Nielsen Wire » Muppets XMas Ltr to Santa(S)-12/17/2008 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, December 17, 2008 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-december-17-2008/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-december-17-2008/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 12:30:02 +0000 christine http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=6225 CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Wednesday, December 17, 2008, drawing approximately 15.2 and 13.4 million average viewers, respectively.

NBC’s “Muppets Christmas Letter to Santa” special rounded out the top three, with 7.5 million average viewers.

Rank Program Network Viewers (P2+)
1 CRIMINAL MINDS CBS 15,160,000
2 CSI: NY CBS 13,377,000
3 MUPPETS XMAS LTR TO SANTA(S)-12/17/2008 NBC 7,466,000
4 GARY UNMARRIED CBS 7,378,000
5 OLD CHRISTINE CBS 7,292,000
6 LAW AND ORDER NBC 7,016,000
7 SECRET MLNR SP-12/17 8P(S)-12/17/2008 FOX 6,709,000
8 PRIVATE PRACTICE ABC 6,610,000
9 LIFE NBC 5,216,000
10 DIRTY SEXY MONEY ABC 5,129,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (December 17, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12 million viewers,
while NBC took second place with almost 6.6 million average viewers. ABC and FOX
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.5 million and 5.4 million average viewers.
Univision and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.4 million and 1.9 million average viewers, respectively.

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