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, Fox averaged 11.8 million
viewers, ABC had 11.1 million, CBS had
10.2 million, NBC had 6.2 million, My Network had 1.5 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’S “Nightly News,” first, averaging 10 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 8.4 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, 6.7 million.
LOCAL 10 P.M. NEWS
KUSA-Channel 9, first; KCNC-Channel 4, second; KMGH-Channel 7, third.
TOP 20 PRIME-TIME SHOWS
1. Academy Awards, ABC, 36.31 million viewers
2. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 25.37 million
3. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox,
24.79 million
4. Oscar’s Red Carpet 2009, ABC, 24.36 million
5. The Mentalist, CBS, 18.23 million
6. NCIS, CBS, 18.06 million
7. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS,
16.92 million
8. Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 15.57 million
9. Criminal Minds, CBS, 14.54 million
10. House, Fox, 14.2 million
11. Survivor: Tocantins, CBS, 13.59 million
12. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 13.32 million
13. The Bachelor, ABC, 12.52 million
14. CSI: NY, CBS, 12.33 million
15. Without a Trace, CBS, 12.1 million
16. Barbara Walters Special (Sunday), ABC, 11.55 million
17. Lost, ABC, 11.41 million
18. 24, Fox, 11.22 million
19. Eleventh Hour, CBS, 11.17 million
20. Private Practice, ABC, 11.16 million
