Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally, network newscasts and 10 p.m. Denver newscasts for last week.
National: CBS, first; ABC, second; Fox, third; NBC, fourth; CW, fifth.
Network evening news: NBC’s “Nightly News,” first; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second; “CBS Evening News,” third.
Local 10 p.m. news: KUSA-Channel 9, first; KCNC-Channel 4, second; KMGH-Channel 7, third
1. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 24.86 million viewers
2. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 24.77 million viewers
3. Dancing With the Stars (Monday), ABC, 18.47 million viewers
4. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 18.06 million viewers
5. Dancing With the Stars (Tuesday), ABC, 16.99 million viewers
6. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 16.84 million viewers
7. Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 15.55 million viewers
8. House, Fox, 15.02 million viewers
9. NCIS, CBS, 14.88 million viewers
10. Without a Trace, CBS, 14.54 million viewers
11. CSI: Miami, CBS, 13.92 million viewers
12. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 13.82 million viewers
13. Criminal Minds, CBS, 12.88 million viewers
14. CSI: NY, CBS, 11.86 million viewers
15. Academy of Country Music Awards, CBS, 11.73 million viewers
16. Law & Order: SVU, NBC, 11.5 million viewers
17. Hell’s Kitchen, Fox, 11.31 million viewers
18. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, ABC, 11.22 million viewers
19. Lost, ABC, 10.96 million viewers
20. 60 Minutes, CBS, 10.79 million viewers
