FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 4, 2009. The show drew just over 22.8 million average viewers Wednesday night.
CBS’s “CSI: NY” was the second-ranked program with 10.8 million average viewers while ABC’s
“LOST” rounded out the top three with 10.7 millon average viewers respectively.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 22,776,000 |
| 2 | CSI: NY | CBS | 10,831,000 |
| 3 | LOST | ABC | 10,650,000 |
| 4 | LIE TO ME | FOX | 10,200,000 |
| 5 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 10,145,000 |
| 6 | KNIGHT RIDER | NBC | 5,679,000 |
| 7 | LAW AND ORDER | NBC | 5,646,000 |
| 8 | LIFE ON MARS | ABC | 5,336,000 |
| 9 | OLD CHRISTINE | CBS | 5,206,000 |
| 10 | GARY UNMARRIED | CBS | 5,107,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (March 4, 2009). | |||
Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 16.5 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 8.7 million average viewers. ABC and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 6.9 and 5.2 million average viewers. UNI and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.3 million and 3.9 million average viewers, respectively.
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