ABC’s “Bachelor: After Final Rose Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for March 2, 2009.  The show drew just over 17.5 million average viewers Monday evening.
ABC’s “The Bachelor” and CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” rounded out the top three with 15.5 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
BACHELOR:AFTER FINAL ROSE(S)-03/02/2009
ABC
17,466,000

2
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
15,477,000

3
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
15,469,000

4
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,418,000

5
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
CBS
11,822,000

6
24
FOX
11,139,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
11,094,000

8
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
10,830,000

9
MEDIUM
NBC
7,256,000

10
HEROES
NBC
7,154,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (March 2, 2009).

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