Nielsen Wire » ABC Wed Movie Of Wk-5/20(S)-05/20/2009 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Primetime Broadcast Ratings, May 20, 2009 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-may-20-2009/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-may-20-2009/#comments Thu, 21 May 2009 12:11:14 +0000 christine http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=12051 FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 20, 2009. The show drew just over 28.8 million average viewers Wednesday night.

CBS’s “Criminal Minds” was the second-ranked program with approximately 14.0 million average viewers while NBC’s “Law And Order” rounded out the top three with 6.7 million average viewers.

Rank Program Network Viewers (P2+)
1 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX 28,838,000
2 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 13,986,000
3 LAW AND ORDER NBC 6,666,000
4 OLD CHRISTINE CBS 5,549,000
5 GARY UNMARRIED CBS 5,516,000
6 LAW & ORDER:CI-WED NBC 5,042,000
7 MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED UNI 4,458,000
8 LAW & ORDER:SVU-WED 9PM NBC 4,319,000
9 CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL WED UNI 3,688,000
10 ABC WED MOVIE OF WK-5/20(S)-05/20/2009 ABC 3,411,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (May 20, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 28.8 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 11.2 million average viewers. NBC and UNI
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.3 and 3.8 million average viewers.
ABC and TEL followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly
3.4 million and 1.4 million average viewers.

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