FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 3, 2009. The show drew just over 24.3 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” had approximately 13.7 and 12.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
24,309,000

2
NCIS
CBS
13,667,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
12,631,000

4
BACHELOR:AFTR FINAL ROSE2(S)-03/03/2009
ABC
10,903,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
10,470,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
8,950,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
7,040,000

8
HOMELAND SECURITY USA
ABC
5,677,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
4,626,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
4,624,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 3, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 24.3 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
ACADEMY AWARDS
ABC
SUNDAY
3,008,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
2,899,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
2,466,000

4
OSCAR’S RED CARPET 2009
ABC
SUNDAY
2,277,000

5
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
1,669,000

6
LIE TO ME
FOX
WEDNESDAY
1,577,000

7
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
1,542,000

8
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
1,499,000

9
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
TUESDAY
1,442,000

10
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
TUESDAY
1,423,000

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

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
ACADEMY AWARDS(S)
ABC
SUNDAY
36,310,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
25,374,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
24,790,000

4
OSCAR’S RED CARPET 2009(S)
ABC
SUNDAY
24,357,000

5
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
18,226,000

6
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
18,064,000

7
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
16,920,000

8
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
THURSDAY
15,572,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
14,536,000

10
HOUSE
FOX
MONDAY
14,195,000

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

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Tuesday, February 17, 2009 with approximately 25.4 million average viewers.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three with approximately 18.2 and 18.1
million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
25,374,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
18,226,000

3
NCIS
CBS
18,064,000

4
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
12,102,000

5
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
9,484,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
8,882,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
6,120,000

8
PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO
ABC
5,695,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
5,157,000

10
HOMELAND SECURITY USA
ABC
4,712,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 17, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 25.4 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 16.1 million average …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
40TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS
FOX
THURSDAY
2,786,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
2,764,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
2,757,000

4
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
1,946,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,614,000

6
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,585,000

7
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,534,000

8
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
1,475,000

9
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
1,395,000

10
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,384,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 9, 2009 – February 15, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
24,941,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
24,825,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
19,699,000

4
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
18,031,000

5
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
17,938,000

6
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
THURSDAY
15,159,000

7
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
14,995,000

8
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
14,308,000

9
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
THURSDAY
14,097,000

10
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
ABC
SUNDAY
14,010,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 9, 2009 – February 15, 2009)

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 10, 2009. The show drew just over 24.9 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three with 19.7 and 18.0 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
24,941,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
19,699,000

3
NCIS
CBS
18,031,000

4
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
14,308,000

5
DATELINE NBC 2/10(S)-02/10/2009
NBC
11,259,000

6
FRINGE
FOX
9,828,000

7
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
9,252,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,746,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
4,818,000

10
CHARLIE BROWN VALENTINE(S)-02/10/2009
ABC
4,811,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 10, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.6 million viewers, while CBS …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
26,601,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
26,384,000

3
GRAMMY AWARDS(S)
CBS
Sunday
19,048,000

4
60 MINUTES
CBS
Sunday
16,739,000

5
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
Monday
16,550,000

6
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
Monday
16,102,000

7
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
Thursday
15,273,000

8
HOUSE
FOX
Monday
14,871,000

9
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
Tuesday
14,438,000

10
NCIS
CBS
Tuesday
13,849,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 2, 2009 – February 8, 2009)

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 3, 2009. The show drew just over 26.6 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three with 14.4 and 13.8 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
26,601,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
14,438,000

3
NCIS
CBS
13,849,000

4
FRINGE
FOX
12,780,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
12,162,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
10,347,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
10,344,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
6,054,000

9
PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO
ABC
5,864,000

10
HOMELAND SECURITY USA
ABC
5,608,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 3, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 19.8 million viewers, while CBS took …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
SUPER BOWL XLIII
NBC
Sunday
10,667,000

2
SUPER BOWL POST
NBC
Sunday
8,070,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
3,373,000

4
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
3,082,000

5
AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-1/29
FOX
Thursday
2,830,000

6
OFFICE 2/1
NBC
Sunday
2,753,000

7
CSI
CBS
Thursday
1,905,000

8
LIE TO ME
FOX
Wednesday
1,682,000

9
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
Thursday
1,598,000

10
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
Thursday
1,566,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 26, 2009 – February 1, 2009)