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, NBC averaged 16.1 million viewers, CBS had 10.6 million, Fox had 10.1 million, ABC had 6.6 million, the CW had 1.8 million and ION Television had 1.1 million
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 11 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 9.2 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 7.1 million viewers.
LATE LOCAL NEWS
KUSA-Channel 9, first; KCNC- Channel 4, second; KDVR-Channel 31, third (9 p.m.); KMGH- Channel 7, fourth; KDVR-Channel 31, fifth (9:30 p.m.)
1. Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, NBC, 32.6 million.
2. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 27.9 million.
3. Winter Olympics (Sunday), NBC, 26.4 million.
4. Winter Olympics (Saturday), NBC, 26.2 million.
5. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 25.2 million.
6. NCIS, CBS, 19.8 million.
7. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 17.9 million.
8. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 17.7 million.
9. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 16.3 million.
10. The Mentalist, CBS, 15.9 million.
11. Undercover Boss, CBS, 15.5 million.
12. The Good Wife, CBS, 14.8 million.
13. Criminal Minds, CBS, 14.3 million.
14. Survivor: Heroes-Villains, CBS, 14.2 million.
15. House, Fox, 13.6 million.
16. CSI: Miami, CBS, 13.5 million.
17. CSI: NY, CBS, 13.0 million.
18. Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 12.8 million.
19. The Bachelor, ABC, 12.4 million.
20. Lost, ABC, 11.1 million.
