FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Wednesday, April 29, 2009 with approximately 22.4 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 13.6 and 12.5 million average viewers.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
23,963,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
23,947,000

3
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
20,528,000

4
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
14,725,000

5
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
14,639,000

6
CRIMINAL MINDS 10PM-SP(S)
CBS
WEDNESDAY
13,723,000

7
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
ABC
SUNDAY
13,642,000

8
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
THURSDAY
13,511,000

9
NCIS 9P-SPECIAL(S)
CBS
TUESDAY
12,648,000

10
MENTALIST, THE-10PM SP(S)
CBS
TUESDAY
12,456,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 20, 2009 – April 26, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
2,335,000

2
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
2,168,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
1,793,000

4
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
1,710,000

5
CRIMINAL MINDS 10PM-SP
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,539,000

6
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
ABC
SUNDAY
1,445,000

7
GAME, THE
CW
FRIDAY
1,389,000

8
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
THURSDAY
1,336,000

9
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
THURSDAY
1,321,000

10
UNIT, THE
CBS
SUNDAY
1,303,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 20, 2009 – April 26, 2009)

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Wednesday, April 22, 2009 with approximately 23.9 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds 10PM Special” and “Criminal Minds” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 13.7 and 9.8 million average viewers.

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-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
24,378,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
24,114,000

3
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
19,463,000

4
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
15,717,000

5
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
15,239,000

6
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
15,027,000

7
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
ABC
SUNDAY
13,851,000

8
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
13,559,000

9
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
13,385,000

10
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
13,227,000

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

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday and “Bones Special” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Wednesday, April 15, 2009 with 24.1 and 11.0 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI: NY” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Wednesday evening with
approximately 12.1 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
24,114,000

2
CSI: NY
CBS
12,141,000

3
BONES SP-4/15 8P(S)-04/15/2009
FOX
11,006,000

4
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
10,577,000

5
LOST
ABC
9,234,000

6
UNUSUALS, THE
ABC
6,013,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
5,975,000

8
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
5,759,000

9
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
5,567,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,566,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.6 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 9.5 million average viewers. ABC …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHAMPSHIPS
CBS
MONDAY
2,879,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
2,269,000

3
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
2,204,000

4
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
2,010,000

5
PRELUDE TO A CHAMPIONSHIP
CBS
MONDAY
1,659,000

6
CSI
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,587,000

7
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,496,000

8
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
1,493,000

9
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,420,000

10
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,355,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 6, 2009 – April 12, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
22,976,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
22,813,000

3
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
19,883,000

4
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
17,807,000

5
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHAMPSHIPS(S)
CBS
MONDAY
17,649,000

6
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
16,921,000

7
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
16,625,000

8
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
14,561,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
13,606,000

10
HOUSE
FOX
MONDAY
13,294,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 6, 2009 – April 12, 2009)

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for April 8, 2009. The show drew just over 23.0 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” ranked second and third with 13.6 and 12.5 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
22,976,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
13,606,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
12,504,000

4
LOST
ABC
8,565,000

5
LIE TO ME
FOX
8,563,000

6
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,242,000

7
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,172,000

8
UNUSUALS, THE
ABC
6,825,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,621,000

10
LAW & ORDER-WED 8PM
NBC
5,439,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 8, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 15.8 million viewers, while CBS took second place with …