Nielsen Wire » Tostitos Fiesta Bowl(S)-01/05/2009 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire Consumer Insights, News, Research & Reports Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:19:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 Primetime Broadcast Ratings, January 5, 2009 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-january-5-2009/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-january-5-2009/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:01:02 +0000 christine http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=6778 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 place with almost 9.2 million average viewers. ABC and NBC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 8.4 million and 8.2 million average viewers, respectively. UNI and the CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly 4.4 million and 2.8 million average viewers, respectively.

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