FOX’s “America’s Got Talent-Wednesday 9PM” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for August 5, 2009. The show drew just over 10.7 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
NBC’s “Wipeout” and CBS’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” rounded out the top three with approximately 8.0 million average viewers.

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent-Wednesday 9PM” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for July 15, 2009. The show drew just over 11.6 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “CSI: NY” was the second-ranked program with approximately 8.0 million average viewers while ABC’s “Wipeout” rounded out the top three with approximately 7.7 million average viewers.

FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 17, 2009. The show drew just over 8.5 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and ABC’s “Wipeout rounded out the top three with with approximately 8.0 million average viewers.

NBC’s “NBC News: Obama White House Special” was the number one-ranked program on broadcast TV Wednesday, June 3, 2009 with roughly 9.0 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Law And Order” and FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” followed with approximately 8.9 million average viewers.

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 20, 2009. The show drew just over 28.8 million average viewers Wednesday night.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” was the second-ranked program with approximately 14.0 million average viewers while NBC’s “Law And Order” rounded out the top three with 6.7 million average viewers.

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Wednesday, April 22, 2009 with approximately 23.9 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds 10PM Special” and “Criminal Minds” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 13.7 and 9.8 million average viewers.

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday and “Bones Special” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Wednesday, April 15, 2009 with 24.1 and 11.0 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI: NY” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Wednesday evening with
approximately 12.1 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
24,114,000

2
CSI: NY
CBS
12,141,000

3
BONES SP-4/15 8P(S)-04/15/2009
FOX
11,006,000

4
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
10,577,000

5
LOST
ABC
9,234,000

6
UNUSUALS, THE
ABC
6,013,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
5,975,000

8
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
5,759,000

9
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
5,567,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,566,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.6 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 9.5 million average viewers. ABC …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for April 8, 2009. The show drew just over 23.0 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” ranked second and third with 13.6 and 12.5 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
22,976,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
13,606,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
12,504,000

4
LOST
ABC
8,565,000

5
LIE TO ME
FOX
8,563,000

6
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,242,000

7
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,172,000

8
UNUSUALS, THE
ABC
6,825,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,621,000

10
LAW & ORDER-WED 8PM
NBC
5,439,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 15.8 million viewers, while CBS took second place with …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 18, 2009. The show drew just over 23.7 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 13.7 and 12.8 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
23,705,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
13,741,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
12,786,000

4
LIE TO ME
FOX
10,264,000

5
LOST
ABC
9,400,000

6
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,374,000

7
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,214,000

8
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
7,136,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,902,000

10
SCRUBS-WED 8PM
ABC
5,621,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 18, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.1 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Wednesday, March 11, 2009 with approximately 25.5 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were the number two and three-ranked programs with approximately 14.3 and 13.6 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
25,547,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
14,342,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
13,633,000

4
LIE TO ME
FOX
11,251,000

5
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
7,640,000

6
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,629,000

7
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,457,000

8
LIFE
NBC
5,207,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,018,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL WED
UNI
4,694,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 11, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 18.4 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 11.8 million average viewers. NBC …