 last week. The Hawaii Five-O finale earned a 2.7 among adults 18-49 up substantially from last week's 2.3.
On NBC, the season premiere of America's Got Talent earned a 3.6 adults 18-49 rating, compared to a 3.8 in the time period for the finale of The Voice last week and a 4.3 for last year's season premiere on June 2, 2011. The season finale of Smash scored a 1.8 among adults 18-49, matching its performance for the prior two weeks.
On ABC, a 90 minute Dancing with the Stars scored a 2.4adults 18-49 ratin from 8 to 9 and a 2.9 from 9 to 9:30, compared to a 2.7 for last week's two hour episode.
