RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
11,463,000

2
AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P
NBC
WEDNESDAY
11,193,000

3
NBC NFL PRE-SEASON 8/30(S)
NBC
SUNDAY
10,381,000

4
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
10,064,000

5
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
9,712,000

6
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
9,552,000

7
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
MONDAY
8,562,000

8
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
8,404,000

9
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
8,073,000

10
BIG BROTHER 11-THU
CBS
THURSDAY
7,792,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (August 24, 2009 – August 30, 2009)

FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for August 7, 2009. The show drew just over 9.6 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were ranked second and third with approximately 7.7
and 7.1 million average viewers.

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Thursday, July 30, 2009 with 8.7 and 7.8 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” rounded out the top three with 7.6 million
average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
8,733,000

2
CSI
CBS
7,820,000

3
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
7,595,000

4
BIG BROTHER 11-THU
CBS
6,459,000

5
BONES
FOX
5,190,000

6
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU
UNI
5,010,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
4,277,000

8
30 ROCK 8P
NBC
3,649,000

9
EN NOMBRE DEL AMOR THU
UNI
3,453,000

10
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
3,211,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 7.7 million viewers, while FOX took second place with almost 6.4 …

CBS’s The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, July 23, 2009 with approximately 9.6 and 7.8 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” was ranked second with 8.4 approximately millon average viewers.

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Thursday, July 16, 2009 with 8.4 and 7.7 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” rounded out the top three with 7.2 million
average viewers.

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, July 9, 2009 with approximately 8.3 and 7.7 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance Thursday” was ranked second with 7.9 approximately millon average viewers.

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
13,145,000

2
AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P
NBC
WEDNESDAY
11,440,000

3
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
10,827,000

4
MENTALIST, THE – TUESDAY
CBS
TUESDAY
10,545,000

5
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
9,786,000

6
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
9,290,000

7
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
8,392,000

8
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
8,236,000

9
AMERICA’S GT TLNT 8P 6/30(S)
NBC
TUESDAY
8,235,000

10
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
8,201,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 29, 2009 – July 5, 2009)

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Thursday, July 2, 2009 with 9.8 and 8.2 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” rounded out the top three with 7.2 million
average viewers.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
11,462,000

2
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
11,087,000

3
AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P
NBC
WEDNESDAY
10,399,000

4
MENTALIST, THE – TUESDAY
CBS
TUESDAY
9,146,000

5
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
8,794,000

6
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
8,739,000

7
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
8,686,000

8
20/20 SP EDITION-6/25 10P(S)
ABC
THURSDAY
8,172,000

9
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
8,012,000

10
WIPEOUT
ABC
WEDNESDAY
7,796,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 22, 2009 – June 28, 2009)

CBS’s “CSI” and “CBS News: Michael Jackson Special” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, June 25, 2009 with 8.7 and 7.5 million average viewers.
ABC’s “20/20 Special Edition-6/25 10PM” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Thursday evening with approximately 8.2 million average viewers.