CBS’s “Two And A Half Men,” “CSI: Miami,” and “Worst Week” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, December 15, 2008.
CBS’s “How I Met Your Mother” and “The Big Bang Theory” rounded out the top five.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
17,915,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
14,560,000

3
WORST WEEK
CBS
12,036,000

4
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
11,371,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
11,220,000

6
HEROES
NBC
7,866,000

7
CHUCK
NBC
7,661,000

8
WANT A DOG FOR CHRISTMAS(S)-12/15/2008
ABC
7,085,000

9
PRISON BREAK
FOX
5,368,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE MON
UNI
5,208,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 15, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 13.6 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 6.5 …

CBS’s “CSI”, “Eleventh Hour,” and “Survivor: Gabon” were the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, December 11, 2008.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
20,857,000

2
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
13,400,000

3
SURVIVOR: GABON
CBS
13,047,000

4
E.R.
NBC
9,035,000

5
OFFICE
NBC
8,760,000

6
30 ROCK
NBC
7,379,000

7
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,548,000

8
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
6,255,000

9
SECRET MLNR SP-12/11 8P(S)-12/11/2008
FOX
5,402,000

10
KATH & KIM
NBC
5,377,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 11, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 15.8 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 7.7 million average viewers.  ABC and FOX claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.2 million and 5 million average viewers.  Univision and the CW followed in fifth and …

CBS’s “Criminal Minds,” “CSI: NY,” and “Old Christine” were the top three primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, December 10, 2008. 

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
14,677,000

2
CSI: NY
CBS
13,328,000

3
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,944,000

4
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,731,000

5
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
7,506,000

6
SECRET MLNR SP-12/10 8P(S)-12/10/2008
FOX
7,260,000

7
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
6,859,000

8
LIFE
NBC
5,639,000

9
DIRTY SEXY MONEY
ABC
5,240,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
5,220,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 10, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 11.9 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 6 million average viewers.  FOX and ABC claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.9 million and 5.7 million average viewers.  UNI and the MNT followed …

FOX’s “House” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, December 9, 2008, with almost 14.1 million average viewers.
CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” rounded out the top three, with approximately 13.69 million and 13.66 million average viewers, respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
HOUSE
FOX
14,051,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
13,695,000

3
NCIS
CBS
13,662,000

4
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
11,015,000

5
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
9,356,000

6
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
8,555,000

7
AMER FUNN HM VIDEOS-12/9(S)-12/09/2008
ABC
7,032,000

8
FRINGE
FOX
6,953,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
5,519,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,222,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 9, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 11 million average viewers.  NBC and ABC
claimed …

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number one- and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, December 8, 2008.
ABC’s “Charlie Brown” Christmas Special rounded out the top three.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
15,588,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,787,000

3
CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS(S)-12/08/2008
ABC
11,017,000

4
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
10,504,000

5
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
10,491,000

6
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
9,885,000

7
HEROES
NBC
7,719,000

8
CHUCK
NBC
6,936,000

9
PRISON BREAK
FOX
5,396,000

10
TERMINATOR: SRH CNR CHRON
FOX
5,250,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 8, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12.4 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 10.3 million average viewers.  NBC and FOX
claimed third and fourth places …

CBS’s “Rudolph The Red-Nose Reindeer” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Wednesday, December 3, 2008, drawing approximately 11.8 million average viewers.
NBC’s “Law And Order” and “Christmas-Rockefeller Center” rounded out the top three, with just over 11.3 million and 10.3 million average viewers, respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
RUDOLPH RED-NOSE REINDEER(S)-12/03/2008
CBS
11,815,000

