When newlyweds Jill Peterson and Kevin Heinz asked their wedding party to turn their wedding into a party the result was the latest YouTube hit “JK Wedding Entrance,” which featured the entire cast dancing down the aisle to Chris Brown’s “Forever.” Just five days after it was posted, the video was the most-cited clip according to Nielsen’s BlogPulse, and has recently passed the 10 million views mark after the “Today” show flew the crew to New York to recreate the entire event outside Rockefeller Center.
While it’s great news and great …

CBS’s “Numb3rs” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts
broadcast TV for July 24, 2009. The show drew approximately 5.3 million average viewers Friday evening.
FOX’s “Smarter Than 5th Grader” & NBC’s “Dateline” rounded out the top three with approximately 4.8 million average viewers.

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
13,748,000

2
AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P
NBC
WEDNESDAY
11,256,000

3
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
9,721,000

4
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
9,611,000

5
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
9,312,000

6
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
MONDAY
8,795,000

7
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
8,521,000

8
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
THURSDAY
8,417,000

9
AMERICA GOT TALENT-TUE 8P
NBC
TUESDAY
8,268,000

10
BACHELORETTE, THE
ABC
MONDAY
8,038,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 20, 2009 – July 26, 2009)

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
COPA ORO 2009 24 UNI-07/23/2009
UNI
THURSDAY
5,086,000

2
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED-07/22/2009
UNI
WEDNESDAY
4,510,000

3
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE-07/21/2009
UNI
TUESDAY
4,276,000

4
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE MON-07/20/2009
UNI
MONDAY
4,266,000

5
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI-07/24/2009
UNI
FRIDAY
3,910,000

6
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU-07/23/2009
UNI
THURSDAY
3,815,000

7
EN NOMBRE DEL AMOR TUE-07/21/2009
UNI
TUESDAY
3,295,000

8
AQUI Y AHORA TUE-07/21/2009
UNI
TUESDAY
3,284,000

9
EN NOMBRE DEL AMOR THU-07/23/2009
UNI
THURSDAY
3,246,000

10
CRISTINA MON-07/20/2009
UNI
MONDAY
3,193,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 20, 2009 – July 26, 2009)

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
BURN NOTICE
USA
THURSDAY
6,803,000

2
CLOSER, THE
TNT
MONDAY
6,601,000

3
NASCAR SPRINT CUP L
ESPN
SUNDAY
6,487,000

4
ROYAL PAINS
USA
THURSDAY
6,205,000

5
WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW)
USA
MONDAY
5,275,000

6
WIZARDS OF WAVERLY PLACE
DSNY
FRIDAY
5,047,000

7
WWE ENTERTAINMENT
USA
MONDAY
5,036,000

8
NCIS
USA
MONDAY
4,871,000

9
NATIONWIDE POST RACE L
ESPN
SUNDAY
4,869,000

10
HANNAH MONTANA
DSNY
SUNDAY
4,797,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 20, 2009 – July 26, 2009)

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
1,500,000

2
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
1,099,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
1,071,000

4
AMERICA GOT TALENT-TUE 8P
NBC
TUESDAY
1,016,000

5
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
981,000

6
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
950,000

7
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
WEDNESDAY
946,000

8
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
THURSDAY
900,000

9
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
832,000

10
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
MONDAY
719,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 20, 2009 – July 26, 2009)

CBS’s The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, July 23, 2009 with approximately 9.6 and 7.8 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” was ranked second with 8.4 approximately millon average viewers.

Draws 4.1 Million Fewer Viewers Than Third Press Conference
In a continued push for congressional support of health care reform President Obama held his fourth prime time press conference on Wednesday July 22, 2009. The conference was carried live from 8:00PM to approximately 9:00PM on 11 networks. The sum of average audience for those networks was 24,682,519 viewers and had a combined household rating of 16.3. The networks carrying the press conference were ABC, CBS, NBC, Univision*, Telemundo*, BBC-A, BET, CNBC, CNN, FOX News Channel, and MSNBC.

Viewing to last night’s press …

NBC’s “America Got Talent-Wednesday 9PM” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for July 22, 2009. The show drew just over 11.3 million average viewers Wednesday night.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” and CBS’s “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 7.4 and 7.3 millon average viewers respectively.

Sara Erichson, President, Media Client Services North America, The Nielsen Company
The June 12 transition to digital broadcasting was an important milestone for all of us who work in the television industry. For Nielsen, the transition went very smoothly thanks to a year of planning and the close cooperation of our broadcast clients.
Because our metered panels are representative of U.S. television households nationwide and in individual local markets, Nielsen was able to track the country’s progress in preparing for the digital switchover. In January 2008, 10.5% of households were …