While Superior Donuts had a phenomenal viewing for its first episode, it’s worth mentioning that Kevin Can Wait (which features TV veteran Kevin James) had the same success following The Big Bang Theory and has had a significant dip in viewership since moving to Monday nights.
Another big competitor for Monday night is ABC’s The Bachelor but overall even that can only net around 7.2 million viewers to the 8.5 million of The Big Bang Theory.
I’m sure if Superior Donuts performs anywhere within a million of either of those CBS will be thrilled.
Superior Donuts’ biggest advantage in its regular time slot is primarily a lack of competition.