FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 13, 2009. The show drew just over 24.7 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were ranked second and third with approximately 13.4 and 12.3 million average viewers.

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Tuesday, May 12, 2009 with approximately 22.7 million average viewers.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately
16.2 million average viewers.

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 11, 2009. The show drew just over 18.6 million average viewers Monday evening.
CBS’s “CSI: Miami” and “Two And A Half Men” were ranked second and third with approximately 13.6 and 13.1 million average viewers.

CBS’s “Numb3rs”, “Ghost Whisperer” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 9.6, 9.5 and 8.6 million viewers Friday, May 8, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NUMB3RS
CBS
9,567,000

2
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
9,500,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,618,000

4
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,226,000

5
20/20-FRI
ABC
5,024,000

6
ABC FRI MOVIE OF WK-5/8(S)-05/08/2009
ABC
5,011,000

7
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
4,355,000

8
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
3,398,000

9
PRISON BREAK
FOX
2,992,000

10
ROSA DE GUADALUPE FRI
UNI
2,980,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 9.2 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 5.0 million average viewers. NBC and UNI
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.3 million and …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
2,491,000

2
NBA PLAYOFFS ON ABC-SAT 2
ABC
SATURDAY
1,856,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
1,729,000

4
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
1,652,000

5
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,623,000

6
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
THURSDAY
1,537,000

7
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
1,454,000

8
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,450,000

9
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
1,443,000

10
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
1,409,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 4, 2009 – May 10, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
23,574,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
23,414,000

3
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
20,278,000

4
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
16,723,000

5
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
16,678,000

6
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
THURSDAY
15,546,000

7
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
14,912,000

8
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
14,556,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
14,128,000

10
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
13,718,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 4, 2009 – May 10, 2009)

ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Thursday, May 7 2009. The program had approximately 15.5 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 14.9 and 12.0 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
15,546,000

2
CSI
CBS
14,912,000

3
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
11,993,000

4
MICHAEL J FOX SP-5/7(S)-05/07/2009
ABC
10,230,000

5
CSI 10PM-SPECIAL(S)-05/07/2009
CBS
9,584,000

6
BONES
FOX
8,755,000

7
OFFICE
NBC
7,845,000

8
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,378,000

9
SOUTHLAND
NBC
6,606,000

10
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
6,503,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 7, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12.2 million average viewers. ABC and FOX ranked second & third with approximately 11.1 and 7.6 million average …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
23,261,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
22,369,000

3
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
19,285,000

4
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
17,113,000

5
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
16,698,000

6
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
15,542,000

7
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
14,720,000

8
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
14,163,000

9
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
THURSDAY
14,115,000

10
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
13,611,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 27, 2009 – May 3, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
2,021,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
1,764,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
1,696,000

4
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
1,693,000

5
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
1,679,000

6
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,611,000

7
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,605,000

8
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,588,000

9
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,500,000

10
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
1,345,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 27, 2009 – May 3, 2009)

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 9.8 & 9.7 million viewers Friday, May 1, 2009.