July 17, 2008
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, July 16, 2008.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.
NBC’s back-to-back telecasts of “Baby Borrowers” claimed the 5th and 10th spots, while two Univision programs, “Al Diablo Con Guapos” (#7) and “Fuego en la Sangre” (#9), also made the top ten.
| RANK | NAME | NETWORK | VIEWERS (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 9,260,000 |
| 2 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED | FOX | 9,010,000 |
| 3 | CSI: NY | CBS | 8,601,000 |
| 4 | PRIMETIME: CRIME | ABC | 6,440,000 |
| 5 | BABY BORROWERS | NBC | 5,934,000 |
| 6 | BIG BROTHER 10-WED | CBS | 5,756,000 |
| 7 | AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS WED | UNI | 4,657,000 |
| 8 | CELEBRITY CIRCUS | NBC | 4,547,000 |
| 9 | FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED | UNI | 4,164,000 |
| 10 | BABY BORROWERS 8P | NBC | 4,017,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (July 16, 2008) | |||
Overall, FOX won the night — with an average audience of 9,010,000 viewers, while CBS took second place with 7,872,000 average viewers. NBC and ABC claimed distant third and fourth places — with 4,840,000 and 4,759,000 average viewers, respectively.
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