May 19, 2009 Discuss
ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 18, 2009. The show drew just over 19.2 million average viewers Monday evening.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” rounded out the top three with 16.2 and 14.2 million average viewers.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 19,166,000 |
| 2 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 16,183,000 |
| 3 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 14,197,000 |
| 4 | RULES OF ENGAGEMENT | CBS | 12,871,000 |
| 5 | 24 | FOX | 9,645,000 |
| 6 | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | CBS | 8,733,000 |
| 7 | BACHELORETTE, THE | ABC | 8,690,000 |
| 8 | RULES OF ENGAGEMENT SP(S)-05/18/2009 | CBS | 7,498,000 |
| 9 | MEDIUM | NBC | 6,564,000 |
| 10 | DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON 5/18(S)-05/18/2009 | NBC | 5,387,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (May 18, 2009). | |||
Overall, ABC and CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12.3 million viewers.
FOX and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 9.6 and 5.4 million average viewers.
UNI and CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly
4.5 million and 2.5 million average viewers.
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