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 8.3 million viewers, Fox had 7.3 million, ABC had 6.4 million, NBC had 5.1 million, ION Television had 1.2 million and the CW had 940,000.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 9.3 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 8.7 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 6.6 million viewers.
LATE LOCAL NEWS
KUSA-Channel 9, first; KDVR-Channel 31, second (9 p.m.); KCNC-Channel 4, third; KDVR-Channel 31, fourth (9:30 p.m.); KMGH-Channel 7, fifth.
1. NFL Football: Cincinnati vs. N.Y. Jets, NBC, 16.33 million.
2. College Football: Florida vs. Cincinnati, Fox, 15.53 million.
3. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 15.35 million.
4. 60 Minutes, CBS, 14.84 million.
5. Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick, NBC, 14.16 million.
6. NCIS, CBS, 12.87 million.
7. Rose Bowl Postgame,
11.91 million, ABC.
8. The OT, Fox, 11.51 million.
9. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 11.09 million.
10. Criminal Minds, CBS, 11.06 million.
11. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, ABC, 10.98 million.
12. CSI: NY, CBS, 10.89 million, 10.89 million.
13. Brothers & Sisters, ABC, 10.78 million.
14. America’s Funniest Home Videos, ABC, 10.15 million.
15. Football Night in America, NBC, 10.13 million.
16. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 9.94 million.
17. NCIS (Sunday), CBS, 9.91 million.
18. Kennedy Center Honors, CBS, 9.63 million.
19. CSI: Miami, CBS, 9.49 million.
20. The Simpsons, Fox, 8.55 million.
