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, Fox averaged 9.2 million viewers, CBS had 8.4 million, ABC had 7.4 million, NBC had 5.7 million, the CW had 1.7 million and ION Television had 920,000.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 7.6 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 7.1 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 5.1 million viewers.
LATE LOCAL NEWS
KUSA-Channel 9, first; KCNC-Channel 4, second; KMGH-Channel 7, third; KDVR-Channel 31, fourth (9 p.m.); KTVD-Channel 20, fifth (9 p.m.)
1. Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 21.07 million
2. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 19.67 million
3. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 18.82 million
4. The Mentalist, CBS, 14.96 million
5. Dancing With the Stars Results, ABC, 13.56 million
6. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 13.35 million
7. Glee, Fox, 12.98 million
8. Survivor: Heroes & Villains, CBS, 11.89 million
9. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 11.664 million
10. CSI: Miami, CBS, 11.661 million
11. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 11.42 million
12. 60 Minutes, CBS, 11.38 million
13. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 11.29 million
14. House, Fox, 10.82 million
15. Romantically Challenged, ABC, 10.67 million
16. Amazing Race 16, CBS, 10.65 million
17. Castle, ABC, 10.39 million
18. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 10.27 million
19. NCIS, CBS, 9.99 million
20. Lost, ABC, 9.53 million
