February 19, 2009 Discuss
FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Tuesday, February 17, 2009 with approximately 25.4 million average viewers.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three with approximately 18.2 and 18.1
million average viewers respectively.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY | FOX | 25,374,000 |
| 2 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 18,226,000 |
| 3 | NCIS | CBS | 18,064,000 |
| 4 | WITHOUT A TRACE | CBS | 12,102,000 |
| 5 | LAW AND ORDER:SVU | NBC | 9,484,000 |
| 6 | BIGGEST LOSER 7 | NBC | 8,882,000 |
| 7 | FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE | UNI | 6,120,000 |
| 8 | PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO | ABC | 5,695,000 |
| 9 | CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE | UNI | 5,157,000 |
| 10 | HOMELAND SECURITY USA | ABC | 4,712,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (February 17, 2009). | |||
Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 25.4 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 16.1 million average viewers. NBC and UNI claimed third and fourth places with roughly 9.1 million and 5.0 million average viewers, respectively. ABC and the TEL followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.4 million and 1.4 million average viewers, respectively.
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