Two and a Half Men premiere ratings are in. And they’re jaw dropping. Stunningly huge.

The ninth season premiere, starring Ashton Kutcher taking over for Charlie Sheen, delivered 27.7 million viewers Monday night — that’s in the ballpark of an American Idol premiere.

Even more impressive: The sitcom scored a 10.3 rating among adults 18-49. That’s easily an all-time high for the show, and up 110 percent over last fall’s eighth-season debut with Sheen. Everybody expected the sitcom’s first new episode back would perform strong, but not like this (see Ken Tucker’s take here). Men had the highest-rated season premiere for a scripted series since Desperate Housewives premiered six years ago.

http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/09/20/tw...f-men-ratings/

I thought it was really funny as usual.
It's hard to compare whether Ashton lives up to Charlie since they're different characters.
But Charlie>>>>>>

Final Numbers:
Two and a Half Men (Season Premiere)
10.7/25 A18-49
28.74 million viewers

Halfhour Breakdown:

TWO AND A HALF MEN

9:00-9:15
- 27.435 million viewers
- 16.0/23 HH
- 10.2/24 A18-49

9:15-9:30
- 29.899 million viewers
- 17.3/25 HH
- 11.0/26 A18-49

9:30-9:31
- 31.025 million viewers
- 17.7/25 HH
- 11.4/26 A18-49

Lemme see those ratings next week -19m ?

...DAMN.

lol I know. Was he fired or sth ? I heard rumors about firing him or sth. What is the story behind it ?

It sucked. I love charlie so much. He's an idot, crazy, on drugs, etc. but I cant stop loving him because him on two and a half men was everything. I used to watch that show everyday, just to see him. He made me laugh more than anything, it was just refreshing to watch that show everyday. Now the shw is crap. I hate it so much/

Expect series lows next week.

Am I the only one that really liked this episode? Don't get me wrong, it's not as epic as a Sheen episode but for all things considered I enjoyed it.

I think it was great =D

I'm not surprised in did well. The show was hyped up all summer.

I knew I forgot to watch something. Surprised this did better than The X-Factor, but the hype is pretty much dead now, so expect the show's ratings to sink.