Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally and network evening newscasts.
TOP NETWORKS CBS won the week, averaging 7.1 million viewers, followed by Fox with 5.2 million, ABC with 4.9 million and NBC with 4.7 million. Univision had a prime-time average of 3.3 million, ION Television had 1.5 million and the CW had 1.1 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the programs with an average of 9.5 million viewers. ABC’s “World News” was second with 8.0 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 6.2 million viewers. These figures don’t account for the newscasts airing on Friday,Christmas Eve.
1. NCIS, CBS, 12.25 million.
2. The OT, Fox, 11.86 million.
3. 60 Minutes, CBS, 11.53 million.
4. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 11.28 million.
5. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 9.22 million.
6. The Sing Off, NBC, 8.61 million.
7. Undercover Boss, CBS, 8.38 million.
8. The Mentalist, CBS, 7.96 million.
9. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 7.93 million.
10. Hawaii Five-O, CBS, 7.67 million.
11. Football Night in America, NBC, 7.39 million.
12. Mike & Molly, CBS, 7.35 million.
13. The Mentalist (Sunday), CBS, 7.30 million.
14. Minute to Win It (Tuesday), NBC, 7.04 million.
15. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 6.99 million.
16. Criminal Minds, CBS, 6.89 million.
17. CSI: Miami (Sunday), CBS, 6.79 million.
18. The Good Wife, CBS, 6.72 million.
19. Soy Tu Duena (Monday), Univision, 6.69 million.
20. Soy Tu Duena (Wednesday), Univision, 6.65 million.
