ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for April 6, 2009. The show drew just over 19.9 million average viewers Monday night.
CBS’s “NCAA Basketball Championship Special” was the second-ranked program with 17.6 million average viewers while FOX’s “House” rounded out the top three with 13.3 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
19,883,000

2
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHAMPSHIPS(S)-04/06/2009
CBS
17,649,000

3
HOUSE
FOX
13,294,000

4
PRELUDE TO A CHAMPIONSHIP(S)-04/06/2009
CBS
12,152,000

5
SURVIVING SUBURBIA
ABC
11,249,000

6
24
FOX
10,958,000

7
CASTLE
ABC
9,029,000

8
MEDIUM
NBC
7,173,000

9
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
6,940,000

10
HEROES
NBC
6,109,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 6, 2009).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of …

ABC’s “Bachelor: After Final Rose Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 2, 2009.  The show drew just over 17.5 million average viewers Monday evening.
ABC’s “The Bachelor” and CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” rounded out the top three with 15.5 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
BACHELOR:AFTER FINAL ROSE(S)-03/02/2009
ABC
17,466,000

2
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
15,477,000

3
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
15,469,000

4
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,418,000

5
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
CBS
11,822,000

6
24
FOX
11,139,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
11,094,000

8
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
10,830,000

9
MEDIUM
NBC
7,256,000

10
HEROES
NBC
7,154,000

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

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost …

FOX’s “House” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 16, 2009. The show drew just over 14.2 million average viewers Monday night.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” was the second-ranked program with 13.3 million average viewers while ABC’s “The Bachelor” rounded out the top three with 12.5 millon average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
HOUSE
FOX
14,195,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
13,319,000

3
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
12,524,000

4
24
FOX
11,224,000

5
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
10,499,000

6
MEDIUM
NBC
8,973,000

7
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
8,734,000

8
WORST WEEK
CBS
8,698,000

9
HEROES
NBC
7,740,000

10
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
7,293,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience …

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men”, “CSI: Miami” and “The Big Bang Theory” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 15.0, 13.8 and 12.7 million viewers Monday, February 9, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,995,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,813,000

3
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
12,723,000

4
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
11,586,000

5
24
FOX
10,605,000

6
HEROES
NBC
7,898,000

7
MEDIUM
NBC
7,889,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE MON
UNI
5,601,000

9
CRISTINA MON
UNI
3,583,000

10
GOSSIP GIRL-MON
CW
1,666,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 9, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 13.9 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 11.6 million average viewers. FOX and NBC
claimed third and fourth places …

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, February 2, 2009 with 16.6 and 16.1 million average viewers.
FOX’s “House” rounded out the top three with 14.9 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
16,550,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
16,102,000

3
HOUSE
FOX
14,871,000

4
24
FOX
11,341,000

5
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
11,022,000

6
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
10,836,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
10,305,000

8
WORST WEEK
CBS
9,921,000

9
MEDIUM
NBC
8,562,000

10
HEROES
NBC
8,547,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 13.3 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 13.1 million average viewers. ABC and …

Last week, Nielsen issued the Top Ten’s of 2008 for a variety of media.  This week Nielsen takes a more detailed look at the top timeshifted television programs in the U.S. during this calendar year.   
The charts below show the top ten primetime TV programs that saw the biggest increase in timeshifted playback within seven days from the original telecast. 
The first chart is ranked by total gain in household audience from timeshifting, and the second chart is ranked by the percent increase in household rating.

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men,” “CSI: Miami,” and “Worst Week” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, December 15, 2008.
CBS’s “How I Met Your Mother” and “The Big Bang Theory” rounded out the top five.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
17,915,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
14,560,000

3
WORST WEEK
CBS
12,036,000

4
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
11,371,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
11,220,000

6
HEROES
NBC
7,866,000

7
CHUCK
NBC
7,661,000

8
WANT A DOG FOR CHRISTMAS(S)-12/15/2008
ABC
7,085,000

9
PRISON BREAK
FOX
5,368,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE MON
UNI
5,208,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 15, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 13.6 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 6.5 …

Nielsen has issued a year-end look at the most popular trends among Americans during 2008, covering everything from the top TV programs to the most popular consumer packaged goods.
FOX’s “American Idol” was the top TV program of 2008, according to Nielsen.  Tuesday night broadcasts of “American Idol,” through December 7, drew 15.5% of U.S. TV households, on average, while Wednesday night “American Idol” broadcasts drew an average of 15.3% of all TV households.
Viewers with DVR access gave NBC’s “Heroes” the biggest bump any primetime program received in 2008.  The average …

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number one- and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, December 8, 2008.
ABC’s “Charlie Brown” Christmas Special rounded out the top three.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
15,588,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,787,000

3
CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS(S)-12/08/2008
ABC
11,017,000

4
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
10,504,000

5
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
10,491,000

6
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
9,885,000

7
HEROES
NBC
7,719,000

8
CHUCK
NBC
6,936,000

9
PRISON BREAK
FOX
5,396,000

10
TERMINATOR: SRH CNR CHRON
FOX
5,250,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 8, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12.4 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 10.3 million average viewers.  NBC and FOX
claimed third and fourth places …

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, December 1, 2008.
ABC’s “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” was sandwiched in between, in second place, with 11.4 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
13,630,000

2
HOW GRINCH STOLE XMAS-1(S)-12/01/2008
ABC
11,414,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
11,158,000

4
SHREK THE HALLS(S)-12/01/2008
ABC
11,144,000

5
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,106,000

6
HEROES
NBC
7,995,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
7,883,000

8
WORST WEEK
CBS
7,788,000

9
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
7,631,000

10
CHUCK
NBC
7,335,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 1, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 9.9 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 8.6 million …