July 24, 2008
FOX’s “So You Think You can Dance” claimed the top slot by a tight margin in Nielsen’s ranking of primetime broadcast TV programs for July 23, 2008. The show drew an audience of 8.5 million viewers Wednesday night.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” came in second and third, respectively, with 8.4 million viewers and 7.5 million viewers each.
| RANK | NAME | NETWORK | VIEWERS (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED | FOX | 8,599,000 |
| 2 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 8,437,000 |
| 3 | CSI: NY | CBS | 7,533,000 |
| 4 | PRIMETIME: CRIME | ABC | 6,350,000 |
| 5 | BIG BROTHER 10-WED | CBS | 6,219,000 |
| 6 | BABY BORROWERS | NBC | 4,734,000 |
| 7 | AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS WED | UNI | 4,633,000 |
| 8 | LAW AND ORDER | NBC | 4,569,000 |
| 9 | FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED | UNI | 4,390,000 |
| 10 | SUPERNANNY | ABC | 3,905,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (July 23, 2008) | |||
Overall, FOX (8,599,000 viewers) edged past CBS (7,396,000 viewers) to win the night. ABC came in third with 4,702,000 viewers, while NBC and Univision claimed fourth and fifth places — with 4,170,000 and 4,164,000 average viewers, respectively.
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