CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Gabon” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, November 6, 2008.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was sandwiched in between the two, in second place.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
18,175,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
15,740,000

3
SURVIVOR: GABON
CBS
12,013,000

4
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
10,902,000

5
UGLY BETTY
ABC
8,917,000

6
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
8,711,000

7
E.R.
NBC
8,608,000

8
OFFICE
NBC
8,545,000

9
30 ROCK
NBC
8,069,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,700,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 6, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of just over 13.7 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 11.2 million average viewers. NBC and Univision claimed third and fourth places with roughly 7.7 million and 4.6 …

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Gabon” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, October 30, 2008.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was sandwiched in between the two, in second place.
The season premiere of NBC’s “30 Rock” also made the top 10.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
19,098,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
15,319,000

3
SURVIVOR: GABON
CBS
13,015,000

4
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
11,248,000

5
OFFICE
NBC
9,514,000

6
E.R.
NBC
9,192,000

7
30 ROCK
NBC
8,663,000

8
UGLY BETTY
ABC
8,550,000

9
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
8,139,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,269,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (October 30, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 14.5 million viewers, while ABC took second place with just over 10.7 million average viewers. NBC and Univision …

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Gabon” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, October 16, 2008.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.

RANK
PROGRAM
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
19,275,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
14,803,000

3
SURVIVOR: GABON
CBS
12,807,000

4
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
11,907,000

5
E.R.
NBC
8,961,000

6
SNL:WKND UPDT 10/16(S)-10/16/2008
NBC
8,832,000

7
UGLY BETTY
ABC
8,327,000

8
OFFICE
NBC
8,276,000

9
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
8,220,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,722,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (October 16, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of 14.7 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 10.5 million average viewers. NBC and Univision claimed third and fourth places with roughly 8.0 million and 4.5 million average …

The season premiere of ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was the top-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Thursday, September 25, 2008.  The show drew an average of almost 18.5 million viewers.
CBS’s “Survivor: Gabon” season premiere claimed second place, with almost 13.1 million average viewers, while the season premiere of ABC’s other Thursday night premiere, “Ugly Betty,” rounded out the top three, with just over 9.8 million average viewers.
NBC’s three Thursday night season premieres, “Office,” “E.R.,” and “My Name Is Earl,” also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
18,469,000

2
SURVIVOR: GABON
CBS
13,058,000

3
UGLY BETTY
ABC
9,810,000

4
OFFICE
NBC
9,338,000

5
CSI 10PM-SPECIAL(S)-09/25/2008
CBS
9,280,000

6
E.R.
NBC
8,028,000

7
MY …