sentences:  "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies" was first broadcast in the United States on the USA Network at 10 pm EST on January 23, 2004.According to Nielsen Media Research, the episode was viewed by an estimated number of 5.9 million viewers and had a 4.5 household rating.Shalhoub elected the episode among his favorites twice; he put it along with "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine" and "Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike" during the "Monk Cast Favorites Marathon", and mentioned "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies", "Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine" and "Mr. Monk Is Someone Else" as his favorite ones as the end of the series.