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, Fox averaged 24.4 million viewers, CBS had 9.6 million, ABC had 6.3 million, NBC had 5.3 million, the CW had 1.9 million and ION Television had 1.2 million
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 10.3 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 8.5 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 6.5 million viewers.
LATE LOCAL NEWS
KUSA-Channel 9, first; KCNC-Channel 4, second; KDVR-Channel 31, third (9 p.m.); KDVR-Channel 31, fourth (9:30 p.m.) KMGH-Channel 7, fifth.
1. NFC Championship: Minnesota vs. New Orleans, Fox, 57.93 million
2. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 26.85 million
3. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 26.38 million
4. NFC Championship Post-Game Show, Fox, 23.83 million
5. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 16.31 million
6. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 15.05 million
7. Criminal Minds, CBS, 14.91 million
8. The Mentalist, CBS, 14.56 million
9. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 14.29 million
10. NCIS, CBS, 14.19 million
11. CSI: NY, CBS, 13.54 million
12. CSI: Miami, CBS, 13.22 million
13. Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 12.7 million
14. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 12.34 million
15. Bones, Fox, 11.97 million
16. 24, Fox, 11.11 million
17. The Bachelor, ABC, 10.67 million
18. Human Target, Fox, 10.46 million
19. How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 10.41 million
20. The Biggest Loser 9, NBC, 9.95 million
