Here are Nielsen ratings for the top networks, network newscasts and top 20 prime-time shows nationally for last week.
TOP NETWORKS
For the week, CBS averaged 11.3 million viewers, ABC had 9.6 million, NBC had 7.8 million, Fox had 7.6 million, the CW had 2.2 million and ION Television had 650,000.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 8.3 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 7.7 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 5.7 million viewers
TOP 20 PRIME-TIME SHOWS
1. NCIS, CBS, 21.37 million
viewers
2. NFL Football: San Diego vs. Pittsburgh, NBC, 18.42 million
3. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS,
17.4 million
4. Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 17.03 million
5. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 15.94 million
6. The Mentalist, CBS,
15.75 million
7. Grey’s Anatomy ABC,
15.69 million
8. Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick, NBC, 14.84 million
9. House, Fox, 14.71 million
10. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 14.64 million
11. Criminal Minds, CBS,
14.24 million
12. CSI: Miami, CBS,
13.96 million
13. Two And a Half Men, CBS, 13.86 million
14. The Good Wife, CBS,
13.69 million
15. 60 Minutes, CBS,
13.41 million
16. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 13.27 million
17. CSI: New York, CBS,
13.16 million
18. Dancing With the Stars Results, ABC, 13.02 million
19. The OT, Fox, 12.01 million
20. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, ABC, 11.63 million
