FOX’s “AllState Sugar Bowl Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for January 2, 2009. The show drew almost 13.4 million average viewers Friday night.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL(S)-01/02/2009
FOX
13,369,000

2
NUMB3RS – SP(S)-01/02/2009
CBS
7,604,000

3
GHOST WHISPERER 9PM-SPCL(S)-01/02/2009
CBS
7,341,000

4
DEAL OR NO DEAL-FRI
NBC
7,065,000

5
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,613,000

6
GHOST WHISPERER – SP(S)-01/02/2009
CBS
6,388,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,879,000

8
DATELINE FRI
NBC
4,762,000

9
SUPERNANNY SP-1/2(S)-01/02/2009
ABC
4,759,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,686,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 13.4 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 7.1 million average viewers. NBC and ABC
claimed third and …

CBS’s “The Mentalist”, “Numb3rs” and “Ghost Whisperer” were the number one, two and three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, November 21, 2008.
Each program drew over 11 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
MENTALIST, THE-FRIDAY-SP(S)-11/21/2008
CBS
11,543,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
11,295,000

3
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,282,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
8,280,000

5
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
6,033,000

6
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
5,756,000

7
DEAL OR NO DEAL-FRI
NBC
5,681,000

8
SUPERNANNY
ABC
5,097,000

9
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,712,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,634,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 21, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 11.4 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 6.0 million average viewers. FOX and NBC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.9 million and 4.2 million …

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numb3rs” were the number one and number two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, November 14, 2008.
ABC’s “Barbara Walters Special” rounded out the top three with approximately 8.1 million average viewers, respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,575,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
9,285,000

3
BARBARA WALTERS SP-11/14(S)-11/14/2008
ABC
8,054,000

4
PRICE IS RIGHT: TROOPS(S)-11/14/2008
CBS
7,097,000

5
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
5,414,000

6
DEAL OR NO DEAL-FRI
NBC
5,304,000

7
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
5,134,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,855,000

9
SUPERNANNY
ABC
4,848,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,579,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 14, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 9.3 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.8 million average …