Here are the Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally and network newscasts.
TOP NETWORKS
For the week, CBS led, with an average 6.6 million viewers; NBC was second, with 6.4 million; Fox was third, with 5.1 million viewers; ABC came in fourth, with 4.3 million; ION had 1.4 million; and the CW had 910,000.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with 7.2 million viewers. ABC’s “World News” was second with 6.6 million, and “CBS Evening News” had 4.9 million.
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Aug. 23-29. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership:
1. Emmy Awards, NBC, 13.5 million.
2. America’s Got Talent (Tuesday), NBC, 10.8 million.
3. America’s Got Talent (Wednesday), NBC, 10.52 million.
4. Exhibition Football: Pittsburgh at Denver, Fox, 10.13 million.
5. NCIS, CBS, 9.19 million.
6. 60 Minutes, CBS, 8.74 million.
7. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 8.39 million.
8. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8.36 million.
9. Big Brother 12 (Wednesday), CBS, 7.99 million.
10. Wipeout (Tuesday), ABC, 7.98 million.
11. Big Brother 12 (Thursday), CBS, 7.87 million.
12. Big Brother 12 (Sunday), CBS, 7.8 million.
13. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 6.96 million.
14. The Mentalist, CBS, 6.62 million.
15. Criminal Minds, CBS, 6.47 million.
16. Exhibition Football: Dallas at Houston, CBS, 6.441 million.
16. Minute to Win It (Wednesday), NBC, 6.441 million.
18. CSI: Miami, CBS, 6.38 million.
19. Minute to Win It (Tuesday), NBC, 6.18 million.
20. NFL Pregame Show, Fox, 6.13 million.
