Nielsen Wire » House-Wed http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Primetime Broadcast Ratings, November 19, 2008 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-november-19-2008/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-november-19-2008/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:01:50 +0000 christine http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=4900 CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were the number one and number two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, November 19, 2008.

FOX’s “Bones” rounded out the top three with 10.8 million average viewers.

Rank Program Network Viewers (P2+)
1 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 16,334,000
2 CSI: NY CBS 14,119,000
3 BONES FOX 10,818,000
4 GARY UNMARRIED CBS 7,882,000
5 OLD CHRISTINE CBS 7,847,000
6 LAW AND ORDER NBC 7,623,000
7 PRIVATE PRACTICE ABC 7,225,000
8 HOUSE-WED 9P FOX 5,684,000
9 DIRTY SEXY MONEY ABC 5,580,000
10 LIFE NBC 5,427,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (November 19, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12.8 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 8.3 million average viewers. NBC and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 6.1 million and 5.9 million average viewers,
respectively. UNI and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average
audiences of roughly 4.4 million and 3.5 million average viewers, respectively.

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