FOX’s “House” claimed the top slot in Nielsen’s ranking of the top primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for February 16, 2009. The show drew just over 14.2 million average viewers Monday night.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” was the second-ranked program with 13.3 million average viewers while ABC’s “The Bachelor” rounded out the top three with 12.5 millon average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
HOUSE
FOX
14,195,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
13,319,000

3
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
12,524,000

4
24
FOX
11,224,000

5
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
10,499,000

6
MEDIUM
NBC
8,973,000

7
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
8,734,000

8
WORST WEEK
CBS
8,698,000

9
HEROES
NBC
7,740,000

10
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
7,293,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (February 16, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience …

FOX’s “House” and “24″ were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on
broadcast TV Monday, January 26, 2009 with 15.7 and 12.2 million average viewers.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” was the second ranked telecast on broadcast TV Monday evening with approximately 12.8 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
HOUSE
FOX
15,692,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
12,781,000

3
24
FOX
12,223,000

4
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
10,566,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
9,207,000

6
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
9,192,000

7
NBC MOVIE OF THE WEEK-MON(S)-01/26/2009
NBC
8,325,000

8
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
8,083,000

9
WORST WEEK
CBS
7,130,000

10
TRUE BEAUTY
ABC
6,946,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 26, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 14.0 million viewers,
while ABC took second place …

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number one and number three-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV Monday, January 19, 2009 with 16.1 and 14.6 million average viewers respectively.
FOX’s “House” was sandwiched in between with 15.0 million average viewers.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
16,094,000

2
HOUSE
FOX
15,027,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
14,579,000

4
24
FOX
12,099,000

5
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
11,026,000

6
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
10,694,000

7
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
9,949,000

8
WORST WEEK
CBS
9,597,000

9
SUPERSTARS OF DANCE 1/19(S)-01/19/2009
NBC
6,505,000

10
TRUE BEAUTY
ABC
5,842,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 19, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 13.6 million viewers,
while CBS took second place with almost 12.8 million average …

CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” were the number one and two-ranked primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, January 12, 2009 with 17.1 and 15.8 million average viewers.
FOX’s “24″ rounded out the top three with 12.3 million average viewers respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
17,102,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
15,830,000

3
24
FOX
12,307,000

4
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
11,807,000

5
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
11,761,000

6
WORST WEEK
CBS
10,361,000

7
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
9,060,000

8
SUPERSTARS OF DANCE
NBC
7,190,000

9
TRUE BEAUTY
ABC
6,463,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE MON
UNI
5,407,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 12, 2009).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of almost 13.8 million viewers, while FOX took second place …

FOX’s “Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Special” was the number one-ranked primetime telecast on broadcast TV for Monday, January 5, 2009, with approximately 17.1million average viewers.
CBS’s “Two And A Half Men” and “CSI: Miami” rounded out the top three, with approximately 11.6 and 10.4 million average viewers, respectively.

Rank
Program
Network
Viewers (P2+)

1
TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL(S)-01/05/2009
FOX
17,056,000

2
TWO AND A HALF MEN
CBS
11,559,000

3
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
10,400,000

4
SUPERSTARS OF DANCE
NBC
9,666,000

5
BACHELOR, THE
ABC
8,742,000

6
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
8,505,000

7
TRUE BEAUTY
ABC
7,606,000

8
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
7,234,000

9
WORST WEEK
CBS
7,042,000

10
MOMMA’S BOYS
NBC
5,323,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (January 5, 2009).

Overall, FOX won the night with an average audience of almost 17.1 million viewers, while CBS took second …

CBS’s “Two and a Half Men,” “CSI: Miami,” and “The Big Bang Theory” were the top three primetime telecasts on broadcast TV for Monday, December 22, 2008.
CBS’s “Worst Week” and “How I Met Your Mother” rounded out the top five.

RANK
NAME
NETWORK
VIEWERS (P2+)

1
TWO AND A HALF MEN
 
11,817,000

2
CSI: MIAMI
CBS
8,541,000

3
BIG BANG THEORY, THE
CBS
7,244,000

4
WORST WEEK
CBS
6,859,000

5
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER
CBS
6,840,000

6
SHREK THE HALLS-12/22(S)-12/22/2008
CBS
6,510,000

7
HOUSE SP-12/22 8P(S)-12/22/2008
ABC
6,248,000

8
TODAY LOOKS BACK:2008(S)-12/22/2008
FOX
6,123,000

9
ABC MON MOVIE OF WK-12/22(S)-12/22/2008
NBC
5,696,000

10
FUEGO EN LA SANGRE MON
ABC
5,335,000

Source: The Nielsen Company (December 22, 2008).

Overall, CBS won the night with an average audience of just over 8.3 million viewers, while ABC …

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 “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 “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 …

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 …