CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, January 12, 2009 with 17.1 and 15.8 million average viewers.
FOX’s “24″ rounded out the top three with 12.3 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
17,102,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
15,830,000

3
24
FOX
12,307,000

4
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
11,807,000

5
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
11,761,000

6
WORST WEEK
CBS
10,361,000

7
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
9,060,000

8
SUPERSTARS OF DANCE
NBC
7,190,000

9
TRUE BEAUTY
ABC
6,463,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE MON
UNI
5,407,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 13.8 million viewers, while FOX took second place …

FOX’s “Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Special” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, January 5, 2009, with approximately 17.1million average viewers.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” rounded out the top three, with approximately 11.6 and 10.4 million average viewers, respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL(S)-01/05/2009
FOX
17,056,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
11,559,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
10,400,000

4
SUPERSTARS OF DANCE
NBC
9,666,000

5
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
8,742,000

6
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
8,505,000

7
TRUE BEAUTY
ABC
7,606,000

8
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
7,234,000

9
WORST WEEK
CBS
7,042,000

10
MOMMA’S BOYS
NBC
5,323,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 5, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.1 million viewers, while CBS took second …