CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, July 9, 2009 with approximately 8.3 and 7.7 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance Thursday” was ranked second with 7.9 approximately millon average viewers.

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Thursday, July 2, 2009 with 9.8 and 8.2 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” rounded out the top three with 7.2 million
average viewers.

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, November 24, 2008 with approximately 21.1 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” rounded out the top three with approximately 15.0 and 14.3 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
21,095,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,950,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
14,333,000

4
SAMANTHA WHO?
ABC
10,717,000

5
WORST WEEK
CBS
10,153,000

6
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
10,033,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
9,956,000

8
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,157,000

9
HEROES
NBC
7,511,000

10
CHUCK
NBC
6,534,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 24, 2008).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 15.2 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with …

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for November 17, 2008. The show drew just over 19.6 million average viewers Monday night.
CBS’s “CSI: Miami” and “Two And A Half Men” rounded out the top three with 15.5
and 15.2 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
19,631,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
15,464,000

3
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
15,184,000

4
WORST WEEK
CBS
10,236,000

5
SAMANTHA WHO?
ABC
10,229,000

6
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
9,993,000

7
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,764,000

8
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,081,000

9
HEROES
NBC
7,646,000

10
CHUCK
NBC
6,889,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 17, 2008).

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

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, November 10, 2008.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” rounded out the top three.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
18,693,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,504,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,815,000

4
SAMANTHA WHO?
ABC
10,396,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
10,010,000

6
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
9,793,000

7
WORST WEEK
CBS
9,460,000

8
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,705,000

9
HEROES
NBC
7,849,000

10
CHUCK
NBC
6,338,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 10, 2008).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 14.1 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 11.9 million average viewers. NBC and FOX claimed third and fourth places with …

ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for November 3, 2008.  The show drew just over 17 million average viewers Monday night.
NBC’s “SNL Presidential Bash 2008″ and CBS’s “Two and a Half Men” rounded out the top three, with 14.4 million and 12.7 million average viewers, respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
17,089,000

2
SNL PRESIDENTIAL BASH ‘08(S)-11/03/2008
NBC
14,436,000

3
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
12,761,000

4
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
12,740,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,668,000

6
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
9,397,000

7
SAMANTHA WHO?
ABC
8,719,000

8
WORST WEEK
CBS
8,277,000

9
DEAL OR NO DEAL-MON
NBC
7,175,000

10
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
6,718,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 3, …

ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, October 27, 2008. 
Game 5 of the MLB World Series, which aired on FOX, claimed second place, and CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” rounded out the top three.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
18,876,000

2
FOX WORLD SERIES GAME 5(S)-10/27/2008
FOX
13,237,000

3
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
11,881,000

4
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
10,587,000

5
SAMANTHA WHO?
ABC
10,470,000

6
GARY UNMARRIED-MON 930 SP(S)-10/27/2008
CBS
8,654,000

7
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,581,000

8
HEROES
NBC
8,189,000

9
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
7,932,000

10
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
7,260,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (October 27, 2008).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 14.2 million viewers, while FOX …

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” was the number one-ranked primetime broadcast for October 20, 2008.  The telecast drew almost 18.5 million average viewers Monday evening.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” (14.6 million average viewers) and “CSI: Miami” (13.5 million average viewers) rounded out the top three programs for the night.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
18,497,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,630,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,505,000

4
WORST WEEK
CBS
9,875,000

5
SAMANTHA WHO?
ABC
9,636,000

6
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
9,446,000

7
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,331,000

8
HEROES
NBC
8,510,000

9
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,137,000

10
CHUCK
NBC
6,872,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (October 20, 2008).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 13.7 million viewers, while CBS …

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” claimed the number one spot on Nielsen’s ranking of the top-rated primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, October 13, 2008.
CBS dominated the rest of Nielsen’s top 10 list, with “Two And Half Men,” “CSI: Miami,” “Worst Week,” “The Big Bang Theory,” and “How I Met Your Mother” claiming five of the nine remaining slots.

RANK
PROGRAM
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
17,765,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,719,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,217,000

4
SAMANTHA WHO?
ABC
11,446,000

5
WORST WEEK
CBS
9,754,000

6
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,337,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
9,249,000

8
HEROES
NBC
8,753,000

9
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,015,000

10
FOX MLB NLCS GAME 4(S)-10/13/2008
FOX
7,705,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 13, 2008).

Overall, ABC won …