Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally, network newscasts and late Denver newscasts for last week.
TOP NETWORKS
For the week, CBS averaged 8.8 million viewers, ABC had 7.9 million, NBC and Fox both had 7.6 million, the CW had 1.7 million and ION Television had 1.1 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 9.6 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 8.3 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 6.6 million viewers
LATE LOCAL NEWS
KUSA-Channel 9, first; KCNC-Channel 4, second; KDVR-Channel 31, third (9 p.m.); KMGH-Channel 7, fourth
1. NFL Football: Minnesota at Arizona, NBC, 20.89 million
2. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 14.86 million
3. NCIS (Tuesday, 9 p.m.), CBS, 14.28 million
4. The OT, Fox, 13.73 million
5. Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick, NBC, 13.65 million
6. House, Fox, 13.25 million
7. Survivor: Samoa, CBS, 12.82 million
8. College Football: Texas vs. Nebraska, ABC, 12.69 million
9. Amazing Race 15, CBS, 12.3 million;
10. 60 Minutes, CBS, 12.05 million
11. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 11.38.
12. Brothers & Sisters, ABC, 10.81 million
13. The Mentalist, CBS, 10.73 million
14. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, CBS, 10.59 million
15. Extreme Makeover: HomeEdition, ABC, 10.35 million
16. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 10.09 million
17. Biggest Loser 8, NBC, 9.99 million
18. Bones, Fox, 9.92 million
19. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 9.9 million
20. Cold Case, CBS, 9.64 million
