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 11.5 million viewers, NBC had 7.3 million, Fox had 6.7 million, ABC had 4.9 million, the CW had 1.5 million and ION Television had 1.2 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 9.2 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 8.5 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 6.2 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. NCIS, CBS, 20.69 million.
2. NFL Sunday Night Football: Minnesota vs. Carolina, NBC, 18.19 million.
3. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 17.5 million.
4. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 16.37 million.
5. The Mentalist, CBS, 15.77 million.
6. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 15.58 million.
6 (tie). CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 15.58 million.
8. Criminal Minds, CBS, 14.68 million.
9. CSI: Miami, CBS, 14.18 million.
10. The Good Wife, CBS, 14.17 million.
11. Survivor: Samoa Finale, CBS, 13.97 million.
12. CSI: NY, CBS, 13.55 million.
13. Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick, NBC, 13.07 million.
14. 60 Minutes, CBS, 12.72 million.
15. Survivor: Samoa, CBS, 12.46 million.
16. Survivor: Samoa Reunion, CBS, 11.68 million.
17. Football Night in America, NBC, 9.93 million.
18. How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 9.65 million.
19. Accidentally on Purpose, CBS, 8.82 million.
20. The Simpsons, Fox, 8.15 million.
