How I Met Your Mother Turbocharges CBS’ Lineup

Origin story helps boost Monday night

Episode No. 200 of How I Met Your Mother powered CBS’ entire Monday night lineup, as the nine-seasons-in-the-making origin story helped deliver the comedy’s highest ratings in a year.

According to Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, How Your Mother Met Me averaged 10.8 million viewers and a season-high 3.8 in the adults 18-49 demo. The overall deliveries were the HIMYM’s most robust since the Feb. 4, 2013 episode averaged 10.3 million viewers and a 4.0 rating.

Last night’s episode revealed the Mother’s catastrophic backstory and featured Cristin Milioti’s ukulele-accompanied version of “La Vie en Rose.”

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