FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 4, 2009. The show drew just over 22.8 million average viewers Wednesday night.
CBS’s “CSI: NY” was the second-ranked program with 10.8 million average viewers while ABC’s
“LOST” rounded out the top three with 10.7 millon average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
22,776,000

2
CSI: NY
CBS
10,831,000

3
LOST
ABC
10,650,000

4
LIE TO ME
FOX
10,200,000

5
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
10,145,000

6
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
5,679,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
5,646,000

8
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
5,336,000

9
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
5,206,000

10
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
5,107,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 4, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 16.5 million viewers, while …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 11, 2009. The show drew just over 24.8 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 12.5 and 11.9 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
24,825,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
12,476,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
11,939,000

4
LOST
ABC
9,820,000

5
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
7,436,000

6
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
6,672,000

7
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
6,540,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
5,574,000

9
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
5,482,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL WED
UNI
5,028,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 11, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 24.8 million viewers, while CBS took …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” and “Lie To Me” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, January 28, 2009 with 27.4 and 12.2 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Lost” rounded out the top three with 11.2 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
27,364,000

2
LIE TO ME
FOX
12,205,000

3
LOST
ABC
11,226,000

4
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
10,229,000

5
CSI: NY
CBS
9,355,000

6
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
8,964,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU 9P
NBC
6,380,000

8
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
6,229,000

9
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
6,220,000

10
CBS EVE NWS PRIME SPECIAL(S)-01/28/2009
CBS
6,027,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 28, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 19.8 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 8.3 million average viewers. ABC …

Night two of FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” season premiere was the top ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Wednesday, January 14, 2009 with approximately 30.3 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Crimanal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with approximately 13.8 and 12.7 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
30,322,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
13,778,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
12,666,000

4
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
8,261,000

5
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,175,000

6
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
6,963,000

7
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
5,378,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
5,046,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL WED
UNI
5,013,000

10
LOST SP-1/14(S)-01/14/2009
ABC
4,500,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 14, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 30.3 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 11.2 …

ABC’s “Barbara Walters Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for January 7, 2009.  The show drew almost 12.6 million average viewers Wednesday night.
NBC’s “Law And Order” was the second-ranked program, with almost 10.3 million average viewers, while CBS’s “People’s Choice Awards Special” rounded out the top three (roughly 9.4 million average viewers).

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
BARBARA WALTERS SP-1/7(S)-01/07/2009
ABC
12,550,000

2
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
10,259,000

3
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS(S)-01/07/2009
CBS
9,407,000

4
20/20 SP EDITION-1/7(S)-01/07/2009
ABC
7,945,000

5
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,893,000

6
LAW AND ORDER:SVU 9P
NBC
7,475,000

7
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,131,000

8
BONES
FOX
6,639,000

9
BONES-WED 9P
FOX
6,551,000

10
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
5,736,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 7, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an …

CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, October 22, 2008.
Game one of the MLB World Series, which aired on FOX, was sandwiched in between the two, in second place.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
15,012,000

2
FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 1(S)-10/22/2008
FOX
14,634,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
14,390,000

4
FOX WORLD SERIES GM1-PRE(S)-10/22/2008
FOX
9,729,000

5
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
7,980,000

6
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,756,000

7
DEAL OR NO DEAL-WED
NBC
7,608,000

8
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,556,000

9
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
7,226,000

10
DIRTY SEXY MONEY
ABC
5,745,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 14 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 12.4 million average …

NBC’s post-debate analysis of the final presidential debate between Senators John McCain and Barack Obama edged past ABC’s post-debate coverage to claim the number one spot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, October 15, 2008.
FOX, which aired live coverage of Game 5 of Major League Baseball’s National League Championship Series — instead of the debate, rounded out the top three.
CBS’s post-debate analysis also made the top ten.

RANK
PROGRAM
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DECISION ‘08:PRES ANALYS3(S)-10/15/2008
NBC
9,091,000

2
VOTE2008:ANALYSIS-WED(S)-10/15/2008
ABC
8,864,000

3
FOX MLB NLCS GAME 5(S)-10/15/2008
FOX
8,029,000

4
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,613,000

5
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,529,000

6
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
7,470,000

7
CAMPAIGN ‘08-DEBATE ANL-3(S)-10/15/2008
CBS
7,189,000

8
PUSHING DAISIES
ABC
6,108,000

9
FOX MLB NLCS GAME …

CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were the number one- and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, October 8, 2008, drawing average audiences of almost 16.2 million and 15.9 million viewers.
FOX’s “Bones” rounded out the top three, with almost 10.6 million average viewers Wednesday night.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
16,185,000

2
CSI: NY
CBS
15,873,000

3
BONES
FOX
10,559,000

4
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,526,000

5
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
7,400,000

6
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,357,000

7
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
6,856,000

8
BIGGEST LOSER 6 10/8(S)-10/08/2008
NBC
6,556,000

9
DIRTY SEXY MONEY
ABC
5,852,000

10
PUSHING DAISIES
ABC
5,501,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 13.2 million viewers, while FOX took second place with just over 7.4 million average viewers. ABC …

The season premiere of CBS’s “Criminal Minds” was the top-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Wednesday, September 24, 2008.  The show drew an average of just over 17 million viewers.
ABC’s special presentation of “Dancing with the Stars” claimed second place, with almost 15.9 million average viewers, while the season premiere of CBS’s “CSI:NY” rounded out the top three, with almost 14.6 million average viewers.
Several other Wednesday night premieres also made the top ten: NBC’s “Knight Rider” and “Lipstick Jungle,” as well as CBS’s “Gary Unmarried” and ”New Adventures of Old Christine.”

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CRIMINAL …