NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� The CBS comedy 鈥淢om鈥� signed off after eight seasons last week before 6.2 million viewers, the biggest audience of its final season.
The Chuck Lorre-produced comedy starring Allison Janney ended with her title character in an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting. Anna Farris, who was the series co-star for seven seasons playing Janney's daughter but left for other projects after last year, did not make an appearance in the finale.
In the quick 鈥渧anity card鈥� that appears with the final credits, Lorre wrote, 鈥淔or 170 episodes, we wrapped jokes around hope ... Thank you for your support.鈥�
With another television season winding down, CBS was the most-watched network in prime time last week, averaging 5 million viewers. NBC had 3.7 million, ABC had 2.9 million, Fox had 2.3 million, Univision had 1.29 million, Telemundo had 1.27 million and Ion Television had 930,000.
Fox News Channel led the cable networks, averaging 2.29 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.44 million, HGTV had 1.19 million, CNN had 915,000 and TNT had 905,000.
ABC's 鈥淲orld News Tonight鈥� led the evening news ratings race with an average of 9 million viewers. NBC's 鈥淣ightly News鈥� had 7.6 million and the 鈥淐BS Evening News鈥� had 5.6 million.
For the week, the 20 most-watched shows in prime time, their networks and viewerships:
1. 鈥淣CIS,鈥� CBS, 8.94 million.
2. 鈥�60 Minutes,鈥� CBS, 7.99 million.
3. 鈥淔BI,鈥� CBS, 7.69 million
4. 鈥淭he Equalizer,鈥� CBS, 7.39 million.
5. 鈥淵oung Sheldon,鈥� CBS, 7.21 million.
6. 鈥淐hicago Fire,鈥� NBC, 7.08 million.
7. 鈥淏lue Bloods鈥� (Friday, 10 p.m.), CBS, 7.07 million.
8. 鈥淐hicago Med,鈥� NBC, 7.06 million.
9. 鈥淏lue Bloods鈥� (Friday, 8 p.m.), CBS, 6.36 million.
10. 鈥淢om,鈥� CBS, 6.17 million.
11. 鈥淎merican Idol,鈥� ABC, 6.11 million.
12. 鈥淭he Voice鈥� (Monday), NBC, 6.03 million.
13. 鈥淐hicago PD,鈥� NBC, 5.94 million.
14. 鈥淣CIS: Los Angeles,鈥� CBS, 5.85 million.
15. 鈥�911,鈥� Fox, 5.83 million.
16. 鈥淔BI: Most Wanted,鈥� CBS, 5.79 million.
17. 鈥淭he Voice鈥� (Tuesday), NBC, 5.75 million.
18. 鈥淯nited States of Al,鈥� CBS, 5.23 million.
19. 鈥淭he Neighborhood,鈥� CBS, 5.11 million.
20. 鈥淭his is Us,鈥� NBC, 5.08 million.
David Bauder, The Associated Press
