CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, April 23, 2009 with 14.6 and 11.3 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was ranked second with 13.5 million average viewers.

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Wednesday, April 22, 2009 with approximately 23.9 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds 10PM Special” and “Criminal Minds” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 13.7 and 9.8 million average viewers.

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for April 21, 2009. The show drew just over 24.0 million average viewers Tuesday night.
ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars Results” was the second-ranked program with 14.7 million average viewers while CBS’s “NCIS 9PM Special” rounded out the top three with 12.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
23,963,000

2
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
14,725,000

3
NCIS 9P-SPECIAL(S)-04/21/2009
CBS
12,648,000

4
MENTALIST, THE-10PM SP(S)-04/21/2009
CBS
12,456,000

5
FRINGE
FOX
9,895,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
9,261,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
7,037,000

8
TWO AND A HALF MEN SP(S)-04/21/2009
CBS
6,604,000

9
BIG BANG THEORY, THE – SP(S)-04/21/2009
CBS
5,863,000

10
UNUSUALS SP-4/21, THE(S)-04/21/2009
ABC
5,809,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 21, …

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for April 20, 2009. The show drew just over 20.5 million average viewers Monday evening.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “Rules Of Engagement” ranked second and third with 11.5 and 10.6 million average viewers.

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, April 16, 2009 with 15.7 and 11.6 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Southland” rounded out the top three with 9.6 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
15,717,000

2
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
11,644,000

3
SOUTHLAND
NBC
9,606,000

4
BONES
FOX
8,854,000

5
OFFICE
NBC
8,370,000

6
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
8,109,000

7
HARPER’S ISLAND
CBS
7,818,000

8
30 ROCK
NBC
7,324,000

9
PARKS AND RECREATION
NBC
6,015,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU
UNI
5,397,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 16, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 11.8 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 8.5 million average viewers. NBC and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 7.7 million …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday and “Bones Special” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Wednesday, April 15, 2009 with 24.1 and 11.0 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI: NY” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Wednesday evening with
approximately 12.1 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
24,114,000

2
CSI: NY
CBS
12,141,000

3
BONES SP-4/15 8P(S)-04/15/2009
FOX
11,006,000

4
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
10,577,000

5
LOST
ABC
9,234,000

6
UNUSUALS, THE
ABC
6,013,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
5,975,000

8
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
5,759,000

9
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
5,567,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,566,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 15, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.6 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 9.5 million average viewers. ABC …

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for April 14, 2009. The show drew just over 24.4 million average viewers Tuesday night.
ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars Results” was the second-ranked program with 15.2 million average viewers while CBS’s “NCIS” rounded out the top three with 13.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
24,378,000

2
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
15,239,000

3
NCIS
CBS
13,559,000

4
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
13,227,000

5
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
12,183,000

6
FRINGE
FOX
10,150,000

7
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
9,111,000

8
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
6,494,000

9
CUPID
ABC
6,097,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
5,838,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for April 8, 2009. The show drew just over 23.0 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” ranked second and third with 13.6 and 12.5 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
22,976,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
13,606,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
12,504,000

4
LOST
ABC
8,565,000

5
LIE TO ME
FOX
8,563,000

6
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,242,000

7
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,172,000

8
UNUSUALS, THE
ABC
6,825,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,621,000

10
LAW & ORDER-WED 8PM
NBC
5,439,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 8, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 15.8 million viewers, while CBS took second place with …

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, April 7, 2009. The program had approximately 17.8 million average viewers.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 16.9 and 14.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
17,807,000

2
NCIS
CBS
16,921,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
14,561,000

4
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
12,154,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
9,883,000

6
FRINGE
FOX
9,264,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
8,096,000

8
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
5,912,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
5,708,000

10
CUPID
ABC
5,187,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 7, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 16.9 million average viewers. CBS and NBC ranked second & third with approximately 15.6 and …

NBC’s “E.R.” final episode was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Thursday, April 2, 2009 with approximately 16.4 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 14.6 and 11.3 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
E.R.
NBC
16,378,000

2
CSI
CBS
14,625,000

3
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
11,267,000

4
E.R. RETROSPECTIVE(S)-04/02/2009
NBC
10,632,000

5
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
10,366,000

6
BONES
FOX
9,254,000

7
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
6,953,000

8
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU
UNI
5,866,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL THU
UNI
5,040,000

10
IN THE MOTHERHOOD
ABC
5,007,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 2, 2009).

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 14.5 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 12.1 million average viewers. FOX and UNI
claimed third …