CBS’s “NCIS” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, October 7, 2008, drawing an audience of almost 16.3 million average viewers.
ABC’s special presentation of “Dancing With The Stars” claimed second place, with almost 15.1 million viewers.  ABC’s post-debate analysis of the second McCain/Obama presidential debate rounded out the top three, with just over 9.9 million viewers.
Post-debate coverage on NBC, CBS, and FOX also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
16,288,000

2
DANCING W/STARS RESULT SP(S)-10/07/2008
ABC
15,065,000

3
VOTE2008:ANALYSIS-TUE(S)-10/07/2008
ABC
9,917,000

4
DECISION ‘08:PRES ANALYS2(S)-10/07/2008
NBC
8,349,000

5
CAMPAIGN ‘08-DEBATE ANL-2(S)-10/07/2008
CBS
7,951,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
7,265,000

7
HOUSE
FOX
6,365,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,634,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
4,637,000

10
FOX NEWS: …

ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, October 6, 2008.
CBS’s “Two and a Half Men,” “CSI: Miami,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “How I Met Your Mother,” and “Worst Week” dominated the next five slots in Nielsen’s ranking.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
18,592,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,073,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,884,000

4
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,394,000

5
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
8,977,000

6
WORST WEEK
CBS
8,848,000

7
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,746,000

8
HEROES
NBC
8,198,000

9
CHUCK
NBC
5,832,000

10
TERMINATOR: SRH CNR CHRON
FOX
5,726,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (October 6, 2008).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of just over 15.3 million viewers, while CBS took …

CBS’s “Survivor: Gabon” beat out post-debate analyses of the vice presidential debate between Sarah Palin and Joe Biden to claim the slot as the most-watched primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Thursday, October 2, 2008.  Almost 13.1 million average viewers tuned in to watch the second episode of the new “Survivor” season.
Post-debate coverage on ABC and NBC rounded out the top three, with 9.778 million and 9.777 million average viewers, respectively.
CBS and FOX’s post-debate coverage also made the top ten, drawing almost 8 million and just over 4 million average viewers, …

CBS’s “CSI:NY” and “Criminal Minds” were the number one- and number two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, October 1, 2008.
NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” rounded out the top three.
Three ABC premieres also made the top ten: “Private Practice,” “Dirty Sexy Money,” and “Pushing Daisies.”

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CSI: NY
CBS
14,878,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
14,780,000

3
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-WED
NBC
12,693,000

4
BONES
FOX
10,034,000

5
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
8,163,000

6
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
7,766,000

7
DIRTY SEXY MONEY
ABC
7,020,000

8
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
6,915,000

9
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
6,801,000

10
PUSHING DAISIES
ABC
6,333,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (October 1, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12.2 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 8.6 million average viewers. ABC and FOX …

CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, September 30, 2008.
ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
17,470,000

2
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
15,491,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
15,484,000

4
HOUSE
FOX
12,978,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
12,611,000

6
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
10,391,000

7
FRINGE
FOX
9,906,000

8
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
7,390,000

9
OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS
ABC
5,960,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,280,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 15.2 million viewers, while FOX took second place with almost 11.5 million average viewers. ABC and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 8.8 …

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” was the top-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, September 29, 2008.  The show drew an average of almost 18.9 million viewers.
CBS’s “CSI: Miami” and “Two and a Half Men” claimed second and third places, with roughly 14.3 million and 13.6 million average viewers, respectively.
NBC’s “Chuck” and “Life,” which premiered Monday night, also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
18,883,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
14,345,000

3
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
13,577,000

4
HEROES
NBC
9,502,000

5
WORST WEEK
CBS
8,961,000

6
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
8,597,000

7
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,562,000

8
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
8,724,000

9
CHUCK
NBC
6,835,000

10
LIFE 9/29(S)-09/29/2008
NBC
6,942,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 29, 2008)

Overall, ABC won …

ABC’s post-debate analysis of Barack Obama and John McCain’s first presidential debate was the top-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Friday, September 26, 2008.  The show drew an average of almost 8.3 million viewers.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” claimed second place, with almost 7.9 million average viewers, while NBC’s post-debate coverage rounded out the top three, with just over 7.1 million average viewers.
Post-debate analysis on CBS (6.1 million average viewers) and FOX News (3.9 million average viewers) also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
VOTE2008: ANALYSIS-FRI(S)-09/26/2008
ABC
8,272,000

2
MENTALIST, THE-FRIDAY SP(S)-09/26/2008
CBS
7,896,000

3
DECISION ‘08:PRES ANALSYS(S)-09/26/2008
NBC
7,124,000

4
20/20 SP EDITION-9/26(S)-09/26/2008
ABC
6,891,000

5
CAMPAIGN ‘08-DEBATE …

The season premiere of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was the top-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Thursday, September 25, 2008.  The show drew an average of almost 18.5 million viewers.
CBS’s “Survivor: Gabon” season premiere claimed second place, with almost 13.1 million average viewers, while the season premiere of ABC’s other Thursday night premiere, “Ugly Betty,” rounded out the top three, with just over 9.8 million average viewers.
NBC’s three Thursday night season premieres, “Office,” “E.R.,” and “My Name Is Earl,” also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
18,469,000

2
SURVIVOR: GABON
CBS
13,058,000

3
UGLY BETTY
ABC
9,810,000

4
OFFICE
NBC
9,338,000

5
CSI 10PM-SPECIAL(S)-09/25/2008
CBS
9,280,000

6
E.R.
NBC
8,028,000

7
MY …

The season premiere of CBS’s “Criminal Minds” was the top-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Wednesday, September 24, 2008.  The show drew an average of just over 17 million viewers.
ABC’s special presentation of “Dancing with the Stars” claimed second place, with almost 15.9 million average viewers, while the season premiere of CBS’s “CSI:NY” rounded out the top three, with almost 14.6 million average viewers.
Several other Wednesday night premieres also made the top ten: NBC’s “Knight Rider” and “Lipstick Jungle,” as well as CBS’s “Gary Unmarried” and ”New Adventures of Old Christine.”

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CRIMINAL …

Night two of ABC’s three-night “Dancing with the Stars” season premiere was the top-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, September 23, 2008.  The show drew an average of just over 18.3 million viewers — down from 21.3 million viewers the previous night.
Two of CBS’s season premieres, “NCIS” and “The Mentalist,” claimed the next two spots in Tuesday night’s rankings, with average audiences of approximately 18 million and 15.6 million viewers, respectively.
The second episode of the new season of FOX’s “House” (12.4 million average viewers) and the season premiere …