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 “Dancing With The Stars” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, March 30, 2009. The program had approximately 20.5 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number two and three-ranked programs with approximately 14.6 and 13.5 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
20,484,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,556,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,458,000

4
HOUSE
FOX
12,511,000

5
24
FOX
11,265,000

6
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
CBS
11,025,000

7
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,735,000

8
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
9,202,000

9
CASTLE
ABC
9,089,000

10
MEDIUM
NBC
7,267,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 30, 2009).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 16.8 million average viewers, while …

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Monday, March 23, 2009 with approximately 20.3 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI: Miami” and “Two And A Half Men” were the number two and three-ranked programs with approximately 13.7 and 11.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
20,339,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,674,000

3
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
11,146,000

4
24
FOX
10,370,000

5
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
CBS
9,369,000

6
CASTLE
ABC
9,143,000

7
HOUSE
FOX
7,776,000

8
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-SP(S)-03/23/2009
CBS
7,355,000

9
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
7,011,000

10
MEDIUM
NBC
6,636,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 23, 2009).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 16.7 million viewers,
while CBS took second place …

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 16, 2009.  The show drew just over 21.2 million average viewers Monday evening.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” ranked second and third with 14.1 and 13.6 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
21,224,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,124,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,610,000

4
HOUSE
FOX
13,132,000

5
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
CBS
11,418,000

6
24
FOX
11,364,000

7
CASTLE
ABC
10,965,000

8
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,688,000

9
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
9,290,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE MON
UNI
5,178,000

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

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience …

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 9, 2009. The show drew just over 22.8 million average viewers Monday evening.
CBS’s “CSI: Miami” and “Two And A Half Men” ranked second and third with 14.2 and 13.4 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
22,829,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
14,215,000

3
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
13,437,000

4
HOUSE
FOX
12,384,000

5
24
FOX
11,368,000

6
CASTLE
ABC
10,760,000

7
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
CBS
9,947,000

8
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,470,000

9
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
8,675,000

10
MEDIUM
NBC
7,128,000

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

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 18.9 …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
24,541,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-2/26(S)
FOX
THURSDAY
20,889,000

3
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
18,268,000

4
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
17,724,000

5
CBS SUNDAY MOVIE-SPECIAL(S)
CBS
SUNDAY
15,239,000

6
HOUSE
FOX
MONDAY
14,858,000

7
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
14,233,000

8
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
13,930,000

9
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
12,563,000

10
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
12,066,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 23, 2009 – March 1, 2009)

FOX’s “House” and “24″ were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV Monday, February 23, 2009 with 14.9 and 11.7 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Monday evening with approximately 12.1 millon average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
HOUSE
FOX
14,858,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
12,066,000

3
24
FOX
11,683,000

4
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
10,934,000

5
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
10,059,000

6
OLD CHRISTINE-MON 930 SP(S)-02/23/2009
CBS
9,229,000

7
MEDIUM
NBC
8,429,000

8
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
8,317,000

9
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
7,562,000

10
TRUE BEAUTY
ABC
7,432,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 23, 2009).

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

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
ACADEMY AWARDS(S)
ABC
SUNDAY
36,310,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
25,374,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
24,790,000

4
OSCAR’S RED CARPET 2009(S)
ABC
SUNDAY
24,357,000

5
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
18,226,000

6
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
18,064,000

7
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
16,920,000

8
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
THURSDAY
15,572,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
14,536,000

10
HOUSE
FOX
MONDAY
14,195,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 16, 2009 – February 22, 2009)

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 …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
26,601,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
26,384,000

3
GRAMMY AWARDS(S)
CBS
Sunday
19,048,000

4
60 MINUTES
CBS
Sunday
16,739,000

5
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
Monday
16,550,000

6
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
Monday
16,102,000

7
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
Thursday
15,273,000

8
HOUSE
FOX
Monday
14,871,000

9
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
Tuesday
14,438,000

10
NCIS
CBS
Tuesday
13,849,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 2, 2009 – February 8, 2009)