NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” scored over 11 million viewers to claim the broadcast TV ratings top spot for Wednesday, September 10, 2008.  FOX’s “Bones” came in second with approximately 9.1 million viewers.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-WED
NBC
11,704,000

2
BONES
FOX
9,150,000

3
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
8,365,000

4
CSI: NY
CBS
7,419,000

5
LAW AND ORDR:CRIM INT9/10(S)-09/10/2008
NBC
7,076,000

6
20/20 SP EDITION-9/10(S)-09/10/2008
ABC
6,090,000

7
TIL DEATH
FOX
6,061,000

8
GREATEST AMERICAN DOG
CBS
5,427,000

9
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS WED
UNI
5,394,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
4,895,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 10, 2008)

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of about 10.1 million viewers, while FOX took second place with almost 7.3 million average viewers.  CBS finished a close third with almost 7.1 million average viewers.

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” and “Law and Order: SVU” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, September 9, 2008.
The season premiere of FOX’s “Fringe” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
NBC
11,612,000

2
FRINGE
FOX
9,132,000

3
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
7,612,000

4
WIPEOUT
ABC
7,257,000

5
BIG BROTHER 10-TUE
CBS
6,981,000

6
WIPEOUT SP-9/9(S)-09/09/2008
ABC
6,972,000

7
PRIMETIME: MED MYST-9/9(S)-09/09/2008
ABC
6,734,000

8
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS TUE
UNI
5,665,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,119,000

10
FASHION ROCKS!(S)-09/09/2008
CBS
5,040,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 9, 2008)

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 10.3 million viewers, while FOX took second place with almost 8.1 million average viewers.  ABC and …

 NBC’s “Deal Or No Deal” claimed the top spot in Nielsen’s ranking of primetime broadcast TV programs for Monday, September 8.
CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” rounded out the top three.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON
NBC
9,651,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
9,177,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
7,257,000

4
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,217,000

5
AMERICA’S TOUGHEST JOBS
NBC
6,487,000

6
PRISON BREAK
FOX
6,361,000

7
TERMINATOR: SRH CNR CHRON
FOX
6,328,000

8
DATELINE NBC-MON
NBC
6,286,000

9
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS MON
UNI
5,651,000

10
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
5,602,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 8, 2008)

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 7.5 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 7 million average viewers.  FOX …

Back-to-back episodes of FOX’s “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, September 5, 2008.
ABC’s “20/20” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.
Three Univision telecasts, “Fuego en la Sangre” (#4), “Al Diablo Con Guapos” (#5), and “Rosa de Guadalupe” (#8), also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
SMARTER THAN 5TH 9/5-9P(S)-09/05/2008
FOX
8,566,000

2
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,751,000

3
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
6,637,000

4
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
5,063,000

5
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS FRI
UNI
4,958,000

6
AMER FUNN HM VIDEOS-9/5(S)-09/05/2008
ABC
4,349,000

7
FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
CW
4,234,000

8
ROSA DE GUADALUPE FRI
UNI
3,634,000

9
SWINGTOWN
CBS
3,593,000

10
DATELINE FRI
NBC
3,498,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 5, 2008)

Overall, FOX …

NBC’s coverage of the Republican National Convention claimed the top spot in Nielsen’s ranking of primetime broadcast TV programs for Thursday, September 4.
CBS’s “CSI” and “Big Brother 10″ were ranked second and third, respectively, with almost 7.3 million and 6.6 million average viewers each.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DECISION ‘08 REP CONV THU(S)-09/04/2008
NBC
8,663,000

2
CSI
CBS
7,267,000

3
BIG BROTHER 10-THU
CBS
6,575,000

4
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS THU
UNI
6,072,000

5
VOTE2008:REP NAT CONV-THU(S)-09/04/2008
ABC
5,968,000

6
CAMPAIGN 2008-REP CONV-TH(S)-09/04/2008
CBS
5,299,000

7
KITCHEN NIGHTMARES
FOX
5,278,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE THU
UNI
4,792,000

9
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
3,887,000

10
UGLY BETTY
ABC
3,751,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 4, 2008)

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 8.7 million viewers, while CBS took second …

For the second consecutive night, NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” claimed the top spot in Nielsen’s ranking of primetime broadcast TV programs.
The telecast drew an average audience of more than 10.2 million viewers, while FOX’s “Bones” and ABC’s coverage of the third night of the Republican National Convention were ranked second and third, respectively, with more than 9.7 million and 5.8 million average viewers each.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-WED
NBC
10,249,000

