May 12, 2009 One Comment
ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 11, 2009. The show drew just over 18.6 million average viewers Monday evening.
CBS’s “CSI: Miami” and “Two And A Half Men” were ranked second and third with approximately 13.6 and 13.1 million average viewers.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 18,554,000 |
| 2 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 13,586,000 |
| 3 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 13,108,000 |
| 4 | HOUSE | FOX | 12,741,000 |
| 5 | RULES OF ENGAGEMENT | CBS | 10,135,000 |
| 6 | CASTLE | ABC | 9,959,000 |
| 7 | 24 | FOX | 9,788,000 |
| 8 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 9,759,000 |
| 9 | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | CBS | 8,776,000 |
| 10 | MEDIUM | NBC | 7,301,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (May 11, 2009). | |||
Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 15.8 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 11.5 million average viewers. FOX and NBC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 11.3 and 6.0 million average viewers,
respectively. UNI and CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average
audiences of roughly 4.2 million and 2.3 million average viewers.
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This is the ABSOLUTE BEST NEW SHOW…certainly hope it was renewed…would love to know!! Did not miss one and had my DVR set to tape all episodes…
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