Recent ABC articles

Posted Jun 25, 2009

NBC’s “America Got Talent-Wednesday 9PM” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 24, 2009. The show drew just over 10.4 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
ABC’s “Wipeout” was the second-ranked program with approximately 7.8 million average viewers while FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” rounded out the top three with approximately 7.6 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 24, 2009

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for June 23, 2009. The show drew just over 11.5 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist-Tuesday” were ranked second and third with approximately 11.1
and 9.1 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 23, 2009

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men”, “CSI: Miami” and “The Big Bang Theory” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 8.7, 8.0 and 7.2 million viewers Monday, June 22, 2009.

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Posted Jun 20, 2009

NBC’s “Dateline Friday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for June 19, 2009. The show drew just over 5.6 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” rounded out the top three with 5.0 and 4.8 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 19, 2009

CBS’s “CSI” and “The Mentalist” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Thursday, June 18, 2009 with 9.7 and 9.0 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” rounded out the top three with 8.0 million average viewers respectively.

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Posted Jun 18, 2009

FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 17, 2009. The show drew just over 8.5 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and ABC’s “Wipeout rounded out the top three with with approximately 8.0 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 17, 2009

CBS’s “NCIS”, “Then Mentalist” and “48 Hours Mystery Tuesday” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 10.4, 10.1 and 7.2 million viewers Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

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Posted Jun 17, 2009

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men”, “The Big Bang Theory” and “CSI: Miami” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 10.2, 8.4 and 8.3 million viewers Monday, June 15, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
10,188,000

2
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
8,417,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
8,252,000

4
BACHELORETTE, THE
ABC
6,761,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE:SP(S)-06/15/2009
CBS
6,047,000

6
DATELINE NBC-MON
NBC
5,687,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
5,670,000

8
I’M A CELEBRITY-MON
NBC
5,015,000

9
HOUSE
FOX
4,917,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE MON
UNI
4,888,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 15, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 7.8 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 5.9 million average viewers. …

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Posted Jun 17, 2009

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 4
ABC
THURSDAY
5,017,000

2
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 3
ABC
TUESDAY
4,735,000

3
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 5
ABC
SUNDAY
4,408,000

4
NBA TROPHY PRESENTATION
ABC
SUNDAY
4,372,000

5
GMC NBA COUNTDOWN-GM 3
ABC
TUESDAY
1,684,000

6
GMC NBA COUNTDOWN-GM 4
ABC
THURSDAY
1,644,000

7
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
1,226,000

8
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
1,216,000

9
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,182,000

10
MENTALIST, THE – TUESDAY
CBS
TUESDAY
1,162,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 8, 2009 – June 14, 2009)

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Posted Jun 17, 2009

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 4(S)
ABC
THURSDAY
15,957,000

2
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 3(S)
ABC
TUESDAY
14,196,000

3
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 5(S)
ABC
SUNDAY
14,171,000

4
NBA TROPHY PRESENTATION(S)
ABC
SUNDAY
13,475,000

5
MENTALIST, THE – TUESDAY
CBS
TUESDAY
11,621,000

6
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
11,052,000

7
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
9,517,000

8
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
8,944,000

9
48 HOURS MYSTERY TUESDAY
CBS
TUESDAY
8,846,000

10
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
8,740,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 8, 2009 – June 14, 2009)

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