Funny Young Things Prove Fall Darlings

CBS' '2 Broke Girls,' Fox's 'New Girl,' and NBC's 'Up All Night' draw impressive 18-49 ratings

If comedy hasn’t exactly returned to the halcyon days of the mid-1990s, when NBC’s Thursday night lineup pulled so much weight that mediocrities such as Veronica’s Closet and Caroline in the City would draw upwards of 17 million viewers every week, the genre is healthier than it’s been in years.

Despite Charlie Sheen’s dogged efforts to drive the show off a cliff, the refurbished Two and a Half Men premiered Sept. 19 to a staggering 28.7

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