ABC’s “The Bachelorette” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for July 27, 2009. The show drew just over 10.0 million average viewers Monday evening.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory” rounded out the top three with 9.1 and 8.5 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
BACHELORETTE, THE
ABC
10,001,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
9,065,000

3
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
8,478,000

4
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
8,131,000

5
DATING IN THE DARK
ABC
6,006,000

6
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
4,981,000

7
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
CBS
4,909,000

8
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE MON
UNI
4,761,000

9
LIE TO ME-MON 9P
FOX
4,190,000

10
DATELINE NBC-MON
NBC
4,150,000

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

Overall, ABC won the …

CBS’s “Numb3rs” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts
broadcast TV for July 24, 2009. The show drew approximately 5.3 million average viewers Friday evening.
FOX’s “Smarter Than 5th Grader” & NBC’s “Dateline” rounded out the top three with approximately 4.8 million average viewers.

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.

NBC’s “Dateline Friday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for July 17, 2009. The show drew just over 5.9 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer” and “Flashpoint” rounded out the top three with 5.2 and 5.0 million average viewers.

FOX’s “Smarter Than 5th Grader” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for July 10, 2009. The show drew just over 5.7 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” rounded out the top three with 5.1 and 4.6 million 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 “Two And A Half Men”, “CSI: Miami” and “The Big Bang Theory” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 9.4, 8.8 and 8.3 million viewers Monday, June 6, 2009.

CBS’s “Numb3rs” and “Ghost Whisperer-Special” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Friday, July 3, 2009 with 5.2 and 4.5 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Dateline Friday” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Wednesday evening with approximately 5.1 million average viewers.

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for June 30, 2009. The show drew just over 13.1 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist-Tuesday” rounded out the top three with 10.8 and 10.5 million average viewers.

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men”, “CSI: Miami” and “The Big Bang Theory” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 9.3, 8.0 and 7.9 million viewers Monday, June 29, 2009.