RATINGS: ‘Big Bang’ Blows Up, Underwood Breaks Curse

CBS’s comedy hit has biggest episode yet, prompting more speculation it could be headed for a post-Super Bowl slot

 "The Big Bang Theory" just keeps getting bigger: CBS’s comedy smash soared to its highest-rated broadcast ever last night, making a post-Super Bowl appearance increasingly logical.

Against atypical competition– a Carrie Underwood holiday special on Fox, a repeat "Law & Order: SVU" on NBC– Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady’s geek-centric half-hour rocketed to a 5.7 rating/13 share at 9:30 Monday. That’s the best demo rating ever for the show, and better than the 5.1 scored by lead-in "Two and a Half Men," according to fast national Nielsen data.

"Bang" was easily the highest-rated show of the night in the young adult demo and could easily end up the No.

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