Recent overnights articles

Posted Jun 16, 2009

NBC’s “NBC NHL Stanley Cup Final Game 7″ claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for June 12, 2009. The show drew approximately 8.0 million average viewers Friday evening. CBS’s “Flashpoint” and “Numb3rs” had approximately 5.6 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NBC NHL STANLEY CUP FNL#7(S)-06/12/2009
NBC
7,992,000

2
FLASHPOINT
CBS
5,584,000

3
NUMB3RS
CBS
5,550,000

4
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
5,392,000

5
NBC NHL STANLEY CUP-PRE 7(S)-06/12/2009
NBC
5,001,000

6
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE FRI
UNI
4,286,000

7
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
3,811,000

8
20/20-FRI
ABC
3,726,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
3,550,000

10
ROSA DE GUADALUPE FRI
UNI
3,340,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 12, 2009).

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 7.7 million viewers,
while CBS …

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Posted Jun 15, 2009

ABC’s “NBA Finals On ABC-Game 4″ claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for June 11, 2009. The show drew approximately 16.0 million average viewers Thursday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” rounded out the top three with 8.9 and 8.7 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 4(S)-06/11/2009
ABC
15,957,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
8,944,000

3
CSI
CBS
8,740,000

4
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
8,648,000

5
BONES
FOX
5,655,000

6
I’M A CELEBRITY-THU
NBC
5,171,000

7
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU
UNI
5,140,000

8
GMC NBA COUNTDOWN-GM 4(S)-06/11/2009
ABC
4,877,000

9
OLD CHRISTINE-THURSDAY SP(S)-06/11/2009
CBS
4,841,000

10
OLD CHRISTINE THURSDAY SP(S)-06/11/2009
CBS
4,595,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 11, 2009).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of 13.2 …

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Posted Jun 15, 2009

FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 10, 2009. The show drew just over 8.7 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
ABC’s “Wipeout” was the second-ranked program with approximately 8.5 million average viewers while “Criminal Minds” rounded out the top three with 8.3 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
8,687,000

2
WIPEOUT
ABC
8,486,000

3
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
8,341,000

4
CSI: NY
CBS
8,019,000

5
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,056,000

6
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
4,850,000

7
I’M A CELEBRITY-WED
NBC
4,760,000

8
UNUSUALS, THE
ABC
4,403,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL WED
UNI
3,994,000

10
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
3,910,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 10, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night …

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Posted Jun 10, 2009

ABC’s “NBA Finals on ABC-Game 3″ claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for June 9, 2009. The show drew just over 14.2 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” were ranked second and third with approximately 11.6
and 11.1 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 9, 2009

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men”, “CSI: Miami” and “The Big Bang Theory” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 9.5, 8.2 and 7.8 million viewers Monday, June 8, 2009.

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Posted Jun 6, 2009

BC’s “NBC News: Obama White House Special” was the number one-ranked program on broadcast TV Friday, June 5, 2009 with roughly 6.4 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Dateline Friday” and CBS’s “Numb3rs” followed with approximately 6.1 and 5.8 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 5, 2009

ABC’s “NBA Finals on ABC-Game 1 Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 4, 2009. The show drew just over 13.0 million average viewers Thursday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” was the second-ranked program with approximately 8.5 million average viewers while “CSI” rounded out the top three with 8.2 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 4, 2009

NBC’s “NBC News: Obama White House Special” was the number one-ranked program on broadcast TV Wednesday, June 3, 2009 with roughly 9.0 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Law And Order” and FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” followed with approximately 8.9 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 3, 2009

NBC’s “I’m A Celebrity-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 2, 2009. The show drew just over 5.5 million average viewers Tuesday evening.
UNI’s “Manana Para Siempre” was the second-ranked program with approximately 5.3 million average viewers while FOX’s “Mental” rounded out the top three with 4.9 million average viewers.

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Posted Jun 2, 2009

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men”, “CSI: Miami” and “Rules of Engagement” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 10.1, 8.5 and 8.3 million viewers Mondday, June 1, 2009.

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