CBS’s “NCAA Basketball Championship Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 20, 2009. The show drew just over 8.9 million average viewers Friday night.
ABC’s “20/20-Friday” and NBC’s “Dateline Friday” rounded out the top three with 6.5 and 6.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHP-EVEFR2(S)-03/20/2009
CBS
8,904,000

2
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,547,000

3
DATELINE FRI
NBC
6,149,000

4
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
5,279,000

5
SUPERNANNY
ABC
5,248,000

6
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,735,000

7
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,367,000

8
DOLLHOUSE
FOX
4,136,000

9
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
3,967,000

10
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
NBC
3,850,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 20, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.9 million viewers,
while …

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast television with an average audience of approximately 10.6, 9.5 and 8.8 million viewers Friday, March 13, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
10,568,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
9,507,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,807,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,463,000

5
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
5,179,000

6
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,168,000

7
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,778,000

8
SUPERNANNY
ABC
4,513,000

9
DOLLHOUSE
FOX
4,258,000

10
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
4,119,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 13, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 9.6 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.0 million average viewers. UNI and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.5 million and 4.4 million average …

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.1, 10.1 and 9.9 million viewers Friday, March 6, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,090,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
10,122,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
9,859,000

4
20/20 SP EDITION-3/6(S)-03/06/2009
ABC
8,447,000

5
20/20-FRI
ABC
7,601,000

6
DATELINE FRI
NBC
4,865,000

7
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
4,557,000

8
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,383,000

9
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,267,000

10
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
4,034,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 6, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.4 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 6.8 million average viewers. NBC and UNI claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.2 million and …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL MON
UNI
MONDAY
4,932,000

2
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE MON
UNI
MONDAY
4,884,000

3
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL THU
UNI
THURSDAY
4,704,000

4
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU
UNI
THURSDAY
4,578,000

5
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
TUESDAY
4,430,000

6
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
WEDNESDAY
4,423,000

7
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL WED
UNI
WEDNESDAY
4,394,000

8
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
FRIDAY
4,335,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
FRIDAY
4,322,000

10
TONTAS NO VAN CIELO MON
UNI
MONDAY
4,151,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 23, 2009 – March 1, 2009)

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.5, 9.6 and 9.0 million viewers Friday, February 27, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,543,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
9,623,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,990,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
7,052,000

5
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,779,000

6
SUPERNANNY
ABC
5,534,000

7
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,530,000

8
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
4,488,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,459,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
4,434,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 27, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.1 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.7 million average viewers. NBC and UNI claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.7 million and 4.0 million …