CBS’s “Flashpoint”, “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numb3rs” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 8.4, 8.2 and 7.5 million viewers Friday, January 30, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,433,000

2
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
8,222,000

3
NUMB3RS
CBS
7,506,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,642,000

5
DATELINE FRI
NBC
6,203,000

6
20/20 SPECIAL-1/30(S)-01/30/2009
ABC
6,078,000

7
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
5,367,000

8
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
5,141,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,112,000

10
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,964,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 30, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.1 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.9 million average viewers. NBC and UNI claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.2 million and 4.4 …

FOX’s “American Idol-Thursday Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for January 29, 2009. The show drew just over 24.6 million average viewers Thursday evening.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Eleventh Hour” rounded out the top three with 20.2 and 12.7 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-1/29(S)-01/29/2009
FOX
24,613,000

2
CSI
CBS
20,153,000

3
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
12,744,000

4
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
10,858,000

5
CRIMINAL MINDS THU SP(S)-01/29/2009
CBS
8,840,000

6
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
7,735,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE THU
UNI
5,929,000

8
OFFICE
NBC
5,818,000

9
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
5,589,000

10
30 ROCK
NBC
5,049,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 29, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.9 million viewers,
while CBS took second …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” and “Lie To Me” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, January 28, 2009 with 27.4 and 12.2 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Lost” rounded out the top three with 11.2 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
27,364,000

2
LIE TO ME
FOX
12,205,000

3
LOST
ABC
11,226,000

4
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
10,229,000

5
CSI: NY
CBS
9,355,000

6
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
8,964,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU 9P
NBC
6,380,000

8
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
6,229,000

9
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
6,220,000

10
CBS EVE NWS PRIME SPECIAL(S)-01/28/2009
CBS
6,027,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 28, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 19.8 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 8.3 million average viewers. ABC …

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for January 27, 2009. The show drew just over 25.5 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” rounded out the top three with 19.2 and 15.2 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
25,539,000

2
NCIS
CBS
19,202,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
15,226,000

4
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
12,999,000

5
FRINGE
FOX
11,619,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
11,078,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
7,136,000

8
PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO
ABC
6,349,000

9
HOMELAND SECURITY USA
ABC
5,649,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,450,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 27, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 18.7 million viewers,
while CBS took second …

FOX’s “House” and “24″ were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV Monday, January 26, 2009 with 15.7 and 12.2 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Monday evening with approximately 12.8 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
HOUSE
FOX
15,692,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
12,781,000

3
24
FOX
12,223,000

4
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
10,566,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,207,000

6
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
9,192,000

7
NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK-MON(S)-01/26/2009
NBC
8,325,000

8
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
8,083,000

9
WORST WEEK
CBS
7,130,000

10
TRUE BEAUTY
ABC
6,946,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 26, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 14.0 million viewers,
while ABC took second place …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NEIGHBORHOOD BALL-1/20
ABC
Tuesday
3,972,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
3,086,000

3
ABC NEWS SPECIAL-1/20
ABC
Tuesday
3,003,000

4
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
2,093,000

5
CSI
CBS
Thursday
1,812,000

6
LIE TO ME
FOX
Wednesday
1,751,000

7
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
Monday
1,744,000

8
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
Thursday
1,549,000

9
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
Thursday
1,396,000

10
CSI: NY
CBS
Wednesday
1,380,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 19, 2009 – January 25, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
25,897,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
22,773,000

3
CSI
CBS
Thursday
17,572,000

4
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
Monday
16,094,000

5
HOUSE
FOX
Monday
15,027,000

6
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
Monday
14,579,000

7
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
Thursday
14,432,000

8
60 MINUTES
CBS
Sunday
14,208,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
Wednesday
13,816,000

10
COLD CASE
CBS
Sunday
13,257,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 19, 2009 – January 25, 2009)

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.2, 11.0 and 10.2 million viewers Friday, January 23, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,183,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
10,959,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
10,182,000

4
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
6,072,000

5
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
6,041,000

6
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
5,679,000

7
20/20-FRI
ABC
5,591,000

8
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
5,523,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,310,000

10
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,087,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 23, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.8 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 6.1 million average viewers. NBC and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.9 million …

CBS’s “CSI” and “Eleventh Hour” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, January 22, 2009 with 17.6 and 12.3 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Thursday evening with approximately 14.4 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
17,572,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
14,432,000

3
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
12,314,000

4
BONES
FOX
9,976,000

5
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
9,487,000

6
OFFICE
NBC
8,756,000

7
CSI – THU 8P SPECIAL(S)-01/22/2009
CBS
8,523,000

8
E.R.
NBC
7,654,000

9
BONES SP-1/22 9P(S)-01/22/2009
FOX
7,549,000

10
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,497,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 22, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12.8 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 10.5 million average viewers. FOX and …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” and “Lie To Me” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Wednesday, January 21, 2009 with 25.9 and 12.4 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” was the second ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV Wednesday evening with approximately 13.8 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
25,897,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
13,816,000

3
LIE TO ME
FOX
12,370,000

4
CSI: NY
CBS
11,581,000

5
LOST
ABC
11,347,000

6
LOST: DESTINY CALLS(S)-01/21/2009
ABC
8,508,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
8,274,000

8
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,287,000

9
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
6,970,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
5,435,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 21, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 19.1 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost …