Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime time shows nationally and network newscasts.
TOP NETWORKS
For the week, CBS averaged 12.2 million viewers, ABC had 8.4 million, NBC had 7.5 million, Fox had 6.5 million, the CW has 2.1 million and ION Television had 780,000.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 8.1 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 7.3 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 5.3 million viewers.
1. NCIS, CBS, 20.7 million viewers
2. Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 16.35 million
3. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 16.31 million
4. Sunday Night Football: Indianapolis at Tennessee, NBC, 16.02 million
5. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 14.9 million
6. The Mentalist, CBS, 14.7 million
7. 60 Minutes, CBS, 14.54 million
8. Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 14.13 million
9. Criminal Minds, CBS, 14.05 million
10. House, Fox, 13.74 million
11. The Good Wife, CBS, 13.69 million
12. CSI: Miami, CBS, 13.43 million
13. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 13.42 million
14. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 13.3 million
15. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 12.52 million
16. CSI: New York, CBS, 12.43 million
17. Dancing With the Stars Results, ABC, 12.42 million
18. Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick, NBC, 12.32 million
19. Survivor: Samoa, CBS, 11.69 million
20. The Amazing Race 15, CBS, 10.52 million
