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 9.2 million viewers, Fox had 8.6 million, ABC had 7.8 million, NBC had 5.7 million, the CW had 1.8 million and ION Television had 990,000.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 7.7 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 7 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 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. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 21.02 million
2. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 20.64 million
3. Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 20.56 million
4. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 13.71 million
5. Glee, Fox, 13.66 million
6. Dancing With the Stars Results, ABC, 13.6 million
7. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 13.39 million
8. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 13.19 million
9. Academy of Country Music Awards, CBS, 13.02 million
10. Castle, ABC, 12.68 million
11. Criminal Minds, CBS, 12.44 million
12. Survivor: Heroes & Villains, CBS, 12.31 million
13. The Mentalist, CBS, 11.45 million
14. NCIS, CBS, 11.1 million
15. 60 Minutes, CBS, 10.98 million
16. CSI: NY, CBS, 10.85 million
17. House, Fox, 10.8 million
18. CSI: Miami, CBS, 10.78 million
19. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 10.62 million
20. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS,, 10.43 million
