Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally and network evening newscasts.
TOP NETWORKS CBS won the week, averaging 11.1 million viewers. NBC had 8.5 million and ABC had 4.7 million. Fox had 4.6 million the CW had 1.34 million and ION Television 1.31 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.7 million viewers. ABC’s “World News” was second with 8.3 million and the “CBS Evening News had 6.2 million viewers.
Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by the Nielsen Co. for Dec. 13-19. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.
1. NFL Football: Green Bay at New England, NBC, 24.17 million.
2. NCIS, CBS, 19.87 million.
3. 60 Minutes, CBS, 18.73 million.
4. Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick, NBC, 17.11 million.
5. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 16.82 million.
6. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 13.95 million.
7. Criminal Minds, CBS, 13.77 million.
8. Survivor: Nicaragua Finale, CBS, 13.59 million.
9. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 13.24 million.
10. Survivor: Nicaragua, CBS, 12.32 million.
11. Mike & Molly, CBS, 11.96 million.
12. The Good Wife, CBS, 11.84 million.
13. Football Night in America, NBC, 11.65 million.
14. Survivor: Nicaragua Reunion, CBS, 11.19 million.
15. The Biggest Loser, NBC, 11.05 million.
16. Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 10.91 million.
17. (Bleep) My Dad Says, CBS, 10.3 million.
18. The Defenders, CBS, 10.29 million.
19. The Mentalist, CBS, 10.1 million.
20. How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 9.7 million.
