NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” claimed the top slot by an unusually wide margin in Nielsen’s ranking of primetime broadcast TV programs for July 22, 2008.   The show drew an audience of 13.2 million viewers Tuesday night.
ABC’s “Wipeout” and CBS’s “NCIS” came in second and third, respectively, with 9.9 million viewers and 8.5 million viewers each.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
NBC
13,236,000

2
WIPEOUT
ABC
9,985,000

3
NCIS
CBS
8,524,000

4
CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD
NBC
7,276,000

5
PRIMETIME: FAMILY SECRETS
ABC
6,721,000

6
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
6,601,000

7
BIG BROTHER 10-TUE
CBS
6,073,000

8
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
5,695,000

9
I SURVED-JAPANESE GM SHOW
ABC
5,548,000

10
HOUSE
FOX
5,204,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 22, 2008)

Overall, NBC won the night — with an average audience of 9,074,000 viewers, while ABC took …

CBS’s “Two and a Half Men,” “CSI: Miami,” and “Old Christine” claimed three of the top four slots in Nielsen’s ranking of primetime broadcast TV programs for Monday, July 21, 2008.  
“Two and a Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” claimed first and second place, respectively, while “Old Christine” placed fourth.  FOX’s “House” claimed third place.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
9,762,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
8,134,000

3
HOUSE-MON 9P
FOX
7,898,000

4
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,399,000

5
BONES-MON 8P
FOX
6,479,000

6
NASHVILLE STAR
NBC
5,847,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
5,748,000

8
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
5,470,000

9
AMERICAN GLADIATORS
NBC
5,210,000

10
DATELINE NBC-MON
NBC
5,145,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 21, 2008)

Overall, CBS won the night — with an average audience of 7,441,000 viewers.  FOX …

CBS’s “Flashpoint” and “Numbers” were the top two primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, July 18, 2008.  NBC’s “Dateline” claimed third place.
NBC’s back-to-back telecasts of “Most outrageous Moments,” ranked 8th and 9th, also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
FLASHPOINT
CBS
7,115,000

2
NUMB3RS 9PM
CBS
6,440,000

3
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,753,000

4
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
5,500,000

5
AMER FUNN HOME VIDEOS-FRI
ABC
4,818,000

6
20/20-FRI
ABC
4,639,000

7
FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
CW
4,339,000

8
MOST OUTRG MOMENTS 8P
NBC
4,062,000

9
MOST OUTRG MOMENTS 830P
NBC
3,912,000

10
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS FRI
UNI
3,883,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 18, 2008)

Overall, CBS won the night — with an average audience of 6,352,000 viewers, while NBC took second place with 5,163,000 average viewers.  The CW and ABC claimed distant …

CBS’s “CSI” was the number one primetime broadcast telecast for Thursday, July 17, 2008.  But FOX dominated the top three with “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Are You Smarter Than A Fifth Grader,” which claimed the second and third slots, respectively.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
8,919,000

2
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
8,396,000

3
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
7,687,000

4
GREATEST AMERICAN DOG
CBS
6,971,000

5
HOPKINS
ABC
6,008,000

6
SWINGTOWN
CBS
5,325,000

7
PREMIOS JUVENTUD 08 7/17(S)-07/17/2008
UNI
5,198,000

8
LAST COMIC STANDING 6
NBC
4,492,000

9
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
3,350,000

10
UGLY BETTY
ABC
3,217,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 17, 2008)

Overall, FOX won the night — with an average audience of 8,042,000 viewers, while CBS took second place with 7,141,000 average viewers.  Univision and …

CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, July 16, 2008. 
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.
NBC’s back-to-back telecasts of “Baby Borrowers” claimed the 5th and 10th spots, while two Univision programs, “Al Diablo Con Guapos” (#7) and “Fuego en la Sangre” (#9), also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
9,260,000

2
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
9,010,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
8,601,000

4
PRIMETIME: CRIME
ABC
6,440,000

5
BABY BORROWERS
NBC
5,934,000

6
BIG BROTHER 10-WED
CBS
5,756,000

7
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS WED
UNI
4,657,000

8
CELEBRITY CIRCUS
NBC
4,547,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
4,164,000

10
BABY BORROWERS 8P
NBC
4,017,000

Source: …

FOX’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game and Pre-Game broadcasts claimed the number one- and number three spots, respectively, in the ranking of primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, July 15, 2008. 
The game broadcast attracted 14,540,000 viewers — the largest audience since 2002.  Last year, 12.5 million viewers tuned in to watch the game.
NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” ranked second for the night, while ABC’s new reality series, “Wipeout,” took fourth place in the rankings.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
FOX MLB ALL-STAR GAME(S)-07/15/2008
FOX
14,540,000

2
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
NBC
12,793,000

3
FOX MLB ALL-STAR PRE(S)-07/15/2008
FOX
10,371,000

4
WIPEOUT
ABC
8,652,000

5
CELEBRITY FAMILY FEUD
NBC
7,823,000

6
NCIS
CBS
7,762,000

7
PRIMETIME: FAMILY SECRETS
ABC
6,967,000

8
BIG BROTHER 10-TUE
CBS
6,104,000

9
LAW AND …

CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” and “CSI Miami” were the number one- and number two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, July 14, 2008.
ABC’s back-to-back telecasts of “The Mole” claimed the 8th and 10th spots, while two Univision programs, “Fuego en la Sangre” (#7) and “Cristina” (#9), also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
8,390,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
7,669,000

3
HOUSE-MON 9P
FOX
7,432,000

4
DATELINE NBC-MON
NBC
6,316,000

5
NASHVILLE STAR
NBC
5,935,000

6
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
5,138,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE MON
UNI
4,246,000

8
MOLE, THE
ABC
3,599,000

9
CRISTINA MON
UNI
3,045,000

10
MOLE, THE-7/14(S)-07/14/2008
ABC
2,888,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 14, 2008)

Overall, FOX edged past CBS to win the night — with …

CBS’s “Flashpoint” and “Numbers” were the number one- and number two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, July 11, 2008.
NBC’s back-to-back telecasts of “Most Outrageous Moments” claimed the 6th and 7th spots, respectively.  Two Univision programs, “Al Diablo Con Guapos” (#8) and “Fuego en la Sangre” (#10), also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,131,000

2
NUMB3RS 9PM
CBS
6,666,000

3
DATELINE FRI
NBC
6,182,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
5,334,000

5
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
5,279,000

6
MOST OUTRG MOMENTS 830P
NBC
5,230,000

7
MOST OUTRG MOMENTS 8P
NBC
4,489,000

8
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS FRI
UNI
3,868,000

9
FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
CW
3,719,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
3,685,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 11, 2008)

Overall, CBS won the night — with a 2.3 rating and 6,692,000 …