NBC’s “America’s Got Talent-Tuesday” and “America’s Got Talent-Tuesday 8PM” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Tuesday, July 28, 2009 with approximately 13.2 and 8.6 million average viewers.
CBS’s “NCIS” was ranked second with 9.7 approximately millon average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
13,245,000

2
NCIS
CBS
9,731,000

3
AMERICA GOT TALENT-TUE 8P
NBC
8,559,000

4
BACHELORETTE:AFTER ROSE(S)-07/28/2009
ABC
7,986,000

5
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
7,241,000

6
HELL’S KITCHEN
FOX
7,036,000

7
BIG BROTHER 11-TUE
CBS
6,070,000

8
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE
UNI
4,825,000

9
MEDIUM
CBS
4,713,000

10
MORE TO LOVE
FOX
4,015,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 28, 2009).

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 9.7 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 6.8 million average viewers. FOX …

ABC’s “The Bachelorette” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for July 27, 2009. The show drew just over 10.0 million average viewers Monday evening.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory” rounded out the top three with 9.1 and 8.5 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
BACHELORETTE, THE
ABC
10,001,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
9,065,000

3
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
8,478,000

4
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
8,131,000

5
DATING IN THE DARK
ABC
6,006,000

6
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
4,981,000

7
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
CBS
4,909,000

8
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE MON
UNI
4,761,000

9
LIE TO ME-MON 9P
FOX
4,190,000

10
DATELINE NBC-MON
NBC
4,150,000

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

Overall, ABC won the …

CBS’s “Numb3rs” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts
broadcast TV for July 24, 2009. The show drew approximately 5.3 million average viewers Friday evening.
FOX’s “Smarter Than 5th Grader” & NBC’s “Dateline” rounded out the top three with approximately 4.8 million average viewers.

CBS’s The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, July 23, 2009 with approximately 9.6 and 7.8 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” was ranked second with 8.4 approximately millon average viewers.

NBC’s “America Got Talent-Wednesday 9PM” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for July 22, 2009. The show drew just over 11.3 million average viewers Wednesday night.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” and CBS’s “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 7.4 and 7.3 millon average viewers respectively.

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men”, “The Big Bang Theory” and “CSI: Miami” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 9.3, 8.8 and 8.5 million viewers Monday, July 20, 2009.

NBC’s “Dateline Friday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for July 17, 2009. The show drew just over 5.9 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer” and “Flashpoint” rounded out the top three with 5.2 and 5.0 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.

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent-Wednesday 9PM” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for July 15, 2009. The show drew just over 11.6 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “CSI: NY” was the second-ranked program with approximately 8.0 million average viewers while ABC’s “Wipeout” rounded out the top three with approximately 7.7 million average viewers.

FOX’s “MLB All-Star Game” and “MLB All-Star Pre-Game” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Tuesday, July 14, 2009 with 14.6 and 11.2 million average viewers.
NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Tuesday evening with approximately 13.5 million average viewers.