PRIME-TIME TV RANKINGS
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Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Feb. 22 - 28) as compiled by the Nielsen Co. They are based on the average number of people who watched a program from start to finish. Nielsen estimates there are 286 million potential viewers in the U.S. ages 2 and older. Viewership is listed in millions.
| Rank | Network | Program | Viewers |
| 1 | NBC | Winter Olympics (Fri.) | 24.52 |
| 2 | FOX | American Idol (Tue.) | 24.21 |
| 3 | FOX | American Idol (Wed.) | 22.96 |
| 4 | NBC | Winter Olympics (Thu.) | 22.92 |
| 5 | NBC | Winter Olympics Closing Ceremonies | 21.40 |
| 6 | NBC | Winter Olympics (Tue.) | 21.28 |
| 7 | NBC | Winter Olympics (Mon.) | 20.93 |
| 8 | NBC | Winter Olympics (Sat.) | 20.63 |
| 9 | NBC | Winter Olympics (Wed.) | 19.81 |
| 10 | FOX | American Idol (Thu.) | 18.03 |
| 11 | NBC | Vancouver Gold | 17.99 |
| 12 | CBS | Undercover Boss | 15.15 |
| 13 | NBC | The Marriage Ref | 14.45 |
| 14 | CBS | Survivor: Heroes vs. Villains | 11.60 |
| 15 | CBS | NCIS | 11.59 |
| 16 | ABC | The Bachelor | 11.27 |
| 17 | ABC | Desperate Housewives | 10.89 |
| 18 | CBS | 60 Minutes | 10.81 |
| 19 | CBS | Two and a Half Men | 10.29 |
| 20 | CBS | The Amazing Race | 10.21 |
| 21 | ABC | Lost | 9.95 |
| 22 | CBS | Cold Case | 9.83 |
| 23 | CBS | The Mentalist | 9.65 |
| 24 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory | 9.16 |
| 25 | FOX | 24 | 8.83 |
| 26 | CBS | NCIS: Los Angeles | 8.61 |
| 27 | CBS | CSI: Miami | 7.95 |
| 28 | CBS | CSI: NY | 7.94 |
| 29 | ABC | Brothers & Sisters | 7.92 |
| 30 | ABC | America’s Funniest Home Videos | 7.86 |
| 31 | CBS | CSI (10 p.m.) | 7.62 |
| 32 | FOX | Kitchen Nightmares | 7.42 |
| 33 | CBS | Criminal Minds | 7.23 |
| 34 | CBS | The Good Wife | 7.07 |
| 35 | ABC | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition | 6.74 |
| 36 | CBS | 48 Hours Mystery | 6.30 |
| 37 | FOX | House | 6.14 |
| 38 | CBS | How I Met Your Mother | 6.06 |
| 39 | FOX | Cops 2 | 5.98 |
| 40 | FOX | Family Guy | 5.83 |
| 41 | FOX | America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back | 5.56 |
| 42 | FOX | Cops | 5.42 |
| 43 | CBS | Accidentally on Purpose | 5.29 |
| FOX | The Simpsons | 5.29 | |
| 45 | ABC | Castle | 5.16 |
| 46 | CBS | Ghost Whisperer | 5.10 |
| 47 | FOX | Cleveland | 5.04 |
| 48 | ABC | The Forgotten | 5.02 |
| 49 | FOX | American Dad | 4.74 |
| 50 | UNI | Hasta que el Dinero nos Separe (Mon.) | 4.66 |
| 51 | UNI | Hasta que el Dinero nos Separe (Tue.) | 4.56 |
| 52 | CBS | Numb3rs | 4.55 |
| 53 | ABC | Grey’s Anatomy | 4.53 |
| 54 | UNI | En Nombre del Amor (Mon.) | 4.43 |
| 55 | CBS | The New Adventures of Old Christine | 4.41 |
| 56 | UNI | Hasta que el Dinero nos Separe (Wed.) | 4.38 |
| 57 | ABC | Modern Family | 4.37 |
| 58 | ABC | Lost (8 p.m.) | 4.36 |
| 59 | UNI | En Nombre del Amor (Wed.) | 4.34 |
| 60 | UNI | Hasta que el Dinero nos Separe (Thu.) | 4.31 |
| UNI | En Nombre del Amor (Tue.) | 4.31 | |
| 62 | UNI | Hasta que el Dinero nos Separe (Fri.) | 4.18 |
| 63 | CBS | Crimetime Saturday | 4.13 |
| 64 | UNI | Corazon Salvaje (Mon.) | 4.11 |
| 65 | UNI | En Nombre del Amor (Thu.) | 4.09 |
| 66 | CBS | Medium | 4.05 |
| 67 | ABC | 20/20 (Fri.) | 4.03 |
| 68 | UNI | Cristina (Mon.) | 4.01 |
| 69 | ABC | Movie: “ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” | 3.90 |
| 70 | UNI | En Nombre del Amor (Fri.) | 3.87 |
Network Averages Here is the number of viewers (in millions) that each network averaged per hour of primetime, for last week and for the season. | |||
| Network | Current Week | Season To Date | |
| NBC | 21.32 | 9.22 | |
| Fox | 11.01 | 10.01 | |
| CBS | 7.81 | 12.18 | |
| ABC | 5.7 | 8.52 | |
| UNI | 3.58 | 3.54 |
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