FOX’s “House” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, December 9, 2008, with almost 14.1 million average viewers.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three, with approximately 13.69 million and 13.66 million average viewers, respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
HOUSE
FOX
14,051,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
13,695,000

3
NCIS
CBS
13,662,000

4
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
11,015,000

5
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
9,356,000

6
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
8,555,000

7
AMER FUNN HM VIDEOS-12/9(S)-12/09/2008
ABC
7,032,000

8
FRINGE
FOX
6,953,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
5,519,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,222,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 9, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 11 million average viewers.  NBC and ABC
claimed …

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” were the number one- and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, December 2, 2008.
FOX’s “House” rounded out the top three.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
18,742,000

2
NCIS
CBS
18,518,000

3
HOUSE
FOX
12,517,000

4
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
12,319,000

5
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
10,331,000

6
SANTA CLAUS COMIN’ TO TWN(S)-12/02/2008
ABC
8,896,000

7
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
8,755,000

8
FRINGE
FOX
8,535,000

9
ACCORDING TO JIM-TU 9PM
ABC
6,134,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
5,468,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 2, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 16.5 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 10.6 million average viewers. NBC and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 9.3 million and 6.5 million average …