FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 17, 2009. The show drew just over 8.5 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and ABC’s “Wipeout rounded out the top three with with approximately 8.0 million average viewers.

FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 10, 2009. The show drew just over 8.7 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
ABC’s “Wipeout” was the second-ranked program with approximately 8.5 million average viewers while “Criminal Minds” rounded out the top three with 8.3 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
8,687,000

2
WIPEOUT
ABC
8,486,000

3
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
8,341,000

4
CSI: NY
CBS
8,019,000

5
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,056,000

6
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
4,850,000

7
I’M A CELEBRITY-WED
NBC
4,760,000

8
UNUSUALS, THE
ABC
4,403,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL WED
UNI
3,994,000

10
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
3,910,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 10, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night …

NBC’s “NBC News: Obama White House Special” was the number one-ranked program on broadcast TV Wednesday, June 3, 2009 with roughly 9.0 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Law And Order” and FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” followed with approximately 8.9 million average viewers.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
28,838,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
23,822,000

3
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
20,311,000

4
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
19,166,000

5
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
16,820,000

6
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
16,505,000

7
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
16,183,000

8
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
14,197,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
13,986,000

10
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
CBS
MONDAY
12,871,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 18, 2009 – May 24, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NBA PLAYOFFS ON ABC-SAT 3
ABC
SATURDAY
3,119,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
2,361,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
2,014,000

4
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
1,997,000

5
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
1,762,000

6
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
1,722,000

7
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,603,000

8
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,495,000

9
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
1,468,000

10
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,412,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 18, 2009 – May 24, 2009)

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 20, 2009. The show drew just over 28.8 million average viewers Wednesday night.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” was the second-ranked program with approximately 14.0 million average viewers while NBC’s “Law And Order” rounded out the top three with 6.7 million average viewers.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
2,122,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
1,765,000

3
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,721,000

4
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
1,717,000

5
CSI: NY THURSDAY 10PM SP
CBS
THURSDAY
1,712,000

6
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
ABC
SUNDAY
1,666,000

7
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
THURSDAY
1,593,000

8
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,561,000

9
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,501,000

10
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,453,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 11, 2009 – May 17, 2009)

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.

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)