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 24.8 million viewers, Fox had 8.7 million, CBS had 7.8 million, ABC had 6.3 million, the CW had 1.4 million and ION Television had 1 million
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 11.1 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 8 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 6.4 million viewers.
LATE LOCAL NEWS
KUSA-Channel 9, first; KCNC-Channel 4, second; KMGH-Channel 7, third; KDVR-Channel 31, fourth (9 p.m.); KCEC-Channel 50, fifth.
1. Winter Olympics (Wednesday), NBC, 29.4 million.
2. Winter Olympics (Saturday), NBC, 26.7 million.
3. Winter Olympics (Monday), NBC, 25.2 million.
4. Winter Olympics (Thursday), NBC, 24.8 million.
5. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 23.9 million.
6. Winter Olympics (Friday), NBC, 23.30 million.
7. Winter Olympics (Sunday), NBC, 23.29 million.
8. Winter Olympics (Tuesday), NBC, 20.3 million.
9. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 18.6 million.
10. Undercover Boss, CBS, 13.8 million.
11. Survivor: Heroes-Villains, CBS, 12.0 million.
12. NCIS, CBS, 11.7 million.
13. The Bachelor, ABC, 11.5 million.
14. 60 Minutes, CBS, 11.4 million.
15. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 10.9 million.
16. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 10.6 million.
17. Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 10.3 million.
18. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 10.1 million.
19. Lost, ABC, 9.8 million.
20. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 9.1 million.