2
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
11,309,000

3
CHRISTMAS-ROCKEFELLER CEN(S)-12/03/2008
NBC
10,324,000

4
VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION(S)-12/03/2008
CBS
8,680,000

5
LIFE
NBC
8,148,000

6
SECRET MLNR SP-12/3 9P(S)-12/03/2008
FOX
8,051,000

7
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
7,782,000

8
GRAMMY NOMINATION CONCERT(S)-12/03/2008
CBS
6,986,000

9
SECRET MLNR SP-12/3 8P(S)-12/03/2008
FOX
6,666,000

10
DIRTY SEXY MONEY
ABC
5,642,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 3, 2008).

Overall, NBC won the night with an average audience of almost 9.9 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 9.2 million …

CBS’s “The Mentalist” and “NCIS” were the number one- and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, December 2, 2008.
FOX’s “House” rounded out the top three.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
18,742,000

2
NCIS
CBS
18,518,000

3
HOUSE
FOX
12,517,000

4
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
12,319,000

5
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
10,331,000

6
SANTA CLAUS COMIN’ TO TWN(S)-12/02/2008
ABC
8,896,000

7
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
8,755,000

8
FRINGE
FOX
8,535,000

9
ACCORDING TO JIM-TU 9PM
ABC
6,134,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
5,468,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 2, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 16.5 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 10.6 million average viewers. NBC and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 9.3 million and 6.5 million average …

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, December 1, 2008.
ABC’s “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” was sandwiched in between, in second place, with 11.4 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
13,630,000

2
HOW GRINCH STOLE XMAS-1(S)-12/01/2008
ABC
11,414,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
11,158,000

4
SHREK THE HALLS(S)-12/01/2008
ABC
11,144,000

5
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,106,000

6
HEROES
NBC
7,995,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
7,883,000

8
WORST WEEK
CBS
7,788,000

9
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
7,631,000

10
CHUCK
NBC
7,335,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 1, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 9.9 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 8.6 million …

ABC’s “20/20-Fri” and Friday night movie special were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, November 28, 2008.
CBS’s “Numb3rs Special” was sandwiched in between, in second place.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
20/20-FRI
ABC
7,050,000

2
NUMB3RS SPECIAL(S)-11/28/2008
CBS
7,009,000

3
ABC FRI MOVIE OF WK-11/28(S)-11/28/2008
ABC
6,527,000

4
GHOST WHISPERER SPECIAL(S)-11/28/2008
CBS
6,129,000

5
GHOST WHISPERER 9PM SPCL(S)-11/28/2008
CBS
5,891,000

6
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
5,537,000

7
WWE FRI NT SMACKDWN-11/28(S)-11/28/2008
MNT
3,779,000

8
REGALO NAVIDENO 11/28(S)-11/28/2008
UNI
3,555,000

9
NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK-FRI(S)-11/28/2008
NBC
3,289,000

10
FOX MOVIE SP-11/28 8P(S)-11/28/2008
FOX
3,223,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 28, 2008).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 6.7 million viewers, while CBS took second place with almost 6.3 million average viewers. UNI and …

CBS had the top three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, November 27, 2008.
“CSI” had approximately 10.7 million viewers, “Survivor: Gabon” drew approximately 8.3 million viewers, and “Eleventh Hour” rounded out the top three with approximately 7.5 million viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI – THANKSGIVING SP(S)-11/27/2008
CBS
10,681,000

2
SURVIVOR: GABON-THANKS SP(S)-11/27/2008
CBS
8,308,000

3
ELEVENTH HOUR-THANKS SP(S)-11/27/2008
CBS
7,490,000

4
FOX MOVIE 11/27 THKSGVNG(S)-11/27/2008
FOX
5,813,000

5
CHARLIE BRWN THANKSGIVING(S)-11/27/2008
ABC
5,256,000

6
NBC MOVIE OF WEEK8P 11/27(S)-11/27/2008
NBC
4,540,000

7
GREY’S ANATOMY SP-11/27(S)-11/27/2008
ABC
4,121,000

8
OFFICE 11/27(S)-11/27/2008
NBC
3,387,000

9
GRAN ESTRENO 11/27(S)-11/27/2008
UNI
2,615,000

10
SMALLVILLE-THANKSGIVING(S)-11/27/2008
CW
1,808,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 27, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.8 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 5.8 million average …