FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for August 7, 2009. The show drew just over 9.6 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were ranked second and third with approximately 7.7
and 7.1 million average viewers.

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Thursday, July 30, 2009 with 8.7 and 7.8 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” rounded out the top three with 7.6 million
average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
8,733,000

2
CSI
CBS
7,820,000

3
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
7,595,000

4
BIG BROTHER 11-THU
CBS
6,459,000

5
BONES
FOX
5,190,000

6
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU
UNI
5,010,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
4,277,000

8
30 ROCK 8P
NBC
3,649,000

9
EN NOMBRE DEL AMOR THU
UNI
3,453,000

10
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
3,211,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 30, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 7.7 million viewers, while FOX took second place with almost 6.4 …

CBS’s The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, July 23, 2009 with approximately 9.6 and 7.8 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” was ranked second with 8.4 approximately millon average viewers.

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, July 9, 2009 with approximately 8.3 and 7.7 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance Thursday” was ranked second with 7.9 approximately millon average viewers.

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Thursday, July 2, 2009 with 9.8 and 8.2 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” rounded out the top three with 7.2 million
average viewers.

CBS’s “CSI” and “CBS News: Michael Jackson Special” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, June 25, 2009 with 8.7 and 7.5 million average viewers.
ABC’s “20/20 Special Edition-6/25 10PM” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Thursday evening with approximately 8.2 million average viewers.

CBS’s “CSI” and “The Mentalist” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Thursday, June 18, 2009 with 9.7 and 9.0 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” rounded out the top three with 8.0 million average viewers respectively.

ABC’s “NBA Finals On ABC-Game 4″ claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for June 11, 2009. The show drew approximately 16.0 million average viewers Thursday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” rounded out the top three with 8.9 and 8.7 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 4(S)-06/11/2009
ABC
15,957,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
8,944,000

3
CSI
CBS
8,740,000

4
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
8,648,000

5
BONES
FOX
5,655,000

6
I’M A CELEBRITY-THU
NBC
5,171,000

7
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU
UNI
5,140,000

8
GMC NBA COUNTDOWN-GM 4(S)-06/11/2009
ABC
4,877,000

9
OLD CHRISTINE-THURSDAY SP(S)-06/11/2009
CBS
4,841,000

10
OLD CHRISTINE THURSDAY SP(S)-06/11/2009
CBS
4,595,000

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

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of 13.2 …

CBS’s “CSI”, “Without A Trace-Special” and “NCIS Thursday 8PM-Special” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 10.0, 9.7 and 9.6 million viewers Thursday, May 28, 2009.

CBS’s “CSI” and “Flashpoint Thursday Special” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, May 21, 2009 with 9.9 and 7.4 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” was ranked second with 8.8 million average viewers.