Whether it was a cameo appearance by the Commander-In-Chief, the intrigue of perhaps the game’s best player performing in front of his home crowd, or the simple fact that it came right down to the final out, this year’s MLB All-Star Game was able to deliver the viewers.
An average of 14.6 million people watched the Midsummer Classic on Tuesday, the largest audience since the infamous 2002 game in Milwaukee that ended in a tie. Ratings in the game’s host city of St. Louis were especially high with 37% of all TV …

NBC’s “America’s Got Talent-Wednesday 9PM” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for July 15, 2009. The show drew just over 11.6 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
CBS’s “CSI: NY” was the second-ranked program with approximately 8.0 million average viewers while ABC’s “Wipeout” rounded out the top three with approximately 7.7 million average viewers.

FOX’s “MLB All-Star Game” and “MLB All-Star Pre-Game” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Tuesday, July 14, 2009 with 14.6 and 11.2 million average viewers.
NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Tuesday evening with approximately 13.5 million average viewers.

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “The Big Bang Theory” were the number one and two-ranked programs on broadcast TV Monday, July 13, 2009 with roughly 9.1 and 8.2 million average viewers. ABC’s “The Bachelorette” followed in third with approximately 8.0 million average viewers.

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
AMERICA GOT TALENT-WED 9P
NBC
WEDNESDAY
11,907,000

2
NCIS
CBS
TUESDAY
10,998,000

3
AMERICA’S GOT TALENT-TUE
NBC
TUESDAY
10,570,000

4
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
MONDAY
9,411,000

5
MENTALIST, THE – TUESDAY
CBS
TUESDAY
9,247,000

6
60 MINUTES
CBS
SUNDAY
8,769,000

7
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
MONDAY
8,761,000

8
PRIMETIME: FAMILY SECRETS
ABC
TUESDAY
8,657,000

9
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
MONDAY
8,342,000

10
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
THURSDAY
8,258,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 6, 2009 – July 12, 2009)

RANK
NAME
BET
DAY
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CLOSER, THE
TNT
MONDAY
6,053,000

2
ROYAL PAINS
USA
THURSDAY
5,733,000

3
JACKSON MEMORIAL SERVICE(S)-07/07/2009
CNN
TUESDAY
5,720,000

4
BURN NOTICE
USA
THURSDAY
5,505,000

5
WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW)
USA
MONDAY
5,399,000

6
JACKSON MEMORIAL SERVICE(S)-07/07/2009
CNN
TUESDAY
5,386,000

7
ICARLY
NICK
SATURDAY
5,226,000

8
JACKSON MEMORIAL SERVICE(S)-07/07/2009
CNN
TUESDAY
5,125,000

9
M JACKSON MEMORIAL CVG
CNN
TUESDAY
4,967,000

10
WWE ENTERTAINMENT (WWE RAW)
USA
MONDAY
4,891,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (July 6, 2009 – July 12, 2009)

FOX’s “Smarter Than 5th Grader” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for July 10, 2009. The show drew just over 5.7 million average viewers Friday evening.
CBS’s “Numb3rs” and “Flashpoint” rounded out the top three with 5.1 and 4.6 million average viewers.

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “CSI” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Thursday, July 9, 2009 with approximately 8.3 and 7.7 million average viewers.
FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance Thursday” was ranked second with 7.9 approximately millon average viewers.

NBC’s “America Got Talent-Wednesday 9PM” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts broadcast TV for July 8, 2009. The show drew just over 11.9 million average viewers Wednesday evening.
ABC’s “Wipeout” was the second-ranked program with approximately 8.2 million average viewers while FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance-Wednesday” rounded out the top three with approximately 7.6 million average viewers.

CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist-Tuesday” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Tuesday, July 7, 2009 with approximately 11.0 and 9.2 million average viewers.
NBC’s “America’s Got Talent-Tuesday” was ranked second with 10.6 approximately million average viewers.