ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, November 24, 2008 with approximately 21.1 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” rounded out the top three with approximately 15.0 and 14.3 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
21,095,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,950,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
14,333,000

4
SAMANTHA WHO?
ABC
10,717,000

5
WORST WEEK
CBS
10,153,000

6
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
10,033,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
9,956,000

8
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,157,000

9
HEROES
NBC
7,511,000

10
CHUCK
NBC
6,534,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 24, 2008).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 15.2 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with …

CBS’s “The Mentalist”, “Numb3rs” and “Ghost Whisperer” were the number one, two and three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, November 21, 2008.
Each program drew over 11 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
MENTALIST, THE-FRIDAY-SP(S)-11/21/2008
CBS
11,543,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
11,295,000

3
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,282,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
8,280,000

5
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
6,033,000

6
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
5,756,000

7
DEAL OR NO DEAL-FRI
NBC
5,681,000

8
SUPERNANNY
ABC
5,097,000

9
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,712,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,634,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 21, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 11.4 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 6.0 million average viewers. FOX and NBC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 5.9 million and 4.2 million …

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Gabon” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime
telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, November 20, 2008.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was sandwiched in between the two, in second place.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
18,446,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
15,913,000

3
SURVIVOR: GABON
CBS
12,502,000

4
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
10,584,000

5
E.R.
NBC
8,884,000

6
OFFICE
NBC
8,309,000

7
UGLY BETTY
ABC
8,308,000

8
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
7,765,000

9
30 ROCK
NBC
7,079,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,608,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 20, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 13.9 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 11.0 million average viewers. NBC and FOX
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 7.5 million and 4.5 million average viewers,
respectively. UNI …

CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were the number one and number two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, November 19, 2008.
FOX’s “Bones” rounded out the top three with 10.8 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
16,334,000

2
CSI: NY
CBS
14,119,000

3
BONES
FOX
10,818,000

4
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,882,000

5
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,847,000

6
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
7,623,000

7
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
7,225,000

8
HOUSE-WED 9P
FOX
5,684,000

9
DIRTY SEXY MONEY
ABC
5,580,000

10
LIFE
NBC
5,427,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 19, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 12.8 million viewers,
while FOX took second place with almost 8.3 million average viewers. NBC and ABC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 6.1 million and 5.9 million average viewers,
respectively. …

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for November 17, 2008. The show drew just over 19.6 million average viewers Monday night.
CBS’s “CSI: Miami” and “Two And A Half Men” rounded out the top three with 15.5
and 15.2 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
19,631,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
15,464,000

3
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
15,184,000

4
WORST WEEK
CBS
10,236,000

5
SAMANTHA WHO?
ABC
10,229,000

6
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
9,993,000

7
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,764,000

8
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,081,000

9
HEROES
NBC
7,646,000

10
CHUCK
NBC
6,889,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 17, 2008).

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

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numb3rs” were the number one and number two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, November 14, 2008.
ABC’s “Barbara Walters Special” rounded out the top three with approximately 8.1 million average viewers, respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
11,575,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
9,285,000

3
BARBARA WALTERS SP-11/14(S)-11/14/2008
ABC
8,054,000

4
PRICE IS RIGHT: TROOPS(S)-11/14/2008
CBS
7,097,000

5
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
5,414,000

6
DEAL OR NO DEAL-FRI
NBC
5,304,000

7
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
5,134,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,855,000

9
SUPERNANNY
ABC
4,848,000

10
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL FRI
UNI
4,579,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 14, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 9.3 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 5.8 million average …

The CMA Awards, aired on ABC, were the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Wednesday, November 12, 2008.
CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” rounded out the top three.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
CMA AWARDS(S)-11/12/2008
ABC
15,905,000

2
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
14,833,000

3
CSI: NY
CBS
11,624,000

4
BONES
FOX
10,868,000

5
LAW AND ORDER
NBC
7,933,000

6
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
6,817,000

7
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
6,607,000

8
HOUSE-WED 9P
FOX
6,216,000

9
LIFE
NBC
5,809,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE WED
UNI
5,546,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (November 12, 2008).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of almost 15.9 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 11.1 million average viewers. FOX and NBC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 8.5 million and 6.4 million average viewers,
respectively. Univision and the CW …

CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, November 11, 2008.
ABC’s “Dancing W/Stars Results” was sandwiched in between the two, in second place.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
18,745,000

2
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
16,521,000

3
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
16,516,000

4
HOUSE
FOX
13,062,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
12,232,000

6
DANCING W/STARS RECAP #4(S)-11/11/2008
ABC
10,320,000

7
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
9,419,000

8
FRINGE
FOX
8,612,000

9
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
8,101,000

10
ELI STONE
ABC
7,005,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 15.8 million viewers,
while ABC took second place with almost 11.4 million average viewers. FOX and NBC
claimed third and fourth places with roughly 10.9 million and 8.5 …