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 11.6 million viewers, Fox had 8.7 million, ABC had 7.4 million, NBC had 5.2 million, the CW had 1.9 million and ION Television had 1 million
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 8.1 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 7.3 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 5.2 million viewers
LATE LOCAL NEWS
KUSA-Channel 9, first; KCNC-Channel 4, second; KDVR-Channel 31, third (9 p.m.); KMGH-Channel 7, fourth; KTVD-Channel 20, fifth (9 p.m.)
1. NCAA Men’s College Basketball Championship: Butler vs. Duke, CBS, 23.94 million
2. Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 21.21 million
3. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 20.84 million
4. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 20.17 million
5. NCIS, CBS, 16.45 million
6. The Mentalist, CBS, 16.32 million
7. 60 Minutes, CBS, 15.03 million
8. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 14.97 million
9. Undercover Boss, CBS, 14.68 million
10. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 13.79 million
11. Criminal Minds, CBS, 12.70 million
12. Dancing With the Stars Results, ABC, 12.44 million
13. Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains, CBS, 12.377 million
14. Prelude to a Championship, CBS, 12.375 million
15. The Good Wife, CBS, 12.06 million
16. Amazing Race 16, CBS, 11.88 million
17. Castle, ABC, 11.70 million
18. CSI: New York, CBS, 10.64 million
19. Bones, Fox, 9.99 million
20. Cold Case, CBS, 9.86 million
