Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally and network evening newscasts.
TOP NETWORKS
CBS dominated the week with a 17.2 million prime-time viewer average. Fox was second with 9.8 million viewers, and ABC and NBC both had 5.6 million. The CW and ION networks both had 1.3 million.
NETWORK EVENING NEWS
NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 10 million viewers. ABC’s “World News” was second with 8.9 million and the “CBS Evening News,” had 6.7 million viewers.
1. AFC Championship: N.Y. Jets vs. Pittsburgh, CBS, 54.85 million.
2. AFC Championship Post Game, CBS, 31.51 million.
3. American Idol (Wednesday), Fox, 26.23 million.
4. American Idol (Thursday), Fox, 22.9 million.
5. NCIS, CBS, 21.09 million.
6. Hawaii Five-0 (Sunday), CBS, 19.34 million.
7. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 17.29 million.
8. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 15.56 million.
9. The Mentalist, CBS, 14.82 million.
10. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 14.34 million.
11. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 13.63 million.
12. Mike & Molly, CBS, 12.8 million.
13. Blue Bloods, CBS, 12.3 million.
14. Criminal Minds, CBS, 12.02 million.
15. The Good Wife, CBS, 11.43 million.
16. Harry’s Law, NBC, 11.07 million.
17. Modern Family, ABC, 10.94 million.
18. Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 10.83 million.
19. Bones, Fox, 10.55 million.
20. How I Met Your Mother, CBS, 10.53 million.
