RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
WEDNESDAY
1,152,000

2
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
THURSDAY
1,078,000

3
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
993,000

4
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
951,000

5
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
950,000

6
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
949,000

7
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
933,000

8
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
912,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
902,000

10
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
865,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 15, 2009 – June 21, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
WEDNESDAY
1,152,000

2
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
THURSDAY
1,078,000

3
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
993,000

4
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
951,000

5
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
950,000

6
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
949,000

7
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
933,000

8
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
912,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
902,000

10
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
865,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 15, 2009 – June 21, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
10,394,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
10,188,000

3
MENTALIST, THE – TUESDAY
CBS
TUESDAY
10,118,000

4
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
9,715,000

5
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
8,969,000

6
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
WEDNESDAY
8,483,000

7
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
MONDAY
8,417,000

8
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
8,305,000

9
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
8,252,000

10
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
8,037,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 15, 2009 – June 21, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 2(S)
ABC
SUNDAY
14,061,000

2
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 1(S)
ABC
THURSDAY
13,042,000

3
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
11,562,000

4
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
11,256,000

5
MENTALIST, THE – TUESDAY
CBS
TUESDAY
10,875,000

6
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
10,095,000

7
NBC NEWS:OBAMA WH HOUSE-1(S)
NBC
TUESDAY
9,169,000

8
NBC NEWS:OBAMA WH HOUSE-2(S)
NBC
WEDNESDAY
9,039,000

9
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
8,890,000

10
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
WEDNESDAY
8,866,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 1, 2009 – June 7, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
2,449,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
2,368,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
2,115,000

4
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
1,983,000

5
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
1,704,000

6
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,606,000

7
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,603,000

8
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
1,383,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,354,000

10
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
1,351,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 13, 2009 – April 19, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
2,631,000

2
AMER IDL THU RSLT SP-3/26
FOX
THURSDAY
2,284,000

3
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
2,148,000

4
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
2,038,000

5
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
1,905,000

6
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,863,000

7
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
1,769,000

8
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP FR 2
CBS
FRIDAY
1,712,000

9
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
1,712,000

10
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP TH 2
CBS
THURSDAY
1,684,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 23, 2009 – March 29, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
26,025,000

2
AMER IDL THU RSLT SP-3/26(S)
FOX
THURSDAY
23,102,000

3
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
20,339,000

4
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
17,832,000

5
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
17,620,000

6
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
16,117,000

7
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
THURSDAY
16,101,000

8
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
14,442,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
14,358,000

10
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
13,674,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 23, 2009 – March 29, 2009)

President Barack Obama capped off a week of television appearances with a prime time press conference on Tuesday March 24, 2009. The event was carried live from 8:00 to approximately 9:00PM on 11 networks. The sum of average audience for those networks was 40,354,000 and had a combined household rating of 25.9. The networks carrying the press conference were ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, Telemundo, Univision, CNBC, CNN, FOX News Channel, MSNBC, mun2.

Networks
Households
Viewers P2+

ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC,
Telemundo, Univision, CNBC,
CNN, FOX News Channel,
MSNBC, mun2
29,799,000
40,354,000

source: The Nielsen …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
23,705,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
21,886,000

3
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
21,224,000

4
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
17,042,000

5
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
15,835,000

6
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
15,491,000

7
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
ABC
SUNDAY
14,748,000

8
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
THURSDAY
14,606,000

9
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
14,124,000

10
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
13,741,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 16, 2009 – March 22, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
2,619,000

2
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
2,433,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
2,124,000

4
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
2,016,000

5
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
1,953,000

6
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,582,000

7
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
ABC
SUNDAY
1,569,000

8
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,553,000

9
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,488,000

10
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,436,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 16, 2009 – March 22, 2009)