FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” and “Lie To Me” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, February 4, 2009 with 26.4 and 13.0 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Lost” rounded out the top three with 11.0 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
26,384,000

2
LIE TO ME
FOX
12,993,000

3
LOST
ABC
11,012,000

4
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
8,636,000

5
CRIMINAL MINDS – 8PM SPCL(S)-02/04/2009
CBS
8,384,000

6
CSI: NY
CBS
7,533,000

7
LIFE
NBC
6,733,000

8
KATIE COURIC: GRAMMY SPCL(S)-02/04/2009
CBS
6,551,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
6,021,000

10
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
5,763,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 19.7 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 7.5 million average …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
SUPER BOWL XLIII
NBC
Sunday
10,667,000

2
SUPER BOWL POST
NBC
Sunday
8,070,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
3,373,000

4
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
3,082,000

5
AMERICAN IDOL THU SP-1/29
FOX
Thursday
2,830,000

6
OFFICE 2/1
NBC
Sunday
2,753,000

7
CSI
CBS
Thursday
1,905,000

8
LIE TO ME
FOX
Wednesday
1,682,000

9
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
Thursday
1,598,000

10
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
Thursday
1,566,000

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

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 …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NEIGHBORHOOD BALL-1/20
ABC
Tuesday
3,972,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
3,086,000

3
ABC NEWS SPECIAL-1/20
ABC
Tuesday
3,003,000

4
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
2,093,000

5
CSI
CBS
Thursday
1,812,000

6
LIE TO ME
FOX
Wednesday
1,751,000

7
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
Monday
1,744,000

8
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
Thursday
1,549,000

9
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
Thursday
1,396,000

10
CSI: NY
CBS
Wednesday
1,380,000

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

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” and “Lie To Me” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Wednesday, January 21, 2009 with 25.9 and 12.4 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” was the second ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV Wednesday evening with approximately 13.8 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
25,897,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
13,816,000

3
LIE TO ME
FOX
12,370,000

4
CSI: NY
CBS
11,581,000

5
LOST
ABC
11,347,000

6
LOST: DESTINY CALLS(S)-01/21/2009
ABC
8,508,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
8,274,000

8
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,287,000

9
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
6,970,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
5,435,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 21, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 19.1 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost …