ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, October 28, 2008.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” rounded out the top three, claiming second and third places, respectively, in Nielsen’s ranking.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
17,445,000

2
NCIS
CBS
17,258,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
16,073,000

4
HOUSE
FOX
13,498,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
12,192,000

6
GREAT PUMPKIN, C. BROWN(S)-10/28/2008
ABC
10,383,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
9,329,000

8
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
8,139,000

9
ELI STONE
ABC
6,916,000

10
FRINGE
FOX
5,664,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (October 28, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 15.2 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 11.7 million average viewers. FOX and NBC claimed third and fourth places with …

CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, October 21, 2008.
ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
17,226,000

2
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
16,350,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
15,282,000

4
HOUSE
FOX
13,085,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
11,629,000

6
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
9,497,000

7
DANCING W/STARS RECAP(S)-10/21/2008
ABC
9,037,000

8
FRINGE
FOX
8,914,000

9
ELI STONE
ABC
8,012,000

10
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
7,407,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of just over 14.7 million viewers, while ABC took second place with just over 11.2 million average viewers. FOX and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 11 …

CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” were, respectively, the number one- and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, October 14, 2008.
“NCIS” drew an average audience of just over 18 million viewers, while “The Mentalist” drew roughly 14.9 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” rounded out the top three, with just over 14.8 million average viewers.
The season premiere of ABC’s “Eli Stone,” which drew almost 8.4 million average viewers, also made the top ten.

RANK
PROGRAM
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
18,038,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
14,935,000

3
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
14,816,000

4
HOUSE
FOX
13,269,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
11,051,000

6
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
9,512,000

7
FRINGE
FOX
9,157,000

8
ELI STONE
ABC
8,394,000

9
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
7,637,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,188,000

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