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 21.3 million viewers, Fox had 11 million, CBS had 7.8 million, ABC had 5.7 million, the CW had 1.4 million and ION Television had 1.1 million
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 11.1 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 8.1 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.); KMGH-Channel 7, fourth; KCEC-Channel 50, fifth.
1. Winter Olympics (Friday), NBC, 24.5 million
2. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 24.2 million
3. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 23.0 million
4. Winter Olympics (Thursday), NBC, 22.9 million
5. Winter Olympics Closing Ceremony, NBC, 21.4 million
6. Winter Olympics (Tuesday), NBC, 21.3 million
7. Winter Olympics (Monday), NBC, 20.9 million
8. Winter Olympics (Saturday), NBC, 20.6 million
9. Winter Olympics (Wednesday), NBC, 19.8 million
10. American Idol (Thursday), Fox, 18.03 million
11. Vancouver Gold, NBC, 17.99 million
12. Undercover Boss, CBS, 15.2 million
13. The Marriage Ref, NBC, 14.5 million
14. Survivor: Heroes-Villains, CBS, 11.60 million
15. NCIS, CBS, 11.59 million
16. The Bachelor, ABC, 11.3 million
17. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 10.9 million
18. 60 Minutes, CBS, 10.8 million
19. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 10.3 million
20. Amazing Race, CBS, 10.2 million
