February 13, 2009 Discuss
CBS’s “CSI” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for February 12, 2009. The show drew just over 17.9 million average viewers Thursday evening.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” and “Private Practice” rounded out the top three with 15.2 and 14.1 million average viewers respectively.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CSI | CBS | 17,938,000 |
| 2 | GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM | ABC | 15,159,000 |
| 3 | PRIVATE PRACTICE | ABC | 14,097,000 |
| 4 | SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS | CBS | 13,632,000 |
| 5 | ELEVENTH HOUR | CBS | 10,941,000 |
| 6 | OFFICE | NBC | 9,000,000 |
| 7 | 30 ROCK | NBC | 7,675,000 |
| 8 | UGLY BETTY | ABC | 7,402,000 |
| 9 | E.R. | NBC | 7,241,000 |
| 10 | MY NAME IS EARL | NBC | 6,399,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (February 12, 2009). | |||
Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 14.2 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 12.2 million average viewers. NBC and UNI
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 7.2 and 4.6 million average viewers,
respectively. FOX and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average
audiences of roughly 4.2 million and 2.2 million average viewers, respectively.
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