ABC’s “NBA Finals On ABC-Game 4″ claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for June 11, 2009. The show drew approximately 16.0 million average viewers Thursday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” rounded out the top three with 8.9 and 8.7 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 4(S)-06/11/2009
ABC
15,957,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
8,944,000

3
CSI
CBS
8,740,000

4
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
8,648,000

5
BONES
FOX
5,655,000

6
I’M A CELEBRITY-THU
NBC
5,171,000

7
MANANA PARA SIEMPRE THU
UNI
5,140,000

8
GMC NBA COUNTDOWN-GM 4(S)-06/11/2009
ABC
4,877,000

9
OLD CHRISTINE-THURSDAY SP(S)-06/11/2009
CBS
4,841,000

10
OLD CHRISTINE THURSDAY SP(S)-06/11/2009
CBS
4,595,000

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

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of 13.2 …

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 4(S)
ABC
THURSDAY
15,957,000

2
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 3(S)
ABC
TUESDAY
14,196,000

3
NBA FINALS ON ABC-GM 5(S)
ABC
SUNDAY
14,171,000

4
NBA TROPHY PRESENTATION(S)
ABC
SUNDAY
13,475,000

5
MENTALIST, THE – TUESDAY
CBS
TUESDAY
11,621,000

6
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
11,052,000

7
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
9,517,000

8
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
8,944,000

9
48 HOURS MYSTERY TUESDAY
CBS
TUESDAY
8,846,000

10
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
8,740,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (June 8, 2009 – June 14, 2009)

ABC’s “NBA Finals on ABC-Game 1 Special” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for June 4, 2009. The show drew just over 13.0 million average viewers Thursday evening.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” was the second-ranked program with approximately 8.5 million average viewers while “CSI” rounded out the top three with 8.2 million average viewers.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-WED
FOX
WEDNESDAY
1,333,000

2
WITHOUT A TRACE-SPECIAL
CBS
THURSDAY
1,276,000

3
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
1,198,000

4
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,186,000

5
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
THURSDAY
1,174,000

6
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,171,000

7
NCIS THURSDAY 8PM-SPECIAL
CBS
THURSDAY
1,034,000

8
LAW & ORDER:SVU-WED 9PM
NBC
WEDNESDAY
1,026,000

9
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
1,006,000

10
CSI: MIAMI-SPC
CBS
MONDAY
992,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 25, 2009 – May 31, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
12,463,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
12,357,000

3
G STRAIT:ACM ARTST DECADE(S)
CBS
WEDNESDAY
10,628,000

4
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
9,976,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE-SPECIAL(S)
CBS
THURSDAY
9,710,000

6
NCIS THURSDAY 8PM-SPECIAL(S)
CBS
THURSDAY
9,636,000

7
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
9,570,000

8
TWO AND A HALF MEN-SPC(S)
CBS
MONDAY
9,268,000

9
SO YOU THINK CN DANCE-THU
FOX
THURSDAY
9,151,000

10
CRIMINAL MINDS SPECIAL(S)
CBS
WEDNESDAY
8,927,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 25, 2009 – May 31, 2009)

CBS’s “NCIS”, “‘Then Mentalist” and “Without A Trace” swept the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV with an average audience of approximately 12.5, 12.4 and 9.6 million viewers Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
28,838,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
23,822,000

3
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
20,311,000

4
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
19,166,000

5
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
16,820,000

6
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
16,505,000

7
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
16,183,000

8
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
14,197,000

9
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
13,986,000

10
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
CBS
MONDAY
12,871,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 18, 2009 – May 24, 2009)

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NBA PLAYOFFS ON ABC-SAT 3
ABC
SATURDAY
3,119,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
2,361,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
2,014,000

4
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
1,997,000

5
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
1,762,000

6
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
1,722,000

7
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,603,000

8
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
WEDNESDAY
1,495,000

9
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
1,468,000

10
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
TUESDAY
1,412,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 18, 2009 – May 24, 2009)

FOX’s “American Idol-Tuesday” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for May 19, 2009. The show drew just over 23.8 million average viewers Tuesday night.
ABC’s “Dancing W/Stars Results” was the second-ranked program with 20.3 million average viewers while CBS’s “The Mentalist” rounded out the top three with 16.8 million average viewers.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICAN IDOL-WEDNESDAY
FOX
WEDNESDAY
24,670,000

2
AMERICAN IDOL-TUESDAY
FOX
TUESDAY
22,712,000

3
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
MONDAY
18,554,000

4
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
THURSDAY
16,531,000

5
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
TUESDAY
16,205,000

6
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
16,195,000

7
CSI
CBS
THURSDAY
14,810,000

8
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
TUESDAY
14,058,000

9
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
ABC
SUNDAY
13,956,000

10
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
13,586,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (May 11, 2009 – May 17, 2009)