NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” was the top-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Wednesday, September 17, 2008, drawing an average of just over 12.2 million viewers.
FOX’s “Bones” claimed second place, with an average audience of just over 9.8 million, and CBS’s “Criminal Minds” rounded out the top three, drawing an average of almost 8.7 million viewers.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-WED
NBC
12,235,000

2
BONES
FOX
9,844,000

3
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
8,722,000

4
CSI: NY
CBS
8,101,000

5
LAW AND ORDR:CRIM INT9/17(S)-09/17/2008
NBC
7,025,000

6
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS WED
UNI
5,875,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
5,097,000

8
TIL DEATH
FOX
4,891,000

9
OLD CHRISTINE 8:30PM SP(S)-09/17/2008
CBS
4,591,000

10
OLD CHRISTINE – 8PM SP(S)-09/17/2008
CBS
4,384,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 17, 2008)

Overall, NBC won the night …

The season premiere of FOX’s “House” was the top-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, September 16, 2008, drawing an average of almost 14.8 million viewers.
The second episode of FOX’s new series, “Fringe” claimed second place, with an average audience of almost 13.3 million, and CBS’s “NCIS” rounded out the top three, drawing an average of almost 9.7 million viewers.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
HOUSE
FOX
14,773,000

2
FRINGE
FOX
13,272,000

3
NCIS
CBS
9,698,000

4
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
7,941,000

5
BIG BROTHER 10-TUE
CBS
7,564,000

6
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
6,440,000

7
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS TUE
UNI
6,282,000

8
WIPEOUT
ABC
5,964,000

9
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
5,696,000

10
PRIMETIME: UFO’S(S)-09/16/2008
ABC
5,687,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 16, 2008)

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of …

CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, September 15, 2008.
NBC’s “Deal Or No Deal” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
9,975,000

2
DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON
NBC
8,874,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
7,714,000

4
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,416,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
5,942,000

6
PRISON BREAK
FOX
5,786,000

7
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS MON
UNI
5,654,000

8
TERMINATOR: SRH CNR CHRON
FOX
5,564,000

9
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
5,402,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE MON
UNI
5,394,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 15, 2008)

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 7.4 million viewers, while NBC took second …

ABC’s “20/20” claimed the top spot in Nielsen’s ranking of primetime broadcast TV programs for Friday, September 12.
FOX’s “Smarter Than A Fifth Grader” and CBS’s “Numbers” rounded out the top three.
Back-to-back special episodes of CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer” also made the top 10.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
20/20-FRI
ABC
8,068,000

2
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
7,114,000

3
NUMB3RS
CBS
6,167,000

4
GHOST WHISPERER 9PM-SP(S)-09/12/2008
CBS
6,011,000

5
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
5,665,000

6
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,441,000

7
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS FRI
UNI
5,185,000

8
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
5,048,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,717,000

10
FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
CW
4,258,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 12, 2008)

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 6.4 million viewers, while CBS took second place with just over …

Product placements on primetime broadcast and cable TV programs fell by almost 15% on primetime programming during the first half of 2008, as compared with the same time period last year, Nielsen reported Monday.
Broadcast television placements grew by almost 12% between January and June of 2008, while placements on cable television declined by 20%.
Changes in program line-ups accounted for the growth of broadcast placements — and the decrease in cable placements. 

For the third night in a row, NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” grabbed the top ratings spot as longtime CBS drama “CSI” grabbed second, bringing along “Flashpoint” to finish third with its strong lead in.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
NBC
9,833,000

2
CSI
CBS
9,044,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,680,000

4
BIG BROTHER
CBS
7,818,000

5
HOLE IN WALL
FOX
6,237,000

6
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES
FOX
6,179,000

7
GREY’S ANATOMY
ABC
5,439,000

8
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS
UNI
5,386,000

9
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
5,186,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE
UNI
5,017,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 11, 2008)

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” scored over 11 million viewers to claim the broadcast TV ratings top spot for Wednesday, September 10, 2008.  FOX’s “Bones” came in second with approximately 9.1 million viewers.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-WED
NBC
11,704,000

2
BONES
FOX
9,150,000

3
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
8,365,000

4
CSI: NY
CBS
7,419,000

5
LAW AND ORDR:CRIM INT9/10(S)-09/10/2008
NBC
7,076,000

6
20/20 SP EDITION-9/10(S)-09/10/2008
ABC
6,090,000

7
TIL DEATH
FOX
6,061,000

8
GREATEST AMERICAN DOG
CBS
5,427,000

9
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS WED
UNI
5,394,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
4,895,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 10, 2008)

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of about 10.1 million viewers, while FOX took second place with almost 7.3 million average viewers.  CBS finished a close third with almost 7.1 million average viewers.

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and “Law and Order: SVU” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, September 9, 2008.
The season premiere of FOX’s “Fringe” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
NBC
11,612,000

2
FRINGE
FOX
9,132,000

3
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
7,612,000

4
WIPEOUT
ABC
7,257,000

5
BIG BROTHER 10-TUE
CBS
6,981,000

6
WIPEOUT SP-9/9(S)-09/09/2008
ABC
6,972,000

7
PRIMETIME: MED MYST-9/9(S)-09/09/2008
ABC
6,734,000

8
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS TUE
UNI
5,665,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,119,000

10
FASHION ROCKS!(S)-09/09/2008
CBS
5,040,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 9, 2008)

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 10.3 million viewers, while FOX took second place with almost 8.1 million average viewers.  ABC and …

 NBC’s “Deal Or No Deal” claimed the top spot in Nielsen’s ranking of primetime broadcast TV programs for Monday, September 8.
CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” rounded out the top three.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON
NBC
9,651,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
9,177,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
7,257,000

4
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,217,000

5
AMERICA’S TOUGHEST JOBS
NBC
6,487,000

6
PRISON BREAK
FOX
6,361,000

7
TERMINATOR: SRH CNR CHRON
FOX
6,328,000

8
DATELINE NBC-MON
NBC
6,286,000

9
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS MON
UNI
5,651,000

10
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
5,602,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 8, 2008)

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 7.5 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 7 million average viewers.  FOX …

Back-to-back episodes of FOX’s “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, September 5, 2008.
ABC’s “20/20” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.
Three Univision telecasts, “Fuego en la Sangre” (#4), “Al Diablo Con Guapos” (#5), and “Rosa de Guadalupe” (#8), also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
SMARTER THAN 5TH 9/5-9P(S)-09/05/2008
FOX
8,566,000

2
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,751,000

3
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
6,637,000

4
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,063,000

5
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS FRI
UNI
4,958,000

6
AMER FUNN HM VIDEOS-9/5(S)-09/05/2008
ABC
4,349,000

7
FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
CW
4,234,000

8
ROSA DE GUADALUPE FRI
UNI
3,634,000

9
SWINGTOWN
CBS
3,593,000

10
DATELINE FRI
NBC
3,498,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 5, 2008)

Overall, FOX …