 " Branch Wars " received a 5 @.@ 0 / 7 in the Nielsen ratings , meaning that five percent of households were tuned in at any given moment and seven percent of all televisions in use at the time were tuned into the program . The episode was watched by 8 @.@ 39 million viewers and achieved a 4 @.@ 5 / 11 in the ages 18 – 49 demographic . Mindy Kaling 's writing in the episode was nominated for " Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series " in the 2008 NAACP Image Awards . 