2
BONES
FOX
9,739,000

3
VOTE2008:REP NAT CONV-WED(S)-09/03/2008
ABC
5,899,000

4
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
5,755,000

5
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
5,572,000

6
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS WED
UNI
5,518,000

7
GREATEST AMERICAN DOG
CBS
4,955,000

8
AMERICA’S TOP MODEL-5
CW
3,507,000

9
DON FRANCISCO PRESENTA WE
UNI
3,317,000

10
WIFE SWAP
ABC
3,293,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September …

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” claimed the top spot in Nielsen’s ranking of primetime broadcast TV programs for Tuesday, September 2.
The telecast drew an average audience of almost 10.8 million viewers, while CBS’s “NCIS” and FOX’s “House” were ranked second and third, respectively, with just under 8.2 million and almost 7.8 million average viewers each.
Coverage of the second night of the Republican National Convention on NBC also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT
NBC
10,772,000

2
NCIS
CBS
8,168,000

3
HOUSE
FOX
7,753,000

4
BIG BROTHER 10-TUE
CBS
6,456,000

5
WIPEOUT
ABC
5,839,000

6
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS TUE
UNI
5,834,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,468,000

8
HOUSE-TUE 8P
FOX
4,964,000

9
90210
CW
4,651,000

10
DECISION ‘08 REP CONV TUE(S)-09/02/2008
NBC
4,509,000

Source: The Nielsen …

 NBC’s “Deal or No Deal” and “America’s Toughest Jobs” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, September 1, 2008.
CBS’s special edition of “Two and a Half Men” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.
CBS’s coverage of Hurricane Gustav also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON
NBC
10,964,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN-SPC(S)-09/01/2008
CBS
7,834,000

3
AMERICA’S TOUGHEST JOBS
NBC
7,139,000

4
PRISON BREAK
FOX
6,531,000

5
OLD CHRISTINE-SPC(S)-09/01/2008
CBS
5,950,000

6
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS MON
UNI
5,531,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE MON
UNI
5,163,000

8
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER-SPC(S)-09/01/2008
CBS
4,748,000

9
BIG BANG THEORY, THE-SPCL(S)-09/01/2008
CBS
4,737,000

10
CBS NEWS SP:GUSTAV-R.CONV(S)-09/01/2008
CBS
4,019,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 1, 2008)

Overall, NBC won the night …

Back-to-back special episodes of FOX’s “Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, August 29, 2008.
CBS’s “Numbers” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
SMARTER THAN 5TH 8/29-9P(S)-08/29/2008
FOX
5,602,000

2
NUMB3RS 9PM
CBS
5,231,000

3
SMARTER THAN 5TH 8/29-8P(S)-08/29/2008
FOX
4,823,000

4
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS FRI
UNI
4,654,000

5
20/20-FRI
ABC
4,579,000

6
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
4,427,000

7
DATELINE FRI
NBC
4,397,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,301,000

9
FRIDAY NIGHT SMACKDOWN
CW
3,703,000

10
SWINGTOWN
CBS
3,650,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (August 29, 2008)

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of just over 5.2 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 4.5 million average viewers. Univision …

ABC’s primetime coverage of the final day of the Democratic National Convention led in viewership drawing an average audience of roughly 6.6 million viewers. The event featured the widely viewed acceptance speech by Sen. Barack Obama.
Convention coverage from NBC and CBS also made their way into the top 10.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
VOTE2008:DEM NAT CONV-THU(S)-08/28/2008
ABC
6,584,000

2
DECISION ‘08 DEM CONV THU(S)-08/28/2008
NBC
6,100,000

3
BIG BROTHER 10-THU
CBS
5,969,000

4
CSI
CBS
5,297,000

5
MOMENT OF TRUTH 8/28-9P(S)-08/28/2008
FOX
5,179,000

6
AL DIABLO CON GUAPOS THU
UNI
5,127,000

7
CAMPAIGN 2008-DEM CONV-TH(S)-08/28/2008
CBS
4,722,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE THU
UNI
4,685,000

9
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
4,008,000

10
MOMENT OF TRUTH 8/28-8P(S)-08/28/2008
FOX
3,690,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (August 28, 2008)

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience …