ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Thursday, May 14, 2009. The program had approximately 16.5 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI” and “CSI: NY Thursday 10PM Special” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 14.8 and 12.8 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
16,531,000

2
CSI
CBS
14,810,000

3
CSI: NY THURSDAY 10PM SP(S)-05/14/2009
CBS
12,768,000

4
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
12,180,000

5
BONES
FOX
8,881,000

6
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
7,369,000

7
OFFICE
NBC
6,771,000

8
UGLY BETTY
ABC
6,768,000

9
30 ROCK
NBC
5,695,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
4,836,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 14, 2009).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 13.3 million average viewers. CBS and FOX ranked second & third …