FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for April 1, 2009. The show drew just over 24.3 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “I Get That A Lot(S)-04/01/2009″ and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 10.4 and 10.1 million average viewers respectively.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 24,342,000 |
| 2 | I GET THAT A LOT(S)-04/01/2009 | CBS | 10,350,000 |
| 3 | CSI: NY | CBS | 10,060,000 |
| 4 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 10,030,000 |
| 5 | LOST | ABC | 9,574,000 |
| 6 | LIE TO ME | FOX | 9,180,000 |
| 7 | LAW AND ORDER | NBC | 6,340,000 |
| 8 | LIFE | NBC | 5,697,000 |
| 9 | LIFE ON MARS | ABC | 5,639,000 |
| 10 | MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED | UNI | 5,522,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (April 1, 2009). | |||
Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 16.8 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 10.1 million average viewers. ABC and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 6.7 and 5.7 million average viewers, respectively. UNI and the TEL followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.8 million and 2.7 million average viewers, respectively.
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