Here are the Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally and network newscasts.
TOP NETWORKSFor the week, CBS averaged 10.5 million viewers, ABC had 8.6 million, Fox had 8 million, NBC had 5.5 million, The CW had 2.3 million and ION had 930,00.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS NBC’S “Nightly News” was first, averaging 7.9 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 7.3 million; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 5.6 million viewers.
1. “American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 19.57 million.
2. “American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 19.17 million.
3. “Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 19.16 million.
4. “NCIS, CBS, 17.23 million.
5. “NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 16.04 million.
6. “The Mentalist, CBS, 14.84 million.
7. “Two and a Half Men, CBS, 13.86 million.
8. “The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 13.73 million.
9. “Survivor: Heroes and Villains Finale, CBS, 13.46 million.
10. “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 13.42 million.
11. “Survivor: Heroes and Villains, CBS, 13.28 million.
12. “Criminal Minds, CBS, 13.07 million.
13. “The Good Wife, CBS, 12.85 million.
14. “Desperate Housewives, ABC, 12.75 million.
15. “Dancing With the Stars Results, ABC, 12.52 million.
16. “Glee, Fox, 11.57 million.
17. “CSI: NY, CBS, 11.36 million.
18. “60 Minutes, CBS, 11.35 million.
19. “Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 11.05 million.
20. “CSI: Miami, CBS, 11 million.
