Alyson Hannigan

As a reminder, total viewers and adults 18-49 are based on the fast affiliate ratings. Fast affiliate results for any live sporting event are always approximate.

Despite the heavy artillery of sports competition, CBS, NBC, UPN and the WB were close to recent Monday levels. CBS’ veteran King of Queens opened with a 7.2/11 in the overnights (#1), 10.61 million viewers (#2) and a 3.5/10 among adults 18-49 (#2) at 8 p.m., followed by the just full season-renewed How I Met Your Mother at a 6.8/10 in the overnights (#3t), 10.11 million viewers (#3) and a 3.7/10 among adults 18-49 (#2) at 8:30 p.m. Worth positively noting for How I Met Your Mother was growth of 6 percent in the demo out of King of Queens.