Primetime Broadcast Ratings, June 4, 2009

christine — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:00:52 +0000

ABC’s “NBA Finals on ABC-Game 1 Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 4, 2009. The show drew just over 13.0 million average viewers Thursday evening.

CBS’s “The Mentalist” was the second-ranked program with approximately 8.5 million average viewers while “CSI” rounded out the top three with 8.2 million average viewers.

Rank	Program	Network	Viewers (P2+)
1	NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 1(S)-06/04/2009	ABC	13,042,000
2	MENTALIST, THE	CBS	8,546,000
3	SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU	FOX	8,175,000
4	CSI	CBS	7,862,000
5	BONES	FOX	6,230,000
6	BIG BANG THEORY, THE SP(S)-06/04/2009	CBS	5,669,000
7	LISTENER	NBC	5,315,000
8	I’M A CELEBRITY-THU	NBC	5,241,000
9	GMC NBA COUNTDOWN-GM 1(S)-06/04/2009	ABC	5,154,000
10	OLD CHRISTINE SPECIAL(S)-06/04/2009	CBS	5,039,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (June 4, 2009).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 10.7 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 7.3 million average viewers. FOX and NBC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 7.2 and 5.3 million average viewers.
UNI and CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly
4.1 million and 1.3 million average viewers.

Nielsen Wire » NBA Finals On ABC-Gm 1(S)-06/04/2009

Primetime Broadcast Ratings, June 4, 2009