CBS’s “NCAA Basketball Championship Friday” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Friday, March 27, 2008. The program had approximately 11.0 million average viewers.
ABC’s “20/20-Fri” and “SuperNanny” rounded out the top three with approximately 8.2 and 6.5 million viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHMP FR 2(S)-03/27/2009
CBS
10,996,000

2
20/20-FRI
ABC
8,190,000

3
SUPERNANNY
ABC
6,536,000

4
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
5,545,000

5
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,518,000

6
WIFE SWAP
ABC
5,383,000

7
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,788,000

8
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
NBC
3,967,000

9
TERMINATOR: SRH CNR CHRON
FOX
3,868,000

10
DOLLHOUSE
FOX
3,859,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 27, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 11.0 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 6.7 …

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, …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Wednesday, March 25, 2008. The program had approximately 26.0 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were the number two and three ranked primetime telecasts with approximately 14.4 and 12.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
26,025,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
14,358,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
12,636,000

4
LOST
ABC
9,036,000

5
SURVIVOR: TOCANTINS WE-SP(S)-03/25/2009
CBS
8,067,000

6
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
7,328,000

7
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,684,000

8
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
5,516,000

9
SCRUBS-WED 8PM
ABC
5,267,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL WED
UNI
5,237,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 26.0 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 11.7 million …

CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Tuesday, March 24, 2009 with 17.8 and 17.6 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars Results” rounded out the top three with 16.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
17,832,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
17,620,000

3
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
16,117,000

4
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
9,834,000

5
PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO
ABC
7,959,000

6
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
5,167,000

7
HOUSE SP-3/24 9P(S)-03/24/2009
FOX
4,018,000

8
AQUI Y AHORA TUE
UNI
3,158,000

9
REAPER
CW
2,696,000

10
JAIL
MNT
1,846,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 24, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 17.7 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 12.2 million average viewers. NBC …

CBS’s “NCAA Basketball Championship Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 20, 2009. The show drew just over 8.9 million average viewers Friday night.
ABC’s “20/20-Friday” and NBC’s “Dateline Friday” rounded out the top three with 6.5 and 6.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHP-EVEFR2(S)-03/20/2009
CBS
8,904,000

2
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,547,000

3
DATELINE FRI
NBC
6,149,000

4
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
5,279,000

5
SUPERNANNY
ABC
5,248,000

6
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,735,000

7
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,367,000

8
DOLLHOUSE
FOX
4,136,000

9
HOWIE DO IT 8P
NBC
3,967,000

10
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
NBC
3,850,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.9 million viewers,
while …

ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy-Thu 9PM” and “Private Practice” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, March 19, 2009 with 14.6 and 9.7 million average viewers. FOX’s “Bones” was ranked second with 10.5 millon average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
14,606,000

2
BONES
FOX
10,517,000

3
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
9,736,000

4
E.R.
NBC
9,469,000

5
OFFICE
NBC
8,070,000

6
CBS NCAA BSKBL CHP-EVETH2(S)-03/19/2009
CBS
7,775,000

7
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
7,539,000

8
UGLY BETTY
ABC
7,417,000

9
30 ROCK
NBC
7,134,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,430,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 19, 2009).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 10.6 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 9.0 million average viewers. CBS and NBC
claimed third and fourth places with …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 18, 2009. The show drew just over 23.7 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 13.7 and 12.8 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
23,705,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
13,741,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
12,786,000

4
LIE TO ME
FOX
10,264,000

5
LOST
ABC
9,400,000

6
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,374,000

7
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,214,000

8
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
7,136,000

9
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,902,000

10
SCRUBS-WED 8PM
ABC
5,621,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 18, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.1 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost …

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, March 17, 2009 with approximately 21.9 million average viewers.
CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” were the number two and three-ranked programs with approximately 15.8 and 12.7 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
21,886,000

2
NCIS
CBS
15,835,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
15,491,000

4
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
12,737,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
11,872,000

6
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
10,743,000

7
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
7,993,000

8
DANCING W/STARS RECAP #6(S)-03/17/2009
ABC
7,990,000

9
PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO
ABC
7,262,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
5,414,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 17, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 21.9 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 14.4 …

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 16, 2009.  The show drew just over 21.2 million average viewers Monday evening.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” ranked second and third with 14.1 and 13.6 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
21,224,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,124,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,610,000

4
HOUSE
FOX
13,132,000

5
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
CBS
11,418,000

6
24
FOX
11,364,000

7
CASTLE
ABC
10,965,000

8
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,688,000

9
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
9,290,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE MON
UNI
5,178,000

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

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience …

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer”, “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast television with an average audience of approximately 10.6, 9.5 and 8.8 million viewers Friday, March 13, 2009.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
10,568,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
9,507,000

3
FLASHPOINT
CBS
8,807,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,463,000

5
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
5,179,000

6
DATELINE FRI
NBC
5,168,000

7
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,778,000

8
SUPERNANNY
ABC
4,513,000

9
DOLLHOUSE
FOX
4,258,000

10
HOWIE DO IT 8:30
NBC
4,119,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 9.6 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.0 million average viewers. UNI and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 4.5 million and 4.4 million average …