March 3, 2009 Discuss
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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