Here are Nielsen ratings for the top networks, network newscasts, 10 p.m. Denver newscasts and the top 20 prime-time shows nationally for last week.
TOP NETWORKS
NBC, first, averaging 28.7 million prime-time viewers; CBS, second, 5.1 million; ABC, third, 3.5 million; Fox, fourth, 3.2 million; and CW, fifth, 1.5 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 9.4 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, 6.9 million; “CBS Evening News,” third, 5.6 million.
LOCAL 10 P.M. NEWS
KUSA-Channel 9, first; KCNC-Channel 4, second; KMGH-Channel 7, third.
1. Summer Olympics-Tuesday, NBC, 34.01 million viewers.
2. Summer Olympics-Saturday, NBC, 31.59 million viewers.
3. Summer Olympics-Monday, NBC, 30.17 million viewers.
4. Summer Olympics-Thursday, NBC, 29.71 million viewers.
5. Summer Olympics-Wednesday, NBC, 27.66 million viewers.
6. Summer Olympics-Sunday, NBC, 27.18 million viewers.
7. Summer Olympics-Friday, NBC, 26.07 million viewers.
8. Two And a Half Men, CBS, 8.07 million viewers.
9. NCIS, CBS, 7.22 million viewers.
10. 60 Minutes, CBS, 7.09 million viewers.
11. Criminal Minds, CBS, 6.43 million viewers.
12. Big Brother 10 (Tuesday), CBS, 6.36 million viewers.
13. CSI: Miami, CBS, 6.31 million viewers.
14. Flashpoint, CBS, 6.11 million viewers.
15. Big Brother 10 (Thursday), CBS, 5.86 million viewers.
16. CSI: NY, CBS, 5.79 million viewers.
17. The New Adventures of Old Christine, CBS, 5.63 million viewers.
18. Big Brother 10 (Sunday), CBS, 5.53 million viewers.
19. 2 0/20, ABC, 5.52 million viewers.
20. CSI: Crime Scene
Investigation, CBS, 5.33 million viewers.
