February 4, 2009 Discuss
FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 3, 2009. The show drew just over 26.6 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three with 14.4 and 13.8 million average viewers respectively.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY | FOX | 26,601,000 |
| 2 | MENTALIST, THE | CBS | 14,438,000 |
| 3 | NCIS | CBS | 13,849,000 |
| 4 | FRINGE | FOX | 12,780,000 |
| 5 | WITHOUT A TRACE | CBS | 12,162,000 |
| 6 | BIGGEST LOSER 7 | NBC | 10,347,000 |
| 7 | LAW AND ORDER:SVU | NBC | 10,344,000 |
| 8 | FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE | UNI | 6,054,000 |
| 9 | PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO | ABC | 5,864,000 |
| 10 | HOMELAND SECURITY USA | ABC | 5,608,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (February 3, 2009). | |||
Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 19.8 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 13.5 million average viewers. NBC and ABC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 10.3 and 5.4 million average viewers, respectively. UNI and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 5.1 million and 2.1 million average viewers, respectively.
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