TopTV
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
For the week, CBS averaged 17 million viewers, Fox had 12.8 million, ABC had 6.7 million, NBC had 6.2 million, CW had 1.9 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’S “Nightly News,” first, averaging 10.5 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 9 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, 7.5 million.
LOCAL 10 P.M. NEWS
KUSA-Channel 9, first; KCNC-Channel 4, second; KMGH-Channel 7, third.
TOP 20 PRIME-TIME SHOWS
1. AFC Championship: Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh, CBS, 40.65 million viewers
2. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 30.42 million viewers
3. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 30.32 million viewers
4. AFC Championship postgame show, CBS, 25.44 million viewers
5. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 24.25 million viewers
6. NCIS, CBS, 18.62 million viewers
7. The Mentalist, CBS, 18.07 million viewers
8. Two and a Half Men, CBS,
17.10 million viewers
9. The Mentalist (Sunday), CBS, 16.39 million viewers
10. CSI: Miami, CBS, 15.83 million viewers
11. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (8 p.m. Thursday), CBS,
15.52 million viewers
12. Criminal Minds, CBS,
13.78 million viewers
13. Eleventh Hour, CBS,
13.16 million viewers
14. Grey’s Anatomy (9 p.m. Thursday), ABC, 13.10 million viewers
15. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 13.08 million viewers
16. CSI: NY, CBS, 12.67 million viewers
17. Without a Trace, CBS,
12.42 million viewers
18. 24, Fox, 12.31 million viewers
19. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 11.81 million viewers
20. How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 11.76 million viewers
