NBC’s “Dateline Friday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts
broadcast TV for August 7, 2009. The show drew just over 5.6 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Numb3rs” & FOX’s “Smarter Than a 5th Grader” rounded out the top three with approximately 4.5 and 4.4 million average viewers.

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
1,241,000

2
DATELINE FRI
NBC
FRIDAY
1,145,000

3
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
1,106,000

4
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
1,105,000

5
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
986,000

6
AMERICA GOT TALENT-TUE 8P
NBC
TUESDAY
955,000

7
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
WEDNESDAY
933,000

8
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
SUNDAY
896,000

9
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
884,000

10
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
847,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 27, 2009 – August 2, 2009)

NBC’s “Dateline Friday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for July 31, 2009. The show drew just over 5.8 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were ranked second and third with approximately 5.0
and 4.6 million average viewers.

CBS’s “Numb3rs” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts
broadcast TV for July 24, 2009. The show drew approximately 5.3 million average viewers Friday evening.
FOX’s “Smarter Than 5th Grader” & NBC’s “Dateline” rounded out the top three with approximately 4.8 million average viewers.

NBC’s “Dateline Friday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for July 17, 2009. The show drew just over 5.9 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer” and “Flashpoint” rounded out the top three with 5.2 and 5.0 million average viewers.

FOX’s “Smarter Than 5th Grader” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for July 10, 2009. The show drew just over 5.7 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” rounded out the top three with 5.1 and 4.6 million average viewers.

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CBS NEWS: MICHAEL JACKSON
CBS
THURSDAY
1,230,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
1,127,000

3
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
1,107,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
FRIDAY
1,073,000

5
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
997,000

6
20/20 SP EDITION-6/25 10P
ABC
THURSDAY
982,000

7
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
981,000

8
20/20 SP EDITION-6/25 9P
ABC
THURSDAY
976,000

9
DATELINE FRI
NBC
FRIDAY
947,000

10
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
WEDNESDAY
939,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 22, 2009 – June 28, 2009)

NBC’s “Dateline Friday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts
broadcast TV for June 26, 2009. The show drew just over 6.7 million average viewers Friday evening.
ABC’s “20/20-Friday” was the second-ranked program with approximately 6.1 million average viewers while CBS’s “Numb3rs” rounded out the top three with approximately 5.2 million average viewers.

NBC’s “Dateline Friday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for June 19, 2009. The show drew just over 5.6 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” rounded out the top three with 5.0 and 4.8 million average viewers.

BC’s “NBC News: Obama White House Special” was the number one-ranked program on broadcast TV Friday, June 5, 2009 with roughly 6.4 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Dateline Friday” and CBS’s “Numb3rs” followed with approximately 6.1 and 5.8 million average viewers.