FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for August 7, 2009. The show drew just over 9.6 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were ranked second and third with approximately 7.7
and 7.1 million average viewers.

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Thursday, July 16, 2009 with 8.4 and 7.7 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” rounded out the top three with 7.2 million
average viewers.

CBS’s “CSI” and “The Mentalist” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Thursday, June 18, 2009 with 9.7 and 9.0 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” rounded out the top three with 8.0 million average viewers respectively.

CBS’s “CSI”, “Without A Trace-Special” and “NCIS Thursday 8PM-Special” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 10.0, 9.7 and 9.6 million viewers Thursday, May 28, 2009.

CBS’s “CSI” and “Flashpoint Thursday Special” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, May 21, 2009 with 9.9 and 7.4 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” was ranked second with 8.8 million average viewers.

ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Thursday, May 14, 2009. The program had approximately 16.5 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI” and “CSI: NY Thursday 10PM Special” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 14.8 and 12.8 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
16,531,000

2
CSI
CBS
14,810,000

3
CSI: NY THURSDAY 10PM SP(S)-05/14/2009
CBS
12,768,000

4
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
12,180,000

5
BONES
FOX
8,881,000

6
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
7,369,000

7
OFFICE
NBC
6,771,000

8
UGLY BETTY
ABC
6,768,000

9
30 ROCK
NBC
5,695,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
4,836,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 14, 2009).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 13.3 million average viewers. CBS and FOX ranked second & third …

ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Thursday, May 7 2009. The program had approximately 15.5 million average viewers.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” rounded out the top three ranked programs with approximately 14.9 and 12.0 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
15,546,000

2
CSI
CBS
14,912,000

3
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS
CBS
11,993,000

4
MICHAEL J FOX SP-5/7(S)-05/07/2009
ABC
10,230,000

5
CSI 10PM-SPECIAL(S)-05/07/2009
CBS
9,584,000

6
BONES
FOX
8,755,000

7
OFFICE
NBC
7,845,000

8
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,378,000

9
SOUTHLAND
NBC
6,606,000

10
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
6,503,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 7, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12.2 million average viewers. ABC and FOX ranked second & third with approximately 11.1 and 7.6 million average …

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, April 30, 2009 with 15.5 and 11.7 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was ranked second with 14.1 million average viewers.

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Tocantins” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, April 23, 2009 with 14.6 and 11.3 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was ranked second with 13.5 million average viewers.

FOX’s “American Idol Thursday Result Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 26, 2009. The show drew just over 23.1 million average viewers Thursday night.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” was the second-ranked program with 16.1 million average viewers while CBS’s “NCAA Basketball Championship Thursday” rounded out the top three with 10.4 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMER IDL THU RSLT SP-3/26(S)-03/26/2009
FOX
23,102,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
16,101,000

3
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP TH 2(S)-03/26/2009
CBS
10,375,000

4
E.R.
NBC
10,355,000

5
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
10,129,000

6
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
10,123,000

7
OFFICE
NBC
8,647,000

8
30 ROCK
NBC
7,169,000

9
IN THE MOTHERHOOD
ABC
6,697,000

10
PREMIO LO NUESTRO’09 3/26(S)-03/26/2009
UNI
6,602,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 26, 2009).

Overall, …