CBS’s “CBS Friday Movie Specia” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for May 29, 2009. The show drew just over 6.6 million average viewers Friday evening.
NBC’s “Dateline Friday” was the second-ranked program with approximately 5.8 million average viewers while ABC’s “20/20 Friday” rounded out the top three with 4.7 million average viewers.

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 “NCIS”, “‘Then Mentalist” and “Without A Trace” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 12.5, 12.4 and 9.6 million viewers Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men-Special” and “CSI: Miami-Special” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Monday, May 25, 2009 with 9.3 and 7.8 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Medium-Special” was ranked second with 7.9 million average viewers.

CBS’s “Flashpoint”, “Numb3rs” and “Ghost Whisperer” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 6.5, 6.4 and 5.9 million viewers Friday, May 22, 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.

CBS’s “Numb3rs”, “Ghost Whisperer” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 9.6, 9.5 and 8.6 million viewers Friday, May 8, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NUMB3RS
CBS
9,567,000

2
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
9,500,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,618,000

4
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,226,000

5
20/20-FRI
ABC
5,024,000

6
ABC FRI MOVIE OF WK-5/8(S)-05/08/2009
ABC
5,011,000

7
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
4,355,000

8
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
3,398,000

9
PRISON BREAK
FOX
2,992,000

10
ROSA DE GUADALUPE FRI
UNI
2,980,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 8, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 9.2 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 5.0 million average viewers. NBC and UNI
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.3 million and …

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 9.8 & 9.7 million viewers Friday, May 1, 2009.

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 9.2, 8.8 and 8.2 million viewers Friday, April 24, 2009.

NBC’s “Dateline Friday” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Friday, April 17, 2009. The program had approximately 7.0 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Numb3rs” and “Ghost Whisperer” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 6.8 and 6.5 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DATELINE FRI
NBC
7,003,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
6,754,000

3
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
6,525,000

4
FLASHPOINT
CBS
6,358,000

5
WIFE SWAP
ABC
5,420,000

6
20/20-FRI
ABC
5,264,000

7
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
5,150,000

8
SUPERNANNY
ABC
4,569,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,493,000

10
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
3,394,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 17, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 6.5 million average viewers. NBC and ABC ranked second & third with approximately …