Here are Nielsen ratings for the top 20 prime-time shows nationally and network evening newscasts.
TOP NETWORKS Fox averaged 32.1 million viewers. CBS had 9.3 million; NBC had 6 million and ABC had 5.8 million The CW had 2 million and ION Television had 1.2 million. NETWORK EVENING NEWS NBC’s top-rated “Nightly News averaged 11.3 million viewers. ABC’s “World News averaged 9.8 million and the “CBS Evening News averaged 7.4 million .
1. Super Bowl: Pittsburgh vs. Green Bay, Fox, 111.01 million
2. Super Bowl Post Game, Fox, 66.03 million
3. Glee special, Fox, 26.8 million
4. American Idol, (Wednesday), Fox, 25.14 million
5. NCIS, CBS, 22.85 million
6. American Idol, (Thursday), Fox, 21.89 million
7. NCIS: Los Angeles, CBS, 17.7 million
8. The Mentalist, CBS, 15.18 million
9. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CBS, 13.98 million
10. The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 13.83 million
11. The Good Wife, CBS, 12.14 million
12. Blue Bloods, CBS, 11.31 million
13. Two and a Half Men, CBS, 11.21 million
14. Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 11.18 million
15. Harry’s Law, NBC, 11.02 million
16. S— My Dad Says, CBS, 10.45 million
17. Bones, Fox, 10.2 million
18. The Bachelor, ABC, 9.67 million
19. Criminal Minds, CBS, 9.66 million
20. Super Bowl Great Commercials, CBS, 9.56 million
