Primetime Broadcast Ratings, November 3, 2008
ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for November 3, 2008. The show drew just over 17 million average viewers Monday night.
NBC’s “SNL Presidential Bash 2008″ and CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” rounded out the top three, with 14.4 million and 12.7 million average viewers, respectively.
| Rank | Program | Network | Viewers (P2+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DANCING WITH THE STARS | ABC | 17,089,000 |
| 2 | SNL PRESIDENTIAL BASH ‘08(S)-11/03/2008 | NBC | 14,436,000 |
| 3 | TWO AND A HALF MEN | CBS | 12,761,000 |
| 4 | CSI: MIAMI | CBS | 12,740,000 |
| 5 | BIG BANG THEORY, THE | CBS | 9,668,000 |
| 6 | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | CBS | 9,397,000 |
| 7 | SAMANTHA WHO? | ABC | 8,719,000 |
| 8 | WORST WEEK | CBS | 8,277,000 |
| 9 | DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON | NBC | 7,175,000 |
| 10 | BOSTON LEGAL | ABC | 6,718,000 |
| Source: The Nielsen Company (November 3, 2008). | |||
Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of just over 12.3 million viewers, while NBC took second place with just over 12 million average viewers. CBS and FOX claimed third and fourth places with roughly 10.9 million and 5.2 million average viewers, respectively. The CW and Univision followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.6 million and 3 million average viewers, respectively.
