Recent MNT articles

Posted Jun 27, 2009

NBC’s “Dateline Friday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts
broadcast TV for June 26, 2009. The show drew just over 6.7 million average viewers Friday evening.
ABC’s “20/20-Friday” was the second-ranked program with approximately 6.1 million average viewers while CBS’s “Numb3rs” rounded out the top three with approximately 5.2 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 20, 2009

NBC’s “Dateline Friday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for June 19, 2009. The show drew just over 5.6 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” rounded out the top three with 5.0 and 4.8 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 17, 2009

CBS’s “NCIS”, “Then Mentalist” and “48 Hours Mystery Tuesday” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 10.4, 10.1 and 7.2 million viewers Tuesday, June 16, 2009.

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Posted Jun 17, 2009

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men”, “The Big Bang Theory” and “CSI: Miami” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 10.2, 8.4 and 8.3 million viewers Monday, June 15, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
10,188,000

2
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
8,417,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
8,252,000

4
BACHELORETTE, THE
ABC
6,761,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE:SP(S)-06/15/2009
CBS
6,047,000

6
DATELINE NBC-MON
NBC
5,687,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
5,670,000

8
I’M A CELEBRITY-MON
NBC
5,015,000

9
HOUSE
FOX
4,917,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE MON
UNI
4,888,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 15, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 7.8 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 5.9 million average viewers. …

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Posted Jun 16, 2009

NBC’s “NBC NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 7″ claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for June 12, 2009. The show drew approximately 8.0 million average viewers Friday evening. CBS’s “Flashpoint” and “Numb3rs” had approximately 5.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NBC NHL STANLEY CUP FNL#7(S)-06/12/2009
NBC
7,992,000

2
FLASHPOINT
CBS
5,584,000

3
NUMB3RS
CBS
5,550,000

4
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
5,392,000

5
NBC NHL STANLEY CUP-PRE 7(S)-06/12/2009
NBC
5,001,000

6
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
4,286,000

7
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
3,811,000

8
20/20-FRI
ABC
3,726,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
3,550,000

10
ROSA DE GUADALUPE FRI
UNI
3,340,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 12, 2009).

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 7.7 million viewers,
while CBS …

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Posted Jun 15, 2009

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 …

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Posted Jun 10, 2009

ABC’s “NBA Finals on ABC-Game 3″ claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for June 9, 2009. The show drew just over 14.2 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” were ranked second and third with approximately 11.6
and 11.1 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 9, 2009

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men”, “CSI: Miami” and “The Big Bang Theory” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 9.5, 8.2 and 7.8 million viewers Monday, June 8, 2009.

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Posted Jun 6, 2009

BC’s “NBC News: Obama White House Special” was the number one-ranked program on broadcast TV Friday, June 5, 2009 with roughly 6.4 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Dateline Friday” and CBS’s “Numb3rs” followed with approximately 6.1 and 5.8 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 3, 2009

NBC’s “I’m A Celebrity-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 2, 2009. The show drew just over 5.5 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
UNI’s “Manana Para Siempre” was the second-ranked program with approximately 5.3 million average viewers while FOX’s “Mental” rounded out the top three with 4.9 million average viewers.

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