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Primetime Broadcast Ratings, May 13, 2009

christine — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:51:21 +0000

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 13, 2009. The show drew just over 24.7 million average viewers Wednesday evening.

CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were ranked second and third with approximately 13.4 and 12.3 million average viewers.

Rank	Program	Network	Viewers (P2+)
1	AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY	FOX	24,670,000
2	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	13,371,000
3	CSI: NY	CBS	12,329,000
4	LOST	ABC	9,428,000
5	LIE TO ME	FOX	8,457,000
6	LAW AND ORDER	NBC	7,895,000
7	OLD CHRISTINE	CBS	6,498,000
8	LOST-WED 8PM	ABC	6,329,000
9	RULES OF ENGAGEMENT-SP(S)-05/13/2009	CBS	6,301,000
10	LAW & ORDER:CI-WED	NBC	5,362,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (May 13, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 16.8 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 10.7 million average viewers. ABC and NBC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 8.4 and 5.9 million average viewers,
respectively. UNI and CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average
audiences of roughly 4.2 million and 2.7 million average viewers.

Primetime Broadcast Ratings, February 25, 2009

christine — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:44:02 +0000

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 25, 2009. The show drew just over 24.5 million average viewers Wednesday evening.

CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 13.9 and 12.6 million average viewers respectively.

Rank	Program	Network	Viewers (P2+)
1	AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY	FOX	24,541,000
2	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	13,930,000
3	CSI: NY	CBS	12,563,000
4	LOST	ABC	10,050,000
5	BIGGEST LOSER 7 2/25(S)-02/25/2009	NBC	8,613,000
6	LAW AND ORDER	NBC	5,774,000
7	GARY UNMARRIED	CBS	5,706,000
8	OLD CHRISTINE	CBS	5,602,000
9	LOST-WED 8PM	ABC	5,000,000
10	LIFE	NBC	4,893,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (February 25, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 24.5 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 10.7 million average viewers. ABC and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 6.8 and 6.4 million average viewers, respectively. UNI and the TEL followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.0 million and 1.2 million average viewers, respectively.