FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 25, 2009. The show drew just over 24.5 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 13.9 and 12.6 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
24,541,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
13,930,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
12,563,000

4
LOST
ABC
10,050,000

5
BIGGEST LOSER 7 2/25(S)-02/25/2009
NBC
8,613,000

6
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
5,774,000

7
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
5,706,000

8
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
5,602,000

9
LOST-WED 8PM
ABC
5,000,000

10
LIFE
NBC
4,893,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 25, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 24.5 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 10.7 …

CBS programs dominated the top three primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, December 5, 2008. 
“Numb3rs” claimed the top slot, with almost 9.9 million average viewers, while “Ghost Whisperer” and a “Numb3rs”-related special rounded out the top three, with 9.7 million and 8.4 million average viewers, respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NUMB3RS
CBS
9,877,000

2
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
9,710,000

3
NUMB3RS FRIDAY 9PM-SPCL(S)-12/05/2008
CBS
8,428,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,438,000

5
ABC FRI MOVIE OF WK-12/5(S)-12/05/2008
ABC
6,077,000

6
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
5,458,000

7
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
5,237,000

8
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,568,000

9
GREAT HOLIDAY MOMENTS12/5(S)-12/05/2008
NBC
4,437,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,402,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 5, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of just over 9.3 million viewers, …

CBS’s “CSI” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Thursday, December 4, 2008, drawing almost 17.5 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Barbara Walters Presents” rounded out the top three, with just over 15.3 million and 13.2 million average viewers, respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
17,476,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
15,279,000

3
BARBARA WALTERS PRESENTS(S)-12/04/2008
ABC
13,191,000

4
SURVIVOR: GABON
CBS
12,727,000

5
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
10,864,000

6
OFFICE
NBC
8,456,000

7
UGLY BETTY
ABC
8,370,000

8
E.R.
NBC
8,202,000

9
30 ROCK
NBC
7,182,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,132,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 4, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of just over 13.7 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 12.3 million average viewers. NBC and Univision …