RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
11,463,000

2
AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P
NBC
WEDNESDAY
11,193,000

3
NBC NFL PRE-SEASON 8/30(S)
NBC
SUNDAY
10,381,000

4
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
10,064,000

5
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
9,712,000

6
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
9,552,000

7
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
MONDAY
8,562,000

8
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
8,404,000

9
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
8,073,000

10
BIG BROTHER 11-THU
CBS
THURSDAY
7,792,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (August 24, 2009 – August 30, 2009)

FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for August 7, 2009. The show drew just over 9.6 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were ranked second and third with approximately 7.7
and 7.1 million average viewers.

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
13,245,000

2
AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P
NBC
WEDNESDAY
11,188,000

3
BACHELORETTE, THE
ABC
MONDAY
10,001,000

4
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
9,731,000

5
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
9,609,000

6
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
9,065,000

7
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
8,733,000

8
AMERICA GOT TALENT-TUE 8P
NBC
TUESDAY
8,559,000

9
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
MONDAY
8,478,000

10
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
8,131,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 27, 2009 – August 2, 2009)

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
1,241,000

2
DATELINE FRI
NBC
FRIDAY
1,145,000

3
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
1,106,000

4
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
1,105,000

5
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
986,000

6
AMERICA GOT TALENT-TUE 8P
NBC
TUESDAY
955,000

7
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
WEDNESDAY
933,000

8
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
SUNDAY
896,000

9
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
884,000

10
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
847,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 27, 2009 – August 2, 2009)

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV for Thursday, July 30, 2009 with 8.7 and 7.8 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” rounded out the top three with 7.6 million
average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
8,733,000

2
CSI
CBS
7,820,000

3
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
7,595,000

4
BIG BROTHER 11-THU
CBS
6,459,000

5
BONES
FOX
5,190,000

6
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU
UNI
5,010,000

7
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
4,277,000

8
30 ROCK 8P
NBC
3,649,000

9
EN NOMBRE DEL AMOR THU
UNI
3,453,000

10
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
3,211,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 30, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 7.7 million viewers, while FOX took second place with almost 6.4 …

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
13,748,000

2
AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P
NBC
WEDNESDAY
11,256,000

3
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
9,721,000

4
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
9,611,000

5
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
9,312,000

6
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
MONDAY
8,795,000

7
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
8,521,000

8
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
THURSDAY
8,417,000

9
AMERICA GOT TALENT-TUE 8P
NBC
TUESDAY
8,268,000

10
BACHELORETTE, THE
ABC
MONDAY
8,038,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 20, 2009 – July 26, 2009)

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
1,500,000

2
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
1,099,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
1,071,000

4
AMERICA GOT TALENT-TUE 8P
NBC
TUESDAY
1,016,000

5
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
981,000

6
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
950,000

7
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
WEDNESDAY
946,000

8
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
THURSDAY
900,000

9
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
832,000

10
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
MONDAY
719,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 20, 2009 – July 26, 2009)

CBS’s The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, July 23, 2009 with approximately 9.6 and 7.8 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Thursday” was ranked second with 8.4 approximately millon average viewers.

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
FOX MLB ALL-STAR GAME(S)
FOX
TUESDAY
14,593,000

2
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
13,513,000

3
AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P
NBC
WEDNESDA
11,639,000

4
FOX MLB ALL-STAR PRE(S)
FOX
TUESDAY
11,224,000

5
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
10,451,000

6
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
9,120,000

7
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
8,372,000

8
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
MONDAY
8,226,000

9
BACHELORETTE, THE
ABC
MONDAY
8,013,000

10
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
8,012,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 13, 2009 – July 19, 2009)

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
PRIMETIME: FAMILY SECRETS
ABC
TUESDAY
1,658,000

2
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
1,224,000

3
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
1,112,000

3
AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P
NBC
WEDNESDAY
1,112,000

5
FOX MLB ALL-STAR GAME
FOX
TUESDAY
1,041,000

6
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
TUESDAY
964,000

7
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
919,000

8
CSI: NY
CBS
WEDNESDAY
894,000

9
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
THURSDAY
888,000

9
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
888,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 13, 2009 – July 19, 2009)