TOP TV
Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 primetime shows nationally and network newscasts for last week.
National: CBS, first; ABC, second; NBC, third; Fox, fourth
Network evening news: ABC’s World News, first; NBC’s Nightly News, second; CBS Evening News, third.
1. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 20.97 million viewers
2. Dancing With the Stars (Monday), ABC, 20.21 million viewers
3. Grey’s Anatomy (Thursday), ABC, 18.51 million viewers
4. NBC Sunday Night Football: Chicago at Green Bay, NBC, 18.30 million viewers
5. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 17.82 million viewers
6. House, Fox, 17.44 million viewers
7. NCIS, CBS, 16.43 million viewers
8. Dancing With the Stars (Tuesday), ABC, 15.90 million viewers
9. CSI: Miami, CBS, 14.72 million viewers
10. Criminal Minds, CBS, 14.56 million viewers
11. Without a Trace, CBS, 14.20 million viewers
12. Survivor: China, CBS, 14.14 million viewers
13. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 13.24 million viewers
14. Pushing Daisies, ABC, 13.03 million viewers
15. Cold Case, CBS, 13.02 million viewers
16. CSI: NY, CBS, 12.69 million viewers
17. Private Practice, ABC, 12.45 million viewers
18. Heroes, NBC, 11.96 million viewers
19. Brothers & Sisters, ABC, 11.91 million viewers
20. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, ABC, 11.84 million viewers
