FOX’s “House” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 16, 2009. The show drew just over 14.2 million average viewers Monday night.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” was the second-ranked program with 13.3 million average viewers while ABC’s “The Bachelor” rounded out the top three with 12.5 millon average viewers respectively.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOUSE | FOX | 14,195,000 |
| 2 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 13,319,000 |
| 3 | BACHELOR, THE | ABC | 12,524,000 |
| 4 | 24 | FOX | 11,224,000 |
| 5 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 10,499,000 |
| 6 | MEDIUM | NBC | 8,973,000 |
| 7 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 8,734,000 |
| 8 | WORST WEEK | CBS | 8,698,000 |
| 9 | HEROES | NBC | 7,740,000 |
| 10 | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | CBS | 7,293,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (February 16, 2009). | |||
Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 12.7 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 10.7 million average viewers. CBS and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 9.8 and 7.9 million average viewers. UNI and the TEL followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 5.0 million and 1.6 million average viewers, respectively.
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