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Ratings: Big Bang, Two and a Half Men Rise

CBS topped Thursday with The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men both posting gains.Big Bang was the top show of the night with 15.4 million viewers and a 4.7 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, rising 4 percent. Men, which featured Miley Cyrus, drew 13.6 million viewers and a 4.0, up 14 percent from last week. Person of Interest (13.8 million, 2.8) and Elementary (10.8 million, 2.3) both slipped two-tenths.Vote: Which fall premieres won you over? Which flopped?Also improving ...

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Joyce Eng

CBS topped Thursday with The Big Bang Theoryand Two and a Half Men both posting gains.
Big Bang was the top show of the night with 15.4 million viewers and a 4.7 in the adults 18-to-49 demographic, rising 4 percent. Men, which featured Miley Cyrus, drew 13.6 million viewers and a 4.0, up 14 percent from last week.Person of Interest (13.8 million, 2.8) and Elementary (10.8 million, 2.3) both slipped two-tenths.

Vote: Which fall premieres won you over? Which flopped?

Also improving were ABC's Last Resort(7.3 million, 1.7), which inched up a tenth and NBC's Up All Night (3.2 million, 1.4), which jumped three-tenths. Leading out of Up All Night, The Office (4.3 million, 2.0) and Parks and Recreation(3.4 million, 1.6) both hit series lows. Rock Center with Brian Williams(3.4 million, 0.9) was also down, while 30 Rock(3.3 million, 1.3) was steady.Elsewhere on ABC, Grey's Anatomy (9.5 million, 3.3) dropped five-tenths and Scandal (6.4 million, 2.0) was even.On The CW, The Vampire Diaries(2.7 million, 1.2) was down 25 percent and Beauty and the Beast (2.0 million, 0.7) fell a whopping 42 percent.Fox's coverage of Game 4 of the National League Championship Series drew 5.5 million viewers and a 1.48 p.m.
CBS:
The Big Bang Theory 15.4 million (4.7); Two and a Half Men13.6 million (4.0)ABC: Last Resort7.3 million (1.7)Fox: NLCSGame 4 5.5 million (1.4) [8-11 p.m.]NBC: 30 Rock3.3 million (1.3); Up All Night 3.2 million (1.4)CW: The Vampire Diaries2.7 million (1.2)9 p.m.
CBS:
Person of Interest 13.8 million (2.8)
ABC: Grey's Anatomy 9.5 million (3.3)NBC: The Office 4.3 million (2.0); Parks and Recreation3.4 million (1.6)CW: Beauty and the Beast 2.0 million (0.7)10 p.m.
CBS:
Elementary 10.8 million (2.3)ABC: Scandal 6.4 million (2.0)NBC: Rock Center with Brian Williams3.4 million (0.9)