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 …