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Primetime Broadcast Ratings, March 3, 2009

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FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 3, 2009. The show drew just over 24.3 million average viewers Tuesday evening.

CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” had approximately 13.7 and 12.6 million average viewers.

Rank Program Network Viewers (P2+)
1 AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY FOX 24,309,000
2 NCIS CBS 13,667,000
3 MENTALIST, THE CBS 12,631,000
4 BACHELOR:AFTR FINAL ROSE2(S)-03/03/2009 ABC 10,903,000
5 WITHOUT A TRACE CBS 10,470,000
6 BIGGEST LOSER 7 NBC 8,950,000
7 LAW AND ORDER:SVU NBC 7,040,000
8 HOMELAND SECURITY USA ABC 5,677,000
9 MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE UNI 4,626,000
10 CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE UNI 4,624,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (March 3, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 24.3 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 12.3 million average viewers. NBC and ABC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 8.3 and 6.6 million average viewers, respectively. UNI and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.1 million and 1.7 million average viewers, respectively.

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