CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer” (8.97 million average viewers) and “Numbers” (8.67 million average viewers) were the number one- and number two-ranked primetime broadcasts for Friday, October 17, 2008. 
The premiere of NBC’s “Crusoe” rounded out the top three, with almost 7.4 million average viewers.

RANK
PROGRAM
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
8,974,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
8,676,000

3
CRUSOE
NBC
7,383,000

4
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,935,000

5
EX LIST, THE
CBS
6,293,000

6
LIFE
NBC
5,894,000

7
SMARTER THAN 5TH 10/17-9P(S)-10/17/2008
FOX
5,616,000

8
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
5,187,000

9
SUPERNANNY
ABC
5,116,000

10
WIFE SWAP
ABC
4,954,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 8.0 million viewers, while NBC took second place with almost 6.9 million average viewers. ABC and FOX claimed third and fourth …

CBS’s “CSI” and “Survivor: Gabon” were the number one- and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Thursday, October 16, 2008.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” was sandwiched between the two, in second place.

RANK
PROGRAM
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
19,275,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
14,803,000

3
SURVIVOR: GABON
CBS
12,807,000

4
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
11,907,000

5
E.R.
NBC
8,961,000

6
SNL:WKND UPDT 10/16(S)-10/16/2008
NBC
8,832,000

7
UGLY BETTY
ABC
8,327,000

8
OFFICE
NBC
8,276,000

9
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
8,220,000

10
MY NAME IS EARL
NBC
6,722,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (October 16, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of 14.7 million viewers, while ABC took second place with almost 10.5 million average viewers. NBC and Univision claimed third and fourth places with roughly 8.0 million and 4.5 million average …

CBS’s “NCIS” and “The Mentalist” were, respectively, the number one- and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Tuesday, October 14, 2008.
“NCIS” drew an average audience of just over 18 million viewers, while “The Mentalist” drew roughly 14.9 million average viewers.
ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” rounded out the top three, with just over 14.8 million average viewers.
The season premiere of ABC’s “Eli Stone,” which drew almost 8.4 million average viewers, also made the top ten.

RANK
PROGRAM
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
18,038,000

2
MENTALIST, THE
CBS
14,935,000

3
DANCING W/STARS RESULTS
ABC
14,816,000

4
HOUSE
FOX
13,269,000

5
WITHOUT A TRACE
CBS
11,051,000

6
LAW AND ORDER:SVU
NBC
9,512,000

7
FRINGE
FOX
9,157,000

8
ELI STONE
ABC
8,394,000

9
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
7,637,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,188,000

Source: …

ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars” claimed the number one spot on Nielsen’s ranking of the top-rated primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, October 13, 2008.
CBS dominated the rest of Nielsen’s top 10 list, with “Two And Half Men,” “CSI: Miami,” “Worst Week,” “The Big Bang Theory,” and “How I Met Your Mother” claiming five of the nine remaining slots.

RANK
PROGRAM
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
17,765,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,719,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,217,000

4
SAMANTHA WHO?
ABC
11,446,000

5
WORST WEEK
CBS
9,754,000

6
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,337,000

7
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
9,249,000

8
HEROES
NBC
8,753,000

9
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,015,000

10
FOX MLB NLCS GAME 4(S)-10/13/2008
FOX
7,705,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (September 13, 2008).

Overall, ABC won …

CBS’s “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numbers” were, respectively, the number one- and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, October 10, 2008. 
“Ghost Whisperer” drew an average audience of almost 9.7 million viewers, while “Numbers” drew roughly 8 million average viewers.
ABC’s “20/20″ rounded out the top three, with just over 7 million average viewers.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
9,693,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
8,012,000

3
20/20-FRI
ABC
7,017,000

4
DEAL OR NO DEAL-FRI
NBC
6,633,000

5
EX LIST, THE
CBS
5,596,000

6
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
5,443,000

7
LIFE
NBC
4,978,000

8
SUPERNANNY
ABC
4,961,000

9
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS
FOX
4,829,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,345,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 7.8 million viewers, while …

The season premiere of CBS’s “CSI” was the number one ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Thursday, October 9, 2008.
ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” claimed the number two slot, and CBS’s “Survivor: Gabon” rounded out the top three.
Premiere episodes of CBS’s “Eleventh Hour,” ABC’s “Life on Mars,” and “SNL on Thursday Night” also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CSI
CBS
23,485,000

