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 11 million viewers, Fox had 9.4 million, ABC had 6.5 million, NBC had 6.3 million, the CW had 1.8 million and ION Television had 1 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 9.1 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 8 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 6.1 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. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 22.75 million.
2. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 20.7 million.
3. NCIS, CBS, 19.58 million.
4. American Idol (Thursday), Fox, 19.34 million.
5. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 17.61 million.
6. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 16.99 million.
7. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 16.32 million.
8. The Mentalist, CBS, 16.02 million.
9. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 15.25 million.
10. The Good Wife, CBS, 13.95 million.
11. Undercover Boss, CBS, 13.51 million.
12. Criminal Minds, CBS, 13.29 million.
13. House, Fox, 12.82 million.
14. Survivor: Heroes and Villains, CBS, 12.12 million.
15. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 12.01 million.
16. 60 Minutes, CBS, 11.98 million.
17. CSI: Miami, CBS, 11.93 million.
18. CSI: NY, CBS, 11.07 million.
19. “Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 10.94 million.
20. Cold Case, CBS, 10.23 million.
