FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” and “Lie To Me” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, February 4, 2009 with 26.4 and 13.0 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Lost” rounded out the top three with 11.0 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
26,384,000

2
LIE TO ME
FOX
12,993,000

3
LOST
ABC
11,012,000

4
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
8,636,000

5
CRIMINAL MINDS – 8PM SPCL(S)-02/04/2009
CBS
8,384,000

6
CSI: NY
CBS
7,533,000

7
LIFE
NBC
6,733,000

8
KATIE COURIC: GRAMMY SPCL(S)-02/04/2009
CBS
6,551,000

9
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
6,021,000

10
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
5,763,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 4, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 19.7 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 7.5 million average …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” and “Lie To Me” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, January 28, 2009 with 27.4 and 12.2 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Lost” rounded out the top three with 11.2 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
27,364,000

2
LIE TO ME
FOX
12,205,000

3
LOST
ABC
11,226,000

4
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
10,229,000

5
CSI: NY
CBS
9,355,000

6
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
8,964,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU 9P
NBC
6,380,000

8
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
6,229,000

9
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
6,220,000

10
CBS EVE NWS PRIME SPECIAL(S)-01/28/2009
CBS
6,027,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 28, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 19.8 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 8.3 million average viewers. ABC …

FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” and “Lie To Me” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Wednesday, January 21, 2009 with 25.9 and 12.4 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” was the second ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV Wednesday evening with approximately 13.8 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
25,897,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
13,816,000

3
LIE TO ME
FOX
12,370,000

4
CSI: NY
CBS
11,581,000

5
LOST
ABC
11,347,000

6
LOST: DESTINY CALLS(S)-01/21/2009
ABC
8,508,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
8,274,000

8
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,287,000

9
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
6,970,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
5,435,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 21, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 19.1 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost …

Night two of FOX’s “American Idol-Wednesday” season premiere was the top ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Wednesday, January 14, 2009 with approximately 30.3 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Crimanal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three with approximately 13.8 and 12.7 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
30,322,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
13,778,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
12,666,000

4
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
8,261,000

5
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,175,000

6
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
6,963,000

7
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
5,378,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
5,046,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL WED
UNI
5,013,000

10
LOST SP-1/14(S)-01/14/2009
ABC
4,500,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 14, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 30.3 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 11.2 …

CBS’s “NCIS” and “Kennedy Center Honors” special were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, December 30, 2008.
NBC’s special presentation of ”Law And Order: SVU” rounded out the top three.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
13,433,000

2
KENNEDY CENTER HONORS(S)-12/30/2008
CBS
10,513,000

3
LAW AND ORDER:SVU 12/30(S)-12/30/2008
NBC
9,624,000

4
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
8,881,000

5
HAPPY NEW YEAR, C. BROWN(S)-12/30/2008
ABC
6,334,000

6
HOUSE
FOX
5,922,000

7
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,407,000

8
LAW AND ORDER 12/30(S)-12/30/2008
NBC
5,259,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
5,084,000

10
FRINGE
FOX
5,082,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 30, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 11.5 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 7.9 million average viewers. FOX and ABC …

CBS’s “Rudolph The Red-Nose Reindeer” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Wednesday, December 3, 2008, drawing approximately 11.8 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Law And Order” and “Christmas-Rockefeller Center” rounded out the top three, with just over 11.3 million and 10.3 million average viewers, respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
RUDOLPH RED-NOSE REINDEER(S)-12/03/2008
CBS
11,815,000

2
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
11,309,000

3
CHRISTMAS-ROCKEFELLER CEN(S)-12/03/2008
NBC
10,324,000

4
VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION(S)-12/03/2008
CBS
8,680,000

5
LIFE
NBC
8,148,000

6
SECRET MLNR SP-12/3 9P(S)-12/03/2008
FOX
8,051,000

7
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
7,782,000

8
GRAMMY NOMINATION CONCERT(S)-12/03/2008
CBS
6,986,000

9
SECRET MLNR SP-12/3 8P(S)-12/03/2008
FOX
6,666,000

10
DIRTY SEXY MONEY
ABC
5,642,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 3, 2008).

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 9.9 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 9.2 million …