ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” was the top-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, September 29, 2008. The show drew an average of almost 18.9 million viewers.
CBS’s “CSI: Miami” and “Two and a Half Men” claimed second and third places, with roughly 14.3 million and 13.6 million average viewers, respectively.
NBC’s “Chuck” and “Life,” which premiered Monday night, also made the top ten.
| RANK | NAME | NETWORK | VIEWERS (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 18,883,000 |
| 2 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 14,345,000 |
| 3 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 13,577,000 |
| 4 | HEROES | NBC | 9,502,000 |
| 5 | WORST WEEK | CBS | 8,961,000 |
| 6 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 8,597,000 |
| 7 | BOSTON LEGAL | ABC | 8,562,000 |
| 8 | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | CBS | 8,724,000 |
| 9 | CHUCK | NBC | 6,835,000 |
| 10 | LIFE 9/29(S)-09/29/2008 | NBC | 6,942,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (September 29, 2008) | |||
Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of 15.5 million viewers, while CBS took second place with just over 11.4 million average viewers. NBC and FOX claimed third and fourth places with roughly 7.8 million and 5.3 million average viewers, respectively. Univision and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.1 million and 3.4 million viewers, respectively.
