CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 8.3 & 8.0 million viewers Friday, February 20, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
8,293,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
8,048,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,003,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
7,227,000

5
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
6,605,000

6
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,619,000

7
SUPERNANNY
ABC
5,121,000

8
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,904,000

9
DOLLHOUSE
FOX
4,250,000

10
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
4,097,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 20, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.1 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.4 million average viewers. UNI and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.1 million and 4.5 million average …

ABC’s “20/20-Fri” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for February 13, 2009. The show drew approximately 11.0 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numb3rs” rounded out the top three with 10.3 and 9.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
20/20-FRI
ABC
10,990,000

2
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
10,305,000

3
NUMB3RS
CBS
9,105,000

4
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,797,000

5
SUPERNANNY
ABC
6,090,000

6
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,000,000

7
DOLLHOUSE
FOX
4,760,000

8
DATELINE FRI
NBC
4,585,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,292,000

10
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,172,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 13, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 9.4 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 7.1 million average viewers. FOX and …

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.4, 10.3 and 9.5 million viewers Friday, February 6, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,415,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
10,303,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
9,515,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
7,373,000

5
SUPERNANNY
ABC
6,518,000

6
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,547,000

7
WIFE SWAP
ABC
5,004,000

8
DATELINE FRI
NBC
4,980,000

9
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
4,732,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,665,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 6, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.4 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 6.3 million average viewers. UNI claimed third place with approximately 4.6 million viewers while NBC and FOX came …

CBS’s “Flashpoint”, “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numb3rs” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 8.4, 8.2 and 7.5 million viewers Friday, January 30, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,433,000

2
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
8,222,000

3
NUMB3RS
CBS
7,506,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,642,000

5
DATELINE FRI
NBC
6,203,000

6
20/20 SPECIAL-1/30(S)-01/30/2009
ABC
6,078,000

7
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
5,367,000

8
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
5,141,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,112,000

10
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,964,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 30, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.1 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.9 million average viewers. NBC and UNI claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.2 million and 4.4 …

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.2, 11.0 and 10.2 million viewers Friday, January 23, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,183,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
10,959,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
10,182,000

4
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
6,072,000

5
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
6,041,000

6
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
5,679,000

7
20/20-FRI
ABC
5,591,000

8
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
5,523,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,310,000

10
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,087,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 23, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.8 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 6.1 million average viewers. NBC and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.9 million …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP ON CBS
CBS
Sunday
4,576,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
Tuesday
4,124,000

3
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
Wednesday
3,841,000

4
AFC CHMP POST GAME ON CBS
CBS
Sunday
3,393,000

5
CSI
CBS
Thursday
2,241,000

6
MENTALIST, THE – SUN SPCL
CBS
Sunday
2,212,000

7
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
Monday
1,864,000

8
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
Thursday
1,642,000

9
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
Tuesday
1,444,000

10
NUMB3RS
CBS
Friday
1,369,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 12, 2009 – January 18, 2009)

CBS’s “Numb3rs”, “Ghost Whisperer” and “Flashpoint” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 11.0, 10.6 and 10.3 million viewers Friday, January 16, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NUMB3RS
CBS
11,022,000

2
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
10,581,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
10,283,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,132,000

5
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
6,064,000

6
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
5,980,000

7
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
5,641,000

8
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,574,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,222,000

10
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
4,936,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 16, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.6 million viewers,
while NBC took second place with almost 5.4 million average viewers. FOX and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.3 million …

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 10.6, 10.1 and 10.0 million viewers Friday, January 9, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
10,644,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
10,135,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
10,000,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
7,906,000

5
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
7,777,000

6
SUPERNANNY
ABC
5,552,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,257,000

8
DATELINE FRI
NBC
4,933,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,849,000

10
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,725,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 9, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 10.2 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 6.1 million average viewers. NBC and UNI
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.6 million and 4.5 million average …

CBS’s back-to-back “Ghost Whisperer” special presentations were the number one and number-three ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, December 26, 2008.
CBS’s “Numb3rs” special was sandwiched in between, in second place.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER-SPECIAL(S)-12/26/2008
CBS
7,795,000

2
NUMB3RS-SPECIAL(S)-12/26/2008
CBS
6,690,000

3
GHOST WHISPERER 9PM-SP(S)-12/26/2008
CBS
6,509,000

4
SMARTER THAN 5TH SP-12/26(S)-12/26/2008
FOX
5,678,000

5
20/20-FRI
ABC
5,672,000

6
DONT FORGET LYR SP-12/26(S)-12/26/2008
FOX
5,378,000

7
DATELINE 12/26(S)-12/26/2008
NBC
5,234,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,773,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,294,000

10
SUPERNANNY SP-12/26(S)-12/26/2008
ABC
3,780,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 26, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.3 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.8 million average viewers. FOX and NBC claimed third and fourth places …

CBS’s special presentations of “Frosty the Snowman” and “Frosty Returns” were the top two primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, December 12, 2008.
“Numb3rs” and “Flight Before Christmas,” which also aired on CBS, rounded out the top four.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN(S)-12/12/2008
CBS
7,678,000

2
FROSTY RETURNS(S)-12/12/2008
CBS
7,620,000

3
NUMB3RS
CBS
7,603,000

4
FLIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS(S)-12/12/2008
CBS
7,390,000

5
DATELINE FRI
NBC
7,087,000

6
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
6,293,000

7
20/20-FRI
ABC
5,799,000

8
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
5,327,000

9
GREAT HOLIDAY MOMENT12/12(S)-12/12/2008
NBC
5,116,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,135,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 12, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of just over 7.5 million viewers, while FOX took second place with just over 5.8 million average viewers.  NBC …