August 8, 2009 Discuss
NBC’s “Dateline Friday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts
broadcast TV for August 7, 2009. The show drew just over 5.6 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Numb3rs” & FOX’s “Smarter Than a 5th Grader” rounded out the top three with approximately 4.5 and 4.4 million average viewers.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DATELINE FRI | NBC | 5,557,000 |
| 2 | NUMB3RS | CBS | 4,520,000 |
| 3 | SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER | FOX | 4,379,000 |
| 4 | FLASHPOINT | CBS | 4,320,000 |
| 5 | GHOST WHISPERER | CBS | 4,277,000 |
| 6 | MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI | UNI | 4,214,000 |
| 7 | 20/20-FRI | ABC | 3,762,000 |
| 8 | EN NOMBRE DEL AMOR FRI | UNI | 3,220,000 |
| 9 | MENTAL-FRI 9P | FOX | 3,210,000 |
| 10 | WWE FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDWN | MNT | 3,149,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (August 7, 2009). | |||
Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 4.7 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 4.4 million average viewers. FOX and UNI
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 3.8 and 3.3 million average viewers.
MNT and ABC followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly
3.1 million and 2.4 million average viewers.
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