Here are the rankings for national prime-time...

Here are the rankings for national prime-time network television last week (Aug. 27-Sept. 2) as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. 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.

Network averages

Here is the number of viewers (in millions) that each network averaged per hour of prime time, for last week and for the season.

*--* -- Program Network Viewers 1 Two and a Half Men CBS 10.31 2 Power of 10 (Tue.) CBS 9.89 3 CSI: Miami CBS 9.09 4 CSI: NY CBS 8.90 5 Criminal Minds CBS 8.46

6 Power of 10 (Wed.) CBS 8.34 7 Big Brother 8 (Tue.) CBS 8.14 8 House FOX 7.95 9 CSI CBS 7.77 10 Rules of Engagement CBS 7.61

11 NCIS CBS 7.47 12 Just for Laughs (8:30 p.m.) ABC 7.19 13 Without a Trace CBS 6.76 14 Last Comic Standing 5 NBC 6.49 15 Just for Laughs (8 p.m.) ABC 6.48

16 48 Hours Mystery CBS 6.30 17 Big Brother 8 (Thu.) CBS 6.21 Cold Case CBS 6.21 19 60 Minutes CBS 6.13 -- 20/20 ABC 6.13

21 “Saturday Night Live: The First 5 Years” NBC 5.88 22 Crimetime Saturday (9 p.m.) CBS 5.79 23 Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader FOX 5.75 24 Big Brother 8 (Sun.) CBS 5.73 25 Old Christine CBS 5.71

26 Dateline: NBC (Wed.) NBC 5.68 27 Most Outrageous Moments NBC 5.66 28 Wife Swap ABC 5.62 29 Shark CBS 5.53 30 Destilando Amor (Thu.) UNI 5.49

31 Law & Order: SVU (Tue.) NBC 5.43 32 Crimetime Saturday (8 p.m.) CBS 5.26 33 How I Met Your Mother CBS 5.25 34 Numb3rs CBS 5.22 35 Family Guy (9:30 p.m.) FOX 5.17

36 Destilando Amor (Tue.) UNI 5.16 37 Dateline: NBC (Mon.) NBC 5.15 -- Family Guy (9 p.m.) FOX 5.15 -- Bones (Tue.) FOX 5.15 40 Don’t Forget the Lyrics FOX 5.08

41 Destilando Amor (Wed.) UNI 5.06 42 Destilando Amor (Mon.) UNI 4.98 43 Primetime: Crime ABC 4.96 44 i-Caught ABC 4.95 45 College Football ABC 4.94

46 Destilando Amor (Fri.) UNI 4.93 47 Dateline: NBC (Sun.) NBC 4.86 48 The Simpsons (8:30 p.m.) FOX 4.85 49 America’s Most Wanted FOX 4.80 50 Law & Order: SVU (Fri.) NBC 4.71

51 America’s Funniest Home Videos ABC 4.68 52 Cops (8:30 p.m.) FOX 4.61 53 “Saturday Night Live in the NBC 4.60 -- ‘80s: Lost and Found” 54 Extreme Makeover: Home Edition ABC 4.56 55 Fat March ABC 4.55

56 Ghost Whisperer CBS 4.53 57 Dateline: NBC (Fri.) NBC 4.33 58 Bones (Wed.) FOX 4.32 59 According to Jim (8 p.m.) ABC 4.31 60 According to Jim (8:30 p.m.) ABC 4.30

61 Supernanny ABC 4.04 62 Cristina UNI 4.01 63 Friday Night Smackdown CW 4.00 64 “13 Going on 30” FOX 3.95 65 Cops (8 p.m.) FOX 3.90

66 Don Francisco Presenta UNI 3.89 67 My Name Is Earl NBC 3.88 68 The Simpsons (8 p.m.) FOX 3.84 69 Familia P. Luche UNI 3.78 70 Thank God You’re Here NBC 3.77

71 Aqui y Ahora UNI 3.69 -- 1 vs. 100 NBC 3.69 73 Primetime: The Outsiders ABC 3.50 74 NASCAR In Primetime ABC 3.42 75 Jericho CBS 3.37

76 Desperate Housewives ABC 3.34 -- George Lopez (9:30 p.m.) ABC 3.34 78 Ugly Betty ABC 3.28 79 Prison Break (9 p.m.) FOX 3.26 80 Til Death (8 p.m.) FOX 3.19

81 “College Football Pregame” ABC 3.14 82 The Office NBC 3.11 83 Set for Life ABC 3.03 84 Prison Break (8 p.m.) FOX 3.01 85 Familia De Diez UNI 3.00

86 30 Rock NBC 2.99 87 Grey’s Anatomy ABC 2.96 88 George Lopez (9 p.m.) ABC 2.94 -- Til Death (8:30 p.m.) FOX 2.94 90 Brothers & Sisters ABC 2.93

91 Heroes NBC 2.86 92 Amar Sin Limites (Wed.) UNI 2.76 93 Amar Sin Limites (Thu.) UNI 2.71 94 Amar Sin Limites (Tue.) UNI 2.67 95 Men in Trees ABC 2.66

96 Amar Sin Limites (Mon.) UNI 2.63 97 Amar Sin Limites (Fri.) UNI 2.50 98 Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Wed.) UNI 2.49 99 Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Tue.) UNI 2.39 -- Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Fri.) UNI 2.39

101 E.R. NBC 2.38 102 Scrubs NBC 2.35 -- Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Thu.) UNI 2.35 104 SOS: Sexo y Otros Secretos UNI 2.24 105 Yo Amo Juan Querendon (Mon.) UNI 2.17 *--*

*--* Network

Last

week

Season

to date CBS 6.80 10.62

FOX 4.38 8.87

ABC 4.25 8.23

NBC 4.17 7.71

UNI 3.20 3.51

CW 1.79 2.76

TEL 0.95 0.90 *--*