March 21, 2009 Discuss
CBS’s “NCAA Basketball Championship Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 20, 2009. The show drew just over 8.9 million average viewers Friday night.
ABC’s “20/20-Friday” and NBC’s “Dateline Friday” rounded out the top three with 6.5 and 6.1 million average viewers respectively.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CBS NCAA BSKBL CHP-EVEFR2(S)-03/20/2009 | CBS | 8,904,000 |
| 2 | 20/20-FRI | ABC | 6,547,000 |
| 3 | DATELINE FRI | NBC | 6,149,000 |
| 4 | MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI | UNI | 5,279,000 |
| 5 | SUPERNANNY | ABC | 5,248,000 |
| 6 | WIFE SWAP | ABC | 4,735,000 |
| 7 | CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI | UNI | 4,367,000 |
| 8 | DOLLHOUSE | FOX | 4,136,000 |
| 9 | HOWIE DO IT 8P | NBC | 3,967,000 |
| 10 | FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS | NBC | 3,850,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (March 20, 2009). | |||
Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.9 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 5.5 million average viewers. NBC and UNI
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.6 and 4.4 million average viewers.
FOX and the MNT followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly
3.9 million and 3.4 million average viewers, respectively.
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