May 14, 2009 Discuss
FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 13, 2009. The show drew just over 24.7 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were ranked second and third with approximately 13.4 and 12.3 million average viewers.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY | FOX | 24,670,000 |
| 2 | CRIMINAL MINDS | CBS | 13,371,000 |
| 3 | CSI: NY | CBS | 12,329,000 |
| 4 | LOST | ABC | 9,428,000 |
| 5 | LIE TO ME | FOX | 8,457,000 |
| 6 | LAW AND ORDER | NBC | 7,895,000 |
| 7 | OLD CHRISTINE | CBS | 6,498,000 |
| 8 | LOST-WED 8PM | ABC | 6,329,000 |
| 9 | RULES OF ENGAGEMENT-SP(S)-05/13/2009 | CBS | 6,301,000 |
| 10 | LAW & ORDER:CI-WED | NBC | 5,362,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (May 13, 2009). | |||
Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 16.8 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 10.7 million average viewers. ABC and NBC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 8.4 and 5.9 million average viewers,
respectively. UNI and CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average
audiences of roughly 4.2 million and 2.7 million average viewers.
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