January 30, 2009 Discuss
FOX’s “American Idol-Thursday Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for January 29, 2009. The show drew just over 24.6 million average viewers Thursday evening.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Eleventh Hour” rounded out the top three with 20.2 and 12.7 million average viewers respectively.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-1/29(S)-01/29/2009 | FOX | 24,613,000 |
| 2 | CSI | CBS | 20,153,000 |
| 3 | ELEVENTH HOUR | CBS | 12,744,000 |
| 4 | HELL’S KITCHEN | FOX | 10,858,000 |
| 5 | CRIMINAL MINDS THU SP(S)-01/29/2009 | CBS | 8,840,000 |
| 6 | PRIVATE PRACTICE | ABC | 7,735,000 |
| 7 | FUEGO EN LA SANGRE THU | UNI | 5,929,000 |
| 8 | OFFICE | NBC | 5,818,000 |
| 9 | GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM | ABC | 5,589,000 |
| 10 | 30 ROCK | NBC | 5,049,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (January 29, 2009). | |||
Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.9 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 14.0 million average viewers. ABC and UNI
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.7 and 4.9 million average viewers,
respectively. NBC and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average
audiences of roughly 4.7 million and 3.9 million average viewers, respectively.
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