Nielsen Wire » TV’s 50 Funniest Phrases 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, May 26, 2009 http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-may-26-2009/ http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/media_entertainment/primetime-broadcast-ratings-may-26-2009/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 11:23:21 +0000 christine http://blog.nielsen.com/nielsenwire/?p=12170 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 Program Network Viewers (P2+)
1 NCIS CBS 12,463,000
2 MENTALIST, THE CBS 12,357,000
3 WITHOUT A TRACE CBS 9,570,000
4 TV’S 50 FUNNIEST PHRASES(S)-05/26/2009 NBC 6,712,000
5 LAW AND ORDER:SVU NBC 6,455,000
6 MENTAL FOX 5,761,000
7 MANANA PARA SIEMPRE TUE UNI 4,927,000
8 GORDO Y FLACA: ED ES 5/26(S)-05/26/2009 UNI 4,340,000
9 HOUSE-TUE 8P FOX 4,253,000
10 CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE UNI 4,006,000
Source: The Nielsen Company (May 26, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 11.5 million viewers,
while NBC took second place with almost 6.6 million average viewers. FOX and UNI
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.0 million and 4.4 million average viewers.
ABC and CW followed in fifth and sixth places with average audiences of roughly
3.3 million and 1.8 million average viewers, respectively.

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