Here are the Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally and network newscasts.
TOP NETWORKSFor the week, CBS averaged 9.9 million viewers, ABC had 8.9 million, Fox had 7.8 million, NBC had 5.9 million, The CW had 1.4 million and ION had 900,00.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS NBC’s “Nightly News” was first, averaging 7.7 million viewers; ABC’s “World News Tonight,” second, averaging 6.9 million; “CBS Evening News,” third, averaging 5.3 million viewers.
1. Dancing With the Stars, ABC, 19.04 million.
2. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 19 million.
3. American Idol (Tuesday), Fox, 18.68 million.
4. NCIS, CBS, 15.96 million.
5. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 15.32 million.
6. Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 15.24 million.
7. The Mentalist, CBS, 15.22 million.
8. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 15.02 million.
9. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 14.35 million.
10. Lost: The End, ABC, 13.57 million.
11. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 13.28 million.
12. Criminal Minds, CBS, 13.25 million.
13. Dancing With the Stars Results, ABC, 13.19 million.
14. The Good Wife, CBS, 12.04 million.
15. Glee, Fox, 11.47 million.
16. CSI: NY, CBS, 11.3 million.
17. House, Fox, 11.06 million.
18. CSI: Miami, CBS, 10.52 million.
19. Lost, ABC, 10.47 million.
20. Brooks & Dunn: The Last Rodeo, CBS, 10.15 million.
