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.

CBS’s “G Strait: ACM Artist Decade Special” and “Criminal Minds Special” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, May 27, 2009 with 10.6 and 8.9 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Wipeout” rounded out the top three with 8.7 million average viewers respectively.

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 20, 2009. The show drew just over 28.8 million average viewers Wednesday night.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” was the second-ranked program with approximately 14.0 million average viewers while NBC’s “Law And Order” rounded out the top three with 6.7 million average viewers.

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for April 1, 2009. The show drew just over 24.3 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “I Get That A Lot(S)-04/01/2009″ and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 10.4 and 10.1 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
24,342,000

2
I GET THAT A LOT(S)-04/01/2009
CBS
10,350,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
10,060,000

4
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
10,030,000

5
LOST
ABC
9,574,000

6
LIE TO ME
FOX
9,180,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
6,340,000

8
LIFE
NBC
5,697,000

9
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
5,639,000

10
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE WED
UNI
5,522,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (April 1, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 16.8 million viewers, …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 25, 2009. The show drew just over 24.5 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 13.9 and 12.6 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
24,541,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
13,930,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
12,563,000

4
LOST
ABC
10,050,000

5
BIGGEST LOSER 7 2/25(S)-02/25/2009
NBC
8,613,000

6
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
5,774,000

7
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
5,706,000

8
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
5,602,000

9
LOST-WED 8PM
ABC
5,000,000

10
LIFE
NBC
4,893,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 25, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 24.5 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 10.7 …

FOX’s “House” and “24″ were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV Monday, February 23, 2009 with 14.9 and 11.7 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Monday evening with approximately 12.1 millon average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
HOUSE
FOX
14,858,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
12,066,000

3
24
FOX
11,683,000

4
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
10,934,000

5
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
10,059,000

6
OLD CHRISTINE-MON 930 SP(S)-02/23/2009
CBS
9,229,000

7
MEDIUM
NBC
8,429,000

8
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
8,317,000

9
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
7,562,000

10
TRUE BEAUTY
ABC
7,432,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 23, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 13.3 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost …

FOX’s “House” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 16, 2009. The show drew just over 14.2 million average viewers Monday night.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” was the second-ranked program with 13.3 million average viewers while ABC’s “The Bachelor” rounded out the top three with 12.5 millon average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
HOUSE
FOX
14,195,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
13,319,000

3
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
12,524,000

4
24
FOX
11,224,000

5
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
10,499,000

6
MEDIUM
NBC
8,973,000

7
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
8,734,000

8
WORST WEEK
CBS
8,698,000

9
HEROES
NBC
7,740,000

10
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
7,293,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 16, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience …

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Tuesday, February 17, 2009 with approximately 25.4 million average viewers.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three with approximately 18.2 and 18.1
million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
25,374,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
18,226,000

3
NCIS
CBS
18,064,000

4
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
12,102,000

5
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
9,484,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 7
NBC
8,882,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
6,120,000

8
PRIMETIME:WHAT WOULD U DO
ABC
5,695,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
5,157,000

10
HOMELAND SECURITY USA
ABC
4,712,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 17, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 25.4 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 16.1 million average …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast
TV for Wednesday, February 18, 2009 with approximately 24.8 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with approximately 14.5 and 12.3
million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
24,790,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
14,536,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
12,331,000

4
LOST
ABC
11,406,000

5
LIE TO ME
FOX
11,090,000

6
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
7,227,000

7
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
6,723,000

8
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
6,496,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
6,279,000

10
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
5,477,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 18, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 18.1 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 11.2 million average viewers. ABC and NBC
claimed third and …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 11, 2009. The show drew just over 24.8 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with 12.5 and 11.9 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
24,825,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
12,476,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
11,939,000

4
LOST
ABC
9,820,000

5
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
7,436,000

6
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
6,672,000

7
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
6,540,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
5,574,000

9
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
5,482,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL WED
UNI
5,028,000

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

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 24.8 million viewers, while CBS took …