April 23, 2009 Discuss
FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Wednesday, April 22, 2009 with approximately 23.9 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds 10PM Special” and “Criminal Minds” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 13.7 and 9.8 million average viewers.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 23,947,000 |
| 2 | CRIMINAL MINDS 10PM-SP(S)-04/22/2009 | CBS | 13,723,000 |
| 3 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 9,843,000 |
| 4 | LIE TO ME | FOX | 7,973,000 |
| 5 | LOST | ABC | 6,745,000 |
| 6 | LAW AND ORDER | NBC | 6,094,000 |
| 7 | LAW & ORDER-WED 8PM | NBC | 5,695,000 |
| 8 | LAW & ORDER:SVU-WED 9PM | NBC | 5,573,000 |
| 9 | GARY UNMARRIED | CBS | 5,414,000 |
| 10 | MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED | UNI | 5,137,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (April 22, 2009). | |||
Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 16.0 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 9.6 million average viewers. NBC and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.8 million and 5.3 million average viewers.
UNI and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly
4.1 million and 2.6 million average viewers, respectively.
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