The Big Bang Theory was Monday's top-rated show, posting the biggest number of overall viewers in the series' history.
Big Bang was watched by 14.7 million viewers, and dominated the competition in the adults-18-to-49 demographic. The show got a boost from a strong lead-in from Two and Half Men (15.2 million viewers), the night's most-watched show.
CBS' comedies benefited from holiday programming on other networks, as How I Met Your Mother (9.1 million viewers) and Accidentally on Purpose (8.3 million viewers) defeated ABC's Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (8.4 million viewers) and Fox's Carrie Underwood Christmas special (8.1 million viewers over two hours)...
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Every week, editors Mickey O'Connor and Adam Bryant answer your burning questions. Want some TV scoop? Please send all questions to mega_scoop@tvguide.com.
Any chance we'll see a Wilson-Cuddy hookup on House? — Allison
MICKEY: I suppose this is a natural progression after we all lived through Huddy, but Robert Sean Leonard disabused us of that notion when we asked. "I think [Wilson] is a dark guy. He has three ex-wives, he lives alone, deals with death every day and his best friend is House," he says. "So when I think about him with Cuddy, it doesn't work." Fine, so then maybe there's someone else out there for him? Not for now, says Leonard. He'll just have to content himself with a domestic partner (as in roommate) in House. They'll be going apartment-hunting together soon.
I'm obsessed with Criminal Minds! Are they ever going to get Prentiss a boyfriend? — Erin
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On Monday's episode of Castle (10/9c, ABC) Detective Beckett (Stana Katic) and Castle (Nathan Fillion) investigate the murder of a man who appears to have a double identity, a concept not unfamiliar to the show's creator, Andrew W. Marlowe.
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No, Marlowe doesn't lead a double life, but his show is increasingly a mix of cops-and-robbers procedural fun and good ol' family drama...
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Gossip Girl
9/8c CW
Lady Gaga appears in tonight's episode, and if things go Blair's way, she'll agree to a private concert for some NYU students. Blair's been trying to impress her classmates all season long, and this latest plan of hers just might do the trick. Meanwhile, Dan, Olivia and Vanessa get involved with a school play, but working in such close proximity with each other could prove problematic as they deal with the fallout from their threesome last week.
Read on for previews of Two and a Half Men, Dear Food Network, Castle and Chef Academy.
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Alyssa Milano will cast a love spell on an upcoming episode of Castle, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
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In an episode titled "A Rose for Everafter," the former Charmed star will play Kyra, a former love interest of Rick Castle (Nathan Fillion). The two reconnect on Kyra's wedding day, setting off old sparks and a jealous Detective Beckett (Stana Katic).
Castle picked up for full second season
Milano's episode ...
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