TOP NETWORKS
NBC, first, averaging 17.67 million prime-time viewers; CBS, second, 5.68 million; Fox, third, 5 million; ABC, fourth, 3.68 million; and CW, fifth, 1.48 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 7.8 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, 7.2 million; “CBS Evening News,” third, 6 million.
LOCAL 10 P.M. NEWS
KUSA-Channel 9, first; KCNC-Channel 4, second; KMGH-Channel 7, third.
1. Summer Olympics Opening
Ceremony, NBC, 32.63 million viewers.
2. Summer Olympics Sunday Primetime, NBC, 30.80 million viewers.
3. Summer Olympics Saturday Primetime, NBC, 23.04 million viewers.
4. America’s Got Talent, NBC, 12.11 million viewers.
5. Two and a Half Men, CBS,
9.70 million viewers.
6. Criminal Minds, CBS,
8.86 million viewers.
7. So You Think You Can Dance (Thursday), Fox, 8.46 million viewers.
8. NCIS, CBS, 8.45 million viewers.
9. So You Think You Can Dance (Wednesday), Fox, 7.91 million viewers.
10. CSI: Miami, CBS, 7.76 million viewers.
11. The New Adventures of Old Christine, CBS, 7.43 million viewers.
12. America’s Got Talent (Thursday), NBC, 7.26 million viewers.
13. CSI: NY, CBS, 6.96 million
viewers.
14. Wipeout, ABC, 6.84 million viewers.
15. 60 Minutes, CBS, 6.20 million viewers.
16. How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 6.16 million viewers.
17. Flashpoint, CBS, 6.13 million viewers.
18. Celebrity Family Feud, NBC, 6.05 million viewers.
19. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 6.02 million viewers.
20. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 6.01 million viewers.
