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 and Fox averaged 11.2 million viewers, ABC had 8 million, NBC had 6 million, CW had 1.8 million and My Network had 1.6 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’S “Nightly News,” first, averaging 9.4 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 8.1 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, 6.4 million
LOCAL 10 P.M. NEWS
KUSA-Channel 9, first; KCNC-Channel 4, second; KMGH-Channel 7, third
TOP 20 PRIME-TIME SHOWS
1. American Idol, (Tuesday), Fox, 24.31 million viewers
2. American Idol, (Wednesday), Fox, 22.78 million viewers
3. American Idol Thursday Special — 3/5, Fox, 21.5 million viewers
4. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 20.88 million viewers
5. The Bachelor: After the Final Rose, ABC, 17.47 million viewers
6. The Bachelor, ABC, 15.48 million viewers
7. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 15.47 million viewers
8. NCIS, CBS, 13.67 million viewers
9. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 13.65 million viewers
10. CSI: Miami, CBS, 13.42 million viewers
11. 60 Minutes, CBS, 13.31 million viewers
12. The Mentalist, CBS, 12.63 million viewers
13. Cold Case, CBS, 12.62 million viewers
14. Eleventh Hour, CBS, 12.05 million viewers
15. Survivor: Tocantins, CBS, 11.85 million viewers
16. Rules of Engagement, CBS, 11.82 million viewers
17. 24, Fox, 11.14 million viewers
18. How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 11.09 million viewers
19. Ghost Whisperer, CBS, 11.09 million viewers
20. Bachelor: After the Final
Rose 2, ABC, 10.9 million viewers
