This is actually kinda interesting. I expected - nay, I flat-out predicted - that Brit's pop-up role on "How I Met Your Mother" would bring boatloads of new viewers to the show. That hundreds of millions would tune in to see for themselves whether a.) she could act; b.) she could expunge the memory of the VMAs; and c.) whether a new career was in the offing.
I mean - Good God, we're talking about Britney here, The Most Downloaded Person on the Planet. Surely that would add up to another ten or twenty million viewers...
Surely, but...no. CBS just sent out the overnights on "HIMYM," and they're perfectly OK, but not - again - what I expected. Bottom line: The show was seen by a total of 10.62 million viewers, or up 1.01 mill from the season average.
And yes, "DWTS" easily won the night.