FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 19, 2009. The show drew just over 23.8 million average viewers Tuesday night.
ABC’s “Dancing W/Stars Results” was the second-ranked program with 20.3 million average viewers while CBS’s “The Mentalist” rounded out the top three with 16.8 million average viewers.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
2,021,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
1,764,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
1,696,000

4
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
1,693,000

5
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
1,679,000

6
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,611,000

7
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,605,000

8
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,588,000

9
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,500,000

10
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
1,345,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 27, 2009 – May 3, 2009)

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for April 21, 2009. The show drew just over 24.0 million average viewers Tuesday night.
ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars Results” was the second-ranked program with 14.7 million average viewers while CBS’s “NCIS 9PM Special” rounded out the top three with 12.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
23,963,000

2
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
14,725,000

3
NCIS 9P-SPECIAL(S)-04/21/2009
CBS
12,648,000

4
MENTALIST, THE-10PM SP(S)-04/21/2009
CBS
12,456,000

5
FRINGE
FOX
9,895,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
9,261,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
7,037,000

8
TWO AND A HALF MEN SP(S)-04/21/2009
CBS
6,604,000

9
BIG BANG THEORY, THE – SP(S)-04/21/2009
CBS
5,863,000

10
UNUSUALS SP-4/21, THE(S)-04/21/2009
ABC
5,809,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 21, …

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for April 14, 2009. The show drew just over 24.4 million average viewers Tuesday night.
ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars Results” was the second-ranked program with 15.2 million average viewers while CBS’s “NCIS” rounded out the top three with 13.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
24,378,000

2
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
15,239,000

3
NCIS
CBS
13,559,000

4
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
13,227,000

5
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
12,183,000

6
FRINGE
FOX
10,150,000

7
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
9,111,000

8
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
6,494,000

9
CUPID
ABC
6,097,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
5,838,000

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

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

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, April 7, 2009. The program had approximately 17.8 million average viewers.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 16.9 and 14.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
17,807,000

2
NCIS
CBS
16,921,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
14,561,000

4
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
12,154,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
9,883,000

6
FRINGE
FOX
9,264,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
8,096,000

8
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
5,912,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
5,708,000

10
CUPID
ABC
5,187,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 16.9 million average viewers. CBS and NBC ranked second & third with approximately 15.6 and …

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, March 31, 2009. The program had approximately 24.4 million average viewers.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 17.2 and 17.0 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
24,410,000

2
NCIS
CBS
17,230,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
16,957,000

4
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
13,513,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
12,527,000

6
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
9,367,000

7
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
8,775,000

8
OSBOURNES: RELO PVW-3/31(S)-03/31/2009
FOX
8,395,000

9
CUPID
ABC
7,217,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
5,641,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 31, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 19.7 million average viewers. CBS and NBC ranked second & third with approximately …

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, March 17, 2009 with approximately 21.9 million average viewers.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” were the number two and three-ranked programs with approximately 15.8 and 12.7 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
21,886,000

2
NCIS
CBS
15,835,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
15,491,000

4
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
12,737,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
11,872,000

6
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
10,743,000

7
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
7,993,000

8
DANCING W/STARS RECAP #6(S)-03/17/2009
ABC
7,990,000

9
PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO
ABC
7,262,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
5,414,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 17, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 21.9 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 14.4 …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
2,814,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
2,593,000

3
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
2,434,000

4
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
2,123,000

5
UNIT, THE
CBS
SUNDAY
1,657,000

6
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,603,000

7
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
1,587,000

8
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
1,565,000

9
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,557,000

10
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
THURSDAY
1,539,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 9, 2009 – March 15, 2009)

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, March 10, 2008. The program had approximately 25.8 million average viewers.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three with approximately 14.3 and 13.5 million viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
25,767,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
14,322,000

3
NCIS
CBS
13,518,000

4
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
11,066,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
10,219,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
9,380,000

7
PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO
ABC
5,247,000

8
HOMELAND SECURITY USA
ABC
5,140,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
4,933,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
4,747,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 10, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 25.8 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 12.7 million …

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 3, 2009. The show drew just over 24.3 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” had approximately 13.7 and 12.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
24,309,000

2
NCIS
CBS
13,667,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
12,631,000

4
BACHELOR:AFTR FINAL ROSE2(S)-03/03/2009
ABC
10,903,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
10,470,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
8,950,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
7,040,000

8
HOMELAND SECURITY USA
ABC
5,677,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
4,626,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
4,624,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 3, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 24.3 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost …