ABC’s “Bachelor: After Final Rose Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 2, 2009. The show drew just over 17.5 million average viewers Monday evening.
ABC’s “The Bachelor” and CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” rounded out the top three with 15.5 million average viewers respectively.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BACHELOR:AFTER FINAL ROSE(S)-03/02/2009 | ABC | 17,466,000 |
| 2 | BACHELOR, THE | ABC | 15,477,000 |
| 3 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 15,469,000 |
| 4 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 13,418,000 |
| 5 | RULES OF ENGAGEMENT | CBS | 11,822,000 |
| 6 | 24 | FOX | 11,139,000 |
| 7 | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | CBS | 11,094,000 |
| 8 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 10,830,000 |
| 9 | MEDIUM | NBC | 7,256,000 |
| 10 | HEROES | NBC | 7,154,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (March 2, 2009). | |||
Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 16.1 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 12.7 million average viewers. FOX and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 11.1 and 7.0 million average viewers, respectively. UNI and the MNT followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.2 million and 1.7 million average viewers, respectively.
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