ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” and “Private Practice” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, February 5, 2009 with 15.3 and 12.9 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI” rounded out the top three with 11.8 million average viewers respectively.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
SUPER BOWL XLIII
NBC
Sunday
10,667,000

2
SUPER BOWL POST
NBC
Sunday
8,070,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
3,373,000

4
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
3,082,000

5
AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-1/29
FOX
Thursday
2,830,000

6
OFFICE 2/1
NBC
Sunday
2,753,000

7
CSI
CBS
Thursday
1,905,000

8
LIE TO ME
FOX
Wednesday
1,682,000

9
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
Thursday
1,598,000

10
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
Thursday
1,566,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 26, 2009 – February 1, 2009)

FOX’s “American Idol-Thursday Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for January 29, 2009. The show drew just over 24.6 million average viewers Thursday evening.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Eleventh Hour” rounded out the top three with 20.2 and 12.7 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-1/29(S)-01/29/2009
FOX
24,613,000

2
CSI
CBS
20,153,000

3
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
12,744,000

4
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
10,858,000

5
CRIMINAL MINDS THU SP(S)-01/29/2009
CBS
8,840,000

6
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
7,735,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE THU
UNI
5,929,000

8
OFFICE
NBC
5,818,000

9
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
5,589,000

10
30 ROCK
NBC
5,049,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 29, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.9 million viewers,
while CBS took second …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NEIGHBORHOOD BALL-1/20
ABC
Tuesday
3,972,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
3,086,000

3
ABC NEWS SPECIAL-1/20
ABC
Tuesday
3,003,000

4
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
2,093,000

5
CSI
CBS
Thursday
1,812,000

6
LIE TO ME
FOX
Wednesday
1,751,000

7
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
Monday
1,744,000

8
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
Thursday
1,549,000

9
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
Thursday
1,396,000

10
CSI: NY
CBS
Wednesday
1,380,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 19, 2009 – January 25, 2009)

CBS’s “CSI” and “Eleventh Hour” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, January 22, 2009 with 17.6 and 12.3 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Thursday evening with approximately 14.4 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
17,572,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
14,432,000

3
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
12,314,000

4
BONES
FOX
9,976,000

5
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
9,487,000

6
OFFICE
NBC
8,756,000

7
CSI – THU 8P SPECIAL(S)-01/22/2009
CBS
8,523,000

8
E.R.
NBC
7,654,000

9
BONES SP-1/22 9P(S)-01/22/2009
FOX
7,549,000

10
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,497,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 22, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12.8 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 10.5 million average viewers. FOX and …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP ON CBS
CBS
Sunday
4,576,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
4,124,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
3,841,000

4
AFC CHMP POST GAME ON CBS
CBS
Sunday
3,393,000

5
CSI
CBS
Thursday
2,241,000

6
MENTALIST, THE – SUN SPCL
CBS
Sunday
2,212,000

7
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
Monday
1,864,000

8
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
Thursday
1,642,000

9
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
Tuesday
1,444,000

10
NUMB3RS
CBS
Friday
1,369,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 12, 2009 – January 18, 2009)

CBS’s “CSI”, “CSI-8PM Special” and “Eleventh Hour” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 24.2, 15.5 and 13.2 million viewers Thursday, January 15, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
24,246,000

2
CSI – 8PM SPECIAL(S)-01/15/2009
CBS
15,515,000

3
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
13,159,000

4
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
13,099,000

5
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
8,494,000

6
OFFICE
NBC
8,491,000

7
E.R.
NBC
6,950,000

8
30 ROCK
NBC
6,634,000

9
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,147,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL 1/15(S)-01/15/2009
NBC
5,991,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 17.7 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 9.3 million average viewers. NBC and UNI
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 6.9 million and 4.6 …

FOX’s “FEDEX BCS National Championship Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for January 8, 2009. The show drew just over 26.8 million average viewers Thursday night.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was the second-ranked program with almost 13.9 million average viewers, and CBS’s “CSI” rounded out the top three with just over 11 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
FEDEX BCS NATL CHAMP(S)-01/08/2009
FOX
26,767,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
13,866,000

3
CSI
CBS
11,004,000

4
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
8,977,000

5
CSI: NY THURSDAY 8PM SP(S)-01/08/2009
CBS
8,569,000

6
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
7,645,000

7
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,535,000

8
E.R.
NBC
7,342,000

9
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
5,601,000

10
30 ROCK
NBC
5,373,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night …

CBS’s “CSI” and “Eleventh Hour” special presentations were the number one and number-two ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, December 25, 2008.
NBC’s “Deal Or No Deal” special rounded out the top three.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CSI – SPECIAL(S)-12/25/2008
CBS
8,029,000

2
ELEVENTH HOUR – SPECIAL(S)-12/25/2008
CBS
7,370,000

3
DEAL OR NO DEAL 12/25(S)-12/25/2008
NBC
6,524,000

4
WITHOUT A TRACE 8PM SPCL(S)-12/25/2008
CBS
5,877,000

5
UGLY BETTY SP-12/25(S)-12/25/2008
ABC
3,606,000

6
PRIVATE PRACTICE SP-12/25(S)-12/25/2008
ABC
3,521,000

7
OFFICE 12/25-A(S)-12/25/2008
NBC
3,384,000

8
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM SP(S)-12/25/2008
ABC
3,366,000

9
KITCHEN NGHTMR SP-XMAS 9P(S)-12/25/2008
FOX
2,970,000

10
OFFICE 12/25-B(S)-12/25/2008
NBC
2,800,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 25, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 7.1 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 5.4 million average viewers. …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
NBC
Sunday
2,757,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
Monday
1,897,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
Tuesday
1,856,000

4
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
Tuesday
1,845,000

5
SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK
NBC
Sunday
1,805,000

6
OT, THE
FOX
Sunday
1,785,000

7
NCIS
CBS
Tuesday
1,727,000

8
CSI: NY
CBS
Wednesday
1,608,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
Wednesday
1,524,000

10
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
Thursday
1,333,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 15, 2008 – December 21, 2008)