2
GREY’S ANATOMY-THU 9PM
ABC
14,797,000

3
SURVIVOR: GABON
CBS
13,278,000

4
ELEVENTH HOUR
CBS
11,373,000

5
LIFE ON MARS
ABC
11,333,000

6
SNL:WKND UPDT 10/9(S)-10/09/2008
NBC
10,850,000

7
E.R.
NBC
9,408,000

8
OFFICE
NBC
9,245,000

9
UGLY BETTY
ABC
8,521,000

10
FOX MLB NLCS GAME 1(S)-10/09/2008
FOX
7,735,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of just over 16.1 million viewers, …

CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and “CSI: NY” were the number one- and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Wednesday, October 8, 2008, drawing average audiences of almost 16.2 million and 15.9 million viewers.
FOX’s “Bones” rounded out the top three, with almost 10.6 million average viewers Wednesday night.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
CRIMINAL MINDS
CBS
16,185,000

2
CSI: NY
CBS
15,873,000

3
BONES
FOX
10,559,000

4
OLD CHRISTINE
CBS
7,526,000

5
PRIVATE PRACTICE
ABC
7,400,000

6
GARY UNMARRIED
CBS
7,357,000

7
KNIGHT RIDER
NBC
6,856,000

8
BIGGEST LOSER 6 10/8(S)-10/08/2008
NBC
6,556,000

9
DIRTY SEXY MONEY
ABC
5,852,000

10
PUSHING DAISIES
ABC
5,501,000

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

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 13.2 million viewers, while FOX took second place with just over 7.4 million average viewers. ABC …

CBS’s “NCIS” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Tuesday, October 7, 2008, drawing an audience of almost 16.3 million average viewers.
ABC’s special presentation of “Dancing With The Stars” claimed second place, with almost 15.1 million viewers.  ABC’s post-debate analysis of the second McCain/Obama presidential debate rounded out the top three, with just over 9.9 million viewers.
Post-debate coverage on NBC, CBS, and FOX also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
NCIS
CBS
16,288,000

2
DANCING W/STARS RESULT SP(S)-10/07/2008
ABC
15,065,000

3
VOTE2008:ANALYSIS-TUE(S)-10/07/2008
ABC
9,917,000

4
DECISION ‘08:PRES ANALYS2(S)-10/07/2008
NBC
8,349,000

5
CAMPAIGN ‘08-DEBATE ANL-2(S)-10/07/2008
CBS
7,951,000

6
BIGGEST LOSER 6
NBC
7,265,000

7
HOUSE
FOX
6,365,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE TUE
UNI
5,634,000

9
CUIDADO CON EL ANGEL TUE
UNI
4,637,000

10
FOX NEWS: …

ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, October 6, 2008.
CBS’s “Two and a Half Men,” “CSI: Miami,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “How I Met Your Mother,” and “Worst Week” dominated the next five slots in Nielsen’s ranking.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
DANCING WITH THE STARS
ABC
18,592,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
14,073,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
13,884,000

4
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,394,000

5
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
8,977,000

6
WORST WEEK
CBS
8,848,000

7
BOSTON LEGAL
ABC
8,746,000

8
HEROES
NBC
8,198,000

9
CHUCK
NBC
5,832,000

10
TERMINATOR: SRH CNR CHRON
FOX
5,726,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (October 6, 2008).

Overall, ABC won the night with an average audience of just over 15.3 million viewers, while CBS took …

CBS’s season premieres of “Ghost Whisperer” and “Numbers” were the number one- and number two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Friday, October 3, 2008.  “Ghost Whisperer” drew roughly 9.4 million average viewers, while “Numbers” drew an average audience of 8.2 million viewers.
ABC’s “20/20” rounded out the top three, with just over 6.8 million average viewers.
Two other premieres, CBS’s “The Ex List” (6.8 million viewers) and ABC’s “Supernanny” (4.2 million viewers), also made the top ten.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
GHOST WHISPERER
CBS
9,447,000

2
NUMB3RS
CBS
8,212,000

3
20/20-FRI
ABC
6,840,000

4
EX LIST, THE
CBS
6,793,000

5
DEAL OR NO DEAL-FRI
NBC
6,349,000

6
SMARTER THAN 5TH GRADER
FOX
5,956,000

7
LIFE
NBC
5,543,000

8
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE FRI
UNI
4,637,000

9
DON’T FORGET …