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.

NBC’s “NBC NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 7″ claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for June 12, 2009. The show drew approximately 8.0 million average viewers Friday evening. CBS’s “Flashpoint” and “Numb3rs” had approximately 5.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NBC NHL STANLEY CUP FNL#7(S)-06/12/2009
NBC
7,992,000

2
FLASHPOINT
CBS
5,584,000

3
NUMB3RS
CBS
5,550,000

4
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
5,392,000

5
NBC NHL STANLEY CUP-PRE 7(S)-06/12/2009
NBC
5,001,000

6
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
4,286,000

7
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
3,811,000

8
20/20-FRI
ABC
3,726,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
3,550,000

10
ROSA DE GUADALUPE FRI
UNI
3,340,000

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

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 7.7 million viewers,
while CBS …

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.

CBS’s “CBS Friday Movie Specia” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for May 29, 2009. The show drew just over 6.6 million average viewers Friday evening.
NBC’s “Dateline Friday” was the second-ranked program with approximately 5.8 million average viewers while ABC’s “20/20 Friday” rounded out the top three with 4.7 million average viewers.

CBS’s “Flashpoint”, “Numb3rs” and “Ghost Whisperer” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 6.5, 6.4 and 5.9 million viewers Friday, May 22, 2009.

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.2, 11.0 and 10.2 million viewers Friday, January 23, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,183,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
10,959,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
10,182,000

4
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
6,072,000

5
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
6,041,000

6
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
5,679,000

7
20/20-FRI
ABC
5,591,000

8
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
5,523,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,310,000

10
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,087,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 23, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.8 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 6.1 million average viewers. NBC and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.9 million …

CBS’s “Numb3rs”, “Ghost Whisperer” and “Flashpoint” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.0, 10.6 and 10.3 million viewers Friday, January 16, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NUMB3RS
CBS
11,022,000

2
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
10,581,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
10,283,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,132,000

5
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
6,064,000

6
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
5,980,000

7
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
5,641,000

8
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,574,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,222,000

10
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
4,936,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.6 million viewers,
while NBC took second place with almost 5.4 million average viewers. FOX and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.3 million …

CBS’s back-to-back “Ghost Whisperer” special presentations were the number one and number-three ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, December 26, 2008.
CBS’s “Numb3rs” special was sandwiched in between, in second place.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER-SPECIAL(S)-12/26/2008
CBS
7,795,000

2
NUMB3RS-SPECIAL(S)-12/26/2008
CBS
6,690,000

3
GHOST WHISPERER 9PM-SP(S)-12/26/2008
CBS
6,509,000

4
SMARTER THAN 5TH SP-12/26(S)-12/26/2008
FOX
5,678,000

5
20/20-FRI
ABC
5,672,000

6
DONT FORGET LYR SP-12/26(S)-12/26/2008
FOX
5,378,000

7
DATELINE 12/26(S)-12/26/2008
NBC
5,234,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,773,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,294,000

10
SUPERNANNY SP-12/26(S)-12/26/2008
ABC
3,780,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 26, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.3 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.8 million average viewers. FOX and NBC claimed third and fourth places …

CBS’s special presentations of “Frosty the Snowman” and “Frosty Returns” were the top two primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, December 12, 2008.
“Numb3rs” and “Flight Before Christmas,” which also aired on CBS, rounded out the top four.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN(S)-12/12/2008
CBS
7,678,000

2
FROSTY RETURNS(S)-12/12/2008
CBS
7,620,000

3
NUMB3RS
CBS
7,603,000

4
FLIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS(S)-12/12/2008
CBS
7,390,000

5
DATELINE FRI
NBC
7,087,000

6
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
6,293,000

7
20/20-FRI
ABC
5,799,000

8
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
5,327,000

9
GREAT HOLIDAY MOMENT12/12(S)-12/12/2008
NBC
5,116,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,135,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 12, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of just over 7.5 million viewers, while FOX took second place with just over 5.8 million average viewers.  NBC …

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 …