I am a little late on this news, but the season ending episode of Heroes wound up ranking 6th in the Nielson ratings for the week of December 4-10. Of the shows in the top 20, I watched three (5,6,7 in bold below).

Here are the full results:

1. “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” CBS, 23.25 million viewers.

2. “NBC Sunday Night Football,” NBC, 19.90 million viewers.

3. “Deal or No Deal” (Monday), NBC, 17.38 million viewers.

4. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 15.83 million viewers.

5. “Survivor: Cook Islands,” CBS, 15.72 million viewers.

7. “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” ABC, 14.21 million viewers.

8. “Cold Case,” CBS, 14.05 million viewers.

9. “Shark,” CBS, 13.98 million viewers.

10. “Without a Trace,” CBS, 13.89 million viewers.

11. “Criminal Minds,” CBS, 13.85 million viewers.

12. “Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer,” CBS, 12.95 million viewers.

13. “Sunday Night NFL Pre-Kick,” NBC, 12.81 million viewers.

14. “Amazing Race 10,” CBS, 12.73 million viewers.

15. “Frosty the Snowman,” CBS, 12.70 million viewers.

16. “CSI: NY,” CBS, 12.66 million viewers.

17. “ER,” NBC, 12.02 million viewers.

18. “House,” Fox, 11.77 million viewers.

19. “CSI: Miami,” CBS, 11.58 million viewers.

20. “Two and a Half Men,” CBS, 11.55 million viewers.