NBC’s “America’s Got Talent-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for June 30, 2009. The show drew just over 13.1 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist-Tuesday” rounded out the top three with 10.8 and 10.5 million average viewers.

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for June 23, 2009. The show drew just over 11.5 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist-Tuesday” were ranked second and third with approximately 11.1
and 9.1 million average viewers.

CBS’s “NCIS”, “Then Mentalist” and “48 Hours Mystery Tuesday” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 10.4, 10.1 and 7.2 million viewers Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

CBS’s “NCIS”, “‘Then Mentalist” and “Without A Trace” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 12.5, 12.4 and 9.6 million viewers Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 19, 2009. The show drew just over 23.8 million average viewers Tuesday night.
ABC’s “Dancing W/Stars Results” was the second-ranked program with 20.3 million average viewers while CBS’s “The Mentalist” rounded out the top three with 16.8 million average viewers.

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, March 10, 2008. The program had approximately 25.8 million average viewers.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three with approximately 14.3 and 13.5 million viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
25,767,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
14,322,000

3
NCIS
CBS
13,518,000

4
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
11,066,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
10,219,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
9,380,000

7
PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO
ABC
5,247,000

8
HOMELAND SECURITY USA
ABC
5,140,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
4,933,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
4,747,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 25.8 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 12.7 million …

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 3, 2009. The show drew just over 24.3 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” had approximately 13.7 and 12.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
24,309,000

2
NCIS
CBS
13,667,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
12,631,000

4
BACHELOR:AFTR FINAL ROSE2(S)-03/03/2009
ABC
10,903,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
10,470,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
8,950,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
7,040,000

8
HOMELAND SECURITY USA
ABC
5,677,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
4,626,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
4,624,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 3, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 24.3 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost …

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Tuesday, February 17, 2009 with approximately 25.4 million average viewers.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three with approximately 18.2 and 18.1
million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
25,374,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
18,226,000

3
NCIS
CBS
18,064,000

4
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
12,102,000

5
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
9,484,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
8,882,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
6,120,000

8
PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO
ABC
5,695,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
5,157,000

10
HOMELAND SECURITY USA
ABC
4,712,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 17, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 25.4 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 16.1 million average …

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 10, 2009. The show drew just over 24.9 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three with 19.7 and 18.0 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
24,941,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
19,699,000

3
NCIS
CBS
18,031,000

4
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
14,308,000

5
DATELINE NBC 2/10(S)-02/10/2009
NBC
11,259,000

6
FRINGE
FOX
9,828,000

7
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
9,252,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,746,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
4,818,000

10
CHARLIE BROWN VALENTINE(S)-02/10/2009
ABC
4,811,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.6 million viewers, while CBS …

CBS’s “NCIS” and “Kennedy Center Honors” special were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, December 30, 2008.
NBC’s special presentation of ”Law And Order: SVU” rounded out the top three.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
13,433,000

2
KENNEDY CENTER HONORS(S)-12/30/2008
CBS
10,513,000

3
LAW AND ORDER:SVU 12/30(S)-12/30/2008
NBC
9,624,000

4
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
8,881,000

5
HAPPY NEW YEAR, C. BROWN(S)-12/30/2008
ABC
6,334,000

6
HOUSE
FOX
5,922,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,407,000

8
LAW AND ORDER 12/30(S)-12/30/2008
NBC
5,259,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
5,084,000

10
FRINGE
FOX
5,082,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 30, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 11.5 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 7.9 million average viewers. FOX and ABC …