FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Wednesday, March 11, 2009 with approximately 25.5 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were the number two and three-ranked programs with approximately 14.3 and 13.6 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
25,547,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
14,342,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
13,633,000

4
LIE TO ME
FOX
11,251,000

5
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
7,640,000

6
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,629,000

7
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,457,000

8
LIFE
NBC
5,207,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,018,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL WED
UNI
4,694,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 11, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 18.4 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 11.8 million average viewers. NBC …

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 Thursday Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 5, 2009. The show drew just over 21.5 million average viewers Thursday evening.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Eleventh Hour” rounded out the top three with 20.9 and 12.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-3/5(S)-03/05/2009
FOX
21,498,000

2
CSI
CBS
20,875,000

3
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
12,050,000

4
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
11,850,000

5
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
9,710,000

6
E.R.
NBC
8,713,000

7
OFFICE
NBC
8,540,000

8
30 ROCK
NBC
7,253,000

9
UGLY BETTY
ABC
6,339,000

10
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
5,702,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 5, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 15.8 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 15.0 …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 4, 2009. The show drew just over 22.8 million average viewers Wednesday night.
CBS’s “CSI: NY” was the second-ranked program with 10.8 million average viewers while ABC’s
“LOST” rounded out the top three with 10.7 millon average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
22,776,000

2
CSI: NY
CBS
10,831,000

3
LOST
ABC
10,650,000

4
LIE TO ME
FOX
10,200,000

5
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
10,145,000

6
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
5,679,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
5,646,000

8
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
5,336,000

9
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
5,206,000

10
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
5,107,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 4, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 16.5 million viewers, while …

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-Thursday Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 26, 2009. The show drew just over 20.9 million average viewers Thursday evening.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” rounded out the top three with 17.7 and 12.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-2/26(S)-02/26/2009
FOX
20,889,000

2
CSI
CBS
17,724,000

3
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
12,053,000

4
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
11,699,000

5
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
9,853,000

6
E.R.
NBC
8,724,000

7
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
6,798,000

8
UGLY BETTY
ABC
6,737,000

9
30 ROCK
NBC
6.364,000

10
OFFICE
NBC
5,286,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 26, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 15.4 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 13.9 million …

CBS’s “NCIS” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 24, 2009. The show drew just over 18.3 million average viewers Tuesday night.
NBC’s “Biggest Loser 7″ was the second-ranked program with 9.9 million average viewers while ABC’s “Analysis-ABC(S)-02/24/2009″ rounded out the top three with 8.3 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
18,268,000

2
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
9,856,000

3
ANALYSIS-ABC(S)-02/24/2009
ABC
8,329,000

4
ADDRESS ANALYSIS-1-CBS(S)-02/24/2009
CBS
8,286,000

5
TWO AND A HALF MEN TUE-SP(S)-02/24/2009
CBS
6,845,000

6
HOMELAND SECURITY USA
ABC
6,136,000

7
PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO
ABC
5,541,000

8
BONES SP-2/24 8P(S)-02/24/2009
FOX
4,931,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
4,513,000

10
OFFICE 2/24(S)-02/24/2009
NBC
4,157,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 24, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an …

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, February 19, 2009 with 16.9 and 13.6 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Thursday evening with approximately 15.6 millon average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
16,920,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
15,572,000

3
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
13,589,000

4
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
11,170,000

5
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
11,157,000

6
BONES
FOX
9,507,000

7
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,602,000

8
E.R.
NBC
7,506,000

9
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,789,000

10
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
6,574,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 19, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 14.0 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 11.5 million average viewers. FOX and NBC
claimed …

CBS’s “CSI” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for February 12, 2009. The show drew just over 17.9 million average viewers Thursday evening.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” and “Private Practice” rounded out the top three with 15.2 and 14.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
17,938,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
15,159,000

3
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
14,097,000

4
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
13,632,000

5
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
10,941,000

6
OFFICE
NBC
9,000,000

7
30 ROCK
NBC
7,675,000

8
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,402,000

9
E.R.
NBC
7,241,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,399,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 12, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 14.2 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 12.2 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 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 …