Two and a Half Men on CBS

All I want to know is the bottom line when it comes to Ghost Whisperer's Jim dying. Will he ever be brought back to life (his life), or is his only involvement going to be in the body of Sam? — Kathy
MATT: It's simple, really: Jim is now going by "Sam," but Sam is mostly Jim. "Since it's Jim's soul [inside Sam's body], we will always be seeing David [Conrad] at Melinda's side," exec producer P.K. Simonds tells me, dismissing rumors that Conrad is leaving the show. Much of the story to come involves Sam (who to everyone else looks like Jericho's Kenneth Mitchell) realizing that he has this new life inside of him. As Conrad explained it to me, "It's the whole question of how ... read more 51 Comments

When Jake disappeared with the daughter of Charlie's new neighbor, a former NFL player, Charlie had to try to cover for him when her father came to Charlie's house looking for her. Meanwhile, Alan was able to get a hot date with the help of Charlie's Mercedes, but things didn't go so well.
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Dancing With the Stars
8 pm/ET ABC
It's all come down to this: the finals! Brooke Burke, Lance Bass and Warren Sapp duke it out to get their hands on that coveted mirror-ball trophy.

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Monday's ratings recap:

8 pm/ET
Entering its penultimate week, Dancing with the Stars averaged 19.73 million total viewers over its 90-minute run. Combining for second place, CBS' Big Bang Theory (9.7 mil) dropped 300K from last week's series high, while How I Met Your Mother scored a season-high 9.84 mil.

At 6.8 mil, Chuck was up nine percent, while Terminator tacked on 120 thou to hit 5.3 mil. Gossip Girl dipped 112K to hit a new series low of 2.88 mil.

9 pm
Two and a Half Men delivered a season's best 15.23 million, while lead-out Worst Week (10.37 mil) gained 650K. Samantha Who? (11.12 mil) was up a hair. Heroes slipped 240K to redefine its series low: 7.59 mil. It was followed by Prison Break (5.89 mil, up nine percent) and Tree Hill (2.73 mil, a measly audience in any era).

10 pm
CSI: Miami marked 150 episodes by surging 13 percent week-to-week to hit 15.39 million, its largest audience since the season opener. Boston Legal dropped 370K, to 8.43 mil, while the recently cancelled Worst Enemy spied a new worst: 3.99 mil.

Charlie's new girlfriend wanted him to spend the night at her place. Charlie realized that he was very set in his ways, and he struggled with spending the night in a strange house. Alan attempted to punish Jake for getting kicked off the bus for mooning the girls track team.

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