Nielsen Wire » Momma’s Boys http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Primetime Broadcast Ratings, January 5, 2009 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-january-5-2009/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-january-5-2009/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:01:02 +0000 christine http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=6778 FOX’s “Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Special” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, January 5, 2009, with approximately 17.1million average viewers.

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” rounded out the top three, with approximately 11.6 and 10.4 million average viewers, respectively.

Rank Program Network Viewers (P2+)
1 TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL(S)-01/05/2009 FOX 17,056,000
2 TWO AND A HALF MEN CBS 11,559,000
3 CSI: MIAMI CBS 10,400,000
4 SUPERSTARS OF DANCE NBC 9,666,000
5 BACHELOR, THE ABC 8,742,000
6 BIG BANG THEORY, THE CBS 8,505,000
7 TRUE BEAUTY ABC 7,606,000
8 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER CBS 7,234,000
9 WORST WEEK CBS 7,042,000
10 MOMMA’S BOYS NBC 5,323,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (January 5, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.1 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 9.2 million average viewers. ABC and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 8.4 million and 8.2 million average viewers, respectively. UNI and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.4 million and 2.8 million average viewers, respectively.

]]> http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-january-5-2009/feed/ 0 Primetime Broadcast Ratings, December 16, 2008 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-december-16-2008/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-december-16-2008/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:45:22 +0000 admin http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=6149 CBS’s “NCIS,” “The Mentalist,” and “Without A Trace” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, December 16, 2008.

NBC’s “Biggest Loser” and ABC’s “Charlie Brown Christmas” special rounded out the top five.

Rank Program Network Viewers (P2+)
1 NCIS CBS 19,937,000
2 MENTALIST, THE CBS 19,314,000
3 WITHOUT A TRACE CBS 14,475,000
4 BIGGEST LOSER 6 NBC 11,832,000
5 CHARLIE BRWN CHRISTMAS(S)-12/16/2008 ABC 8,366,000
6 HOUSE FOX 6,436,000
7 MOMMA’S BOYS 12/16(S)-12/16/2008 NBC 6,014,000
8 ACCORDING TO JIM-TU 9PM ABC 5,222,000
9 ELI STONE ABC 5,151,000
10 FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE UNI 5,060,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (December 16, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of just over 17.9 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 9.9 million average viewers.  ABC and FOX claimed third and fourth places with roughly 6.1 million and 5.6 million average viewers.  Univision and Telemundo followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.4 million and 1.4 million average viewers, respectively.

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