Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally and network evening newscasts.
TOP NETWORKS CBS won the week with an average of 9.2 million viewers; NBC rode “Sunday Night Football” to a second-place showing with 8 million viewers; followed by ABC’s 7.2 million. Fox had 7.1 million, while the CW had 2.3 million and ION Television had 1.4 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the newscasts with an average of 9.8 million viewers. ABC’s “World News” was second with 8 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.2 million viewers. Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Nov. 29- Dec. 5. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
1. NFL Football: Pittsburgh at Baltimore, NBC, 22.51 million
2. Sunday Night NFL Pre- Kick, NBC, 15.75 million
3. NCIS, CBS, 15.05 million
4. The OT, Fox, 14.26 million
5. 60 Minutes, CBS, 12.46 million
6. Survivor: Nicaragua, CBS, 12.26 million
7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, CBS, 12.2 million
8. Glee, Fox, 11.68 million
9. Football Night in America, NBC, 11.43 million
10. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 11.38 million
11. Desperate Housewives, ABC, 11.36 million
12. Blue Bloods, CBS, 11.32 million
13. Christmas at Rockefeller Center, NBC, 11.26 million
14. Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 11.02 million
15. CSI: Miami, CBS, 10.66 million
16. Undercover Boss, CBS, 10.5 million
17. Amazing Race 17, CBS, 10.34 million
18. CSI: NY, CBS, 10.13 million
19: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 9.76 million
20. The Simpsons, Fox, 9.54 million
