Nielsen Wire » I Get That A Lot(S)-04/01/2009 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, April 1, 2009 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-april-1-2009/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-april-1-2009/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:49:03 +0000 christine http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=10119 FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for April 1, 2009. The show drew just over 24.3 million average viewers Wednesday evening.

CBS’s “I Get That A Lot(S)-04/01/2009″ and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 10.4 and 10.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank Program Network Viewers (P2+)
1 AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY FOX 24,342,000
2 I GET THAT A LOT(S)-04/01/2009 CBS 10,350,000
3 CSI: NY CBS 10,060,000
4 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 10,030,000
5 LOST ABC 9,574,000
6 LIE TO ME FOX 9,180,000
7 LAW AND ORDER NBC 6,340,000
8 LIFE NBC 5,697,000
9 LIFE ON MARS ABC 5,639,000
10 MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED UNI 5,522,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (April 1, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 16.8 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 10.1 million average viewers. ABC and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 6.7 and 5.7 million average viewers, respectively. UNI and the TEL followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.8 million and 2.7 million average viewers, respectively.

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