Viewers Loved CBS During Valentine’s Week

NEW YORK (AP) — During Valentine’s week, viewers were showing CBS the love.

In last week’s top 30 ranking, CBS claimed all but eight of the most-watched shows, according to Nielsen Co. figures released Wednesday.

Fox was represented only by its two editions of “American Idol” — which ranked second and third — with NBC’s lone entry, “The Voice,” taking fourth place.

On Valentine’s night, CBS’ durable drama “NCIS” won the top spot with a remarkable audience of nearly 20 million viewers.

For the week, CBS’s primetime average was 10.9 million viewers (6.8 rating, 11 share). Fox had 8.7 million viewers (5.1 rating, 8 share), ABC had 6.7 million (4.2 rating, 7 share), NBC had 5.6 million (3.5 rating, 6 share), the CW had 1.1 million (0.9 rating, 1 share) and Ion Television had 1.1 million (0.7 rating, 1 share).

Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision led with a 3.8 million viewer average (1.9 rating, 3 share), Telemundo had 1.0 million (0.6 rating, 1 share), Telefutura had 660,000 (0.4 rating, 1 share), Estrella had 220,000 and Azteca 130,000 (both 0.1 rating, 0 share).

NBC’s “Nightly News” topped the evening newscasts with an average of 9.4 million viewers (6.2 rating, 11 share). ABC’s “World News” was second with 8 million (5.4 rating, 10 share), while the “CBS Evening News” had 6.8 million viewers (4.5 rating, 8 share).

A ratings point represents 1,147,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation’s estimated 114.7 million TV homes. The share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.

The Top 20

Primetime viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for Feb. 6-12. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewership.

1. “Grammy Awards,” CBS, 39.91 million.

2. “NCIS,” CBS, 20.98 million.

3. “American Idol” (Wednesday), Fox, 19.33 million.

4. “American Idol” (Thursday), Fox, 18.13 million.

5. “The Voice,” NBC, 17.84 million.

6. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 16.27 million.

7. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 16.21 million.

8. “Person of Interest,” CBS, 15.14 million.

9. “The Mentalist,” CBS, 14.68 million.

10. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 14.25 million.

11. “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 13.31 million.

12. “Two and a Half Men,” CBS, 13 million.

13. “Modern Family,” ABC, 12.9 million.

14. “Unforgettable,” CBS, 11.86 million.

15. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 11.82 million.

16. “2 Broke Girls,” CBS, 11.47 million.

17. “Smash,” NBC, 11.44 million.

18. “Mike & Molly,” CBS, 10.95 million.

19. “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” CBS, 10.88 million.

20. “Rob,” CBS, 10.74 million.