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Posted by Marisa December 17th, 2008 at 11:56am In All Things TV How I Met Your Mother

CBS posted record-high ratings for its sitcom lineup on Monday. Quoth The Hollywood Reporter:

CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory” (11.4 million, 4.2) had series-high numbers in all key measurements; “How I Met Your Mother” (11.4 million, 4.6/11) hit an all-time high in the adult demo; “Two and a Half Men” (17.9 million, 5.6/13) had its strongest performance since the evening after CBS aired the Super Bowl in 2007; “Worst Week” (12.1 million, 3.6/9) had its biggest rating since its season premiere.

You know what that means? It means we’re all becoming old people!

Now we ALL get to fluff out our bangs to hide our receding hairlines.

As a newly minted old person, I’m looking forward to:

• Having an excuse for my bad driving.
• Talking loudly in the movie theater with no consequences.
• Living off of Social Security.
• Not caring about the way I smell.
• Mush.
• Explaining the differences between the way things are now and the way they used to be.
• Enjoying TV shows where senior citizens solve mysteries.
• Dinner at 4 pm, bed by 9 pm–or, as we old people call it, “before Worst Week.”