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 …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
SUPER BOWL XLIII(S)
NBC
Sunday
98,732,000

2
SUPER BOWL POST(S)
NBC
Sunday
57,399,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
27,364,000

4
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
25,539,000

5
AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-1/29(S)
FOX
Thursday
24,613,000

6
OFFICE 2/1(S)
NBC
Sunday
22,905,000

7
CSI
CBS
Thursday
20,153,000

8
NCIS
CBS
Tuesday
19,202,000

9
HOUSE
FOX
Monday
15,692,000

10
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
Tuesday
15,226,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 26, 2009 – February 1, 2009)

Last year’s matchup between the Patriots and the Giants was viewed by a record 97.5 million people in the U.S. As expected, the Super Bowl was the most-watched TV broadcast in 2008. Networks broadcasting the Super Bowl often use the game as a lead-in for one of their regular shows. This year, NBC will broadcast a one-hour episode of The Office. Last year, 29.1 million viewers stuck around after the game to watch an episode of House on FOX.

Year
Super Bowl
Avg. viewers
in millions
Show After Game
Avg. viewers
in millions

2008
FOX – …

FOX’s “House” and “24″ were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV Monday, January 26, 2009 with 15.7 and 12.2 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Monday evening with approximately 12.8 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
HOUSE
FOX
15,692,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
12,781,000

3
24
FOX
12,223,000

4
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
10,566,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,207,000

6
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
9,192,000

7
NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK-MON(S)-01/26/2009
NBC
8,325,000

8
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
8,083,000

9
WORST WEEK
CBS
7,130,000

10
TRUE BEAUTY
ABC
6,946,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 26, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 14.0 million viewers,
while ABC took second place …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
25,897,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
22,773,000

3
CSI
CBS
Thursday
17,572,000

4
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
Monday
16,094,000

5
HOUSE
FOX
Monday
15,027,000

6
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
Monday
14,579,000

7
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
Thursday
14,432,000

8
60 MINUTES
CBS
Sunday
14,208,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
Wednesday
13,816,000

10
COLD CASE
CBS
Sunday
13,257,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 19, 2009 – January 25, 2009)

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Monday, January 19, 2009 with 16.1 and 14.6 million average viewers respectively.
FOX’s “House” was sandwiched in between with 15.0 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
16,094,000

2
HOUSE
FOX
15,027,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
14,579,000

4
24
FOX
12,099,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
11,026,000

6
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
10,694,000

7
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
9,949,000

8
WORST WEEK
CBS
9,597,000

9
SUPERSTARS OF DANCE 1/19(S)-01/19/2009
NBC
6,505,000

10
TRUE BEAUTY
ABC
5,842,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 19, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 13.6 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 12.8 million average …

CBS’s “The Mentalist”, “NCIS,” and “Without A Trace” were the top three primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, January 6, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
19,617,000

2
NCIS
CBS
19,103,000

3
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
13,133,000

4
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
11,923,000

5
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
10,816,000

6
HOMELAND SECURITY USA
ABC
7,766,000

7
PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO
ABC
7,023,000

8
SCRUBS-TU 9PM
ABC
6,741,000

9
SCRUBS-TU 9:30PM
ABC
6,611,000

10
HOUSE
FOX
5,506,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 17.3 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 11.6 million average viewers. ABC and FOX claimed third and fourth places with roughly 7.2 million and 4.6 million average viewers. UNI and the CW followed in …

CBS’s “NCIS” and “Kennedy Center Honors” special were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, December 30, 2008.
NBC’s special presentation of ”Law And Order: SVU” rounded out the top three.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
13,433,000

2
KENNEDY CENTER HONORS(S)-12/30/2008
CBS
10,513,000

3
LAW AND ORDER:SVU 12/30(S)-12/30/2008
NBC
9,624,000

4
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
8,881,000

5
HAPPY NEW YEAR, C. BROWN(S)-12/30/2008
ABC
6,334,000

6
HOUSE
FOX
5,922,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,407,000

8
LAW AND ORDER 12/30(S)-12/30/2008
NBC
5,259,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
5,084,000

10
FRINGE
FOX
5,082,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 30, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 11.5 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 7.9 million average viewers. FOX and ABC …

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” special presentations were the number one and number-two ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, December 23, 2008.
NBC’s “Law And Order: SVU” rounded out the top three.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
MENTALIST, THE-10PM SPCL(S)-12/23/2008
CBS
10,676,000

2
NCIS 9P-SPECIAL(S)-12/23/2008
CBS
10,598,000

3
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
7,052,000

4
HOUSE
FOX
6,739,000

5
HOW GRINCH STOLE XMAS-TUE(S)-12/23/2008
ABC
6,524,000

6
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS(S)-12/23/2008
CBS
6,428,000

7
LAW AND ORDER 12/23(S)-12/23/2008
NBC
6,175,000

8
LAW AND ORDER:SVU 12/23(S)-12/23/2008
NBC
6,034,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
4,840,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
4,696,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 23, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of just over 9.2 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 6.4 million average viewers. …

CBS’s “Two and a Half Men,” “CSI: Miami,” and “The Big Bang Theory” were the top three primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, December 22, 2008.
CBS’s “Worst Week” and “How I Met Your Mother” rounded out the top five.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
 
11,817,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
8,541,000

3
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
7,244,000

4
WORST WEEK
CBS
6,859,000

5
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
6,840,000

6
SHREK THE HALLS-12/22(S)-12/22/2008
CBS
6,510,000

7
HOUSE SP-12/22 8P(S)-12/22/2008
ABC
6,248,000

8
TODAY LOOKS BACK:2008(S)-12/22/2008
FOX
6,123,000

9
ABC MON MOVIE OF WK-12/22(S)-12/22/2008
NBC
5,696,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE MON
ABC
5,335,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 22, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of just over 8.3 million viewers, while ABC …