February 26, 2009
FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 25, 2009. The show drew just over 24.5 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 13.9 and 12.6 million average viewers respectively.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 24,541,000 |
| 2 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 13,930,000 |
| 3 | CSI: NY | CBS | 12,563,000 |
| 4 | LOST | ABC | 10,050,000 |
| 5 | BIGGEST LOSER 7 2/25(S)-02/25/2009 | NBC | 8,613,000 |
| 6 | LAW AND ORDER | NBC | 5,774,000 |
| 7 | GARY UNMARRIED | CBS | 5,706,000 |
| 8 | OLD CHRISTINE | CBS | 5,602,000 |
| 9 | LOST-WED 8PM | ABC | 5,000,000 |
| 10 | LIFE | NBC | 4,893,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (February 25, 2009). | |||
Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 24.5 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 10.7 million average viewers. ABC and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 6.8 and 6.4 million average viewers, respectively. UNI and the TEL followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.0 million and 1.2 million average viewers, respectively.
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