Her guest appearance on last night's episode of "How I Met Your Mother" brought ratings, that is.
Her appearance on the show brought in about an additional 1 million extra viewers.
And so once again we see the fundamental: people complain about all the celeb news and the fawning over Britney or Paris or Nicole or whomever. But the fact remains, they advertise Britney, and enough people want to see it to make it worthwhile for the networks to give it to us. People say they're tired of Britney etc. But their actions speak otherwise.