March 19, 2009 Discuss
FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 18, 2009. The show drew just over 23.7 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 13.7 and 12.8 million average viewers respectively.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 23,705,000 |
| 2 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 13,741,000 |
| 3 | CSI: NY | CBS | 12,786,000 |
| 4 | LIE TO ME | FOX | 10,264,000 |
| 5 | LOST | ABC | 9,400,000 |
| 6 | GARY UNMARRIED | CBS | 7,374,000 |
| 7 | OLD CHRISTINE | CBS | 7,214,000 |
| 8 | LAW AND ORDER | NBC | 7,136,000 |
| 9 | MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED | UNI | 5,902,000 |
| 10 | SCRUBS-WED 8PM | ABC | 5,621,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (March 18, 2009). | |||
Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.1 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 11.3 million average viewers. ABC and NBC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 6.7 and 5.0 million average viewers,
respectively. UNI and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average
audiences of roughly 4.7 million and 2.3 million average viewers, respectively.
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