Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally and network newscasts.
TOP NETWORKS
For the week, CBS averaged 9.5 million viewers, Fox had 8.3 million, ABC had 7.7 million, NBC had 5.7 million, the CW had 1.9 million and ION Television had 1 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News,” first, averaging 7.7 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 7.1 million viewers; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 5.3 million viewers.
1. “Dancing With the Stars,” ABC, 20.4 million.
2. “American Idol” (Wednesday), Fox, 20.06 million.
3. “American Idol” (Tuesday), Fox, 19.42 million.
4. “NCIS,” CBS, 16.29 million.
5. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 15.62 million.
6. “The Mentalist,” CBS, 14.84 million.
7. “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” CBS, 13.63 million.
8. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 13.5 million.
9. “Survivor: Heroes & Villains,” CBS, 12.74 million.
10. “Dancing With the Stars Results,” ABC, 12.39 million.
11. “Glee,” Fox, 12.18 million.
12. “Desperate Housewives,” ABC, 12.12 million.
13. “The Good Wife,” CBS, 12.07 million.
14. “House,” Fox, 10.86 million.
15. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 10.83 million.
16. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 10.47 million.
17. “Amazing Race 16,” CBS, 10.29 million.
18. “Cold Case,” CBS, 10.02 million.
19. “Modern Family,” ABC, 10.01 million.
20. “Two and a Half Men,” CBS, 9.97 million.
