Prime-Time Metered Market Wednesday Ratings: CBS Scores an Easy Victory
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-Ratings Breakdown: CBS scored a clean Wednesday victory, with a first-place overnight finish in every half-hour as a result of Power of 10 (5.8/10), a repeat of Criminal Minds (6.4/10), and a repeat of CSI: NY (6.7/11). For more on Power of 10, which is a shoo-in for renewal, see TV Tidbits below. Obviously, if upcoming Wednesday 8 p.m. occupant Kid Nation crashes, CBS already has a replacement. Congrats, Drew Carey and Michael Davies!
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CBS finished the official first  night of the new TV season as the most watched network in prime  time, led by a robust return of crime hit "CSI: Miami," while  ABC won the key ratings race for young adult viewers with  "Monday Night Football."
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NEW YORK Now that the broadcast TV upfront market is nearly complete, buyers are setting their sights on cable. Many are wondering whether that market will be as strong, in terms of total dollars and price hikes, as its network counterpart. The answer, sellers say, will depend on whether buyers want to use the new commercial ratings as currency, as they did with the broadcast market. There are indications, and good reasons, that they might not.
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for March 5-11. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
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NBC dominated this uneventful second Friday of the Feb. 2008 sweeps, with a first-place finish in households, total viewers and adults 18-49.  Second overall was Fox, followed by CBS, NBC and the CW.  When the top-rated network doesn't even average seven million viewers there is obviously very little to say.
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"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" cracked the 30 million-viewer mark again on Thursday, leading CBS to an easy victory for the night.
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A new viewership high for  "Criminal Minds" and good ratings for "Jericho" boosted CBS to  a Wednesday win in viewership and the adults 18-49 demographic.
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By FRAZIER MOORE  NEW YORK - CBS maintained its perfect score so far this season, grabbing its 12th consecutive ratings win last week.
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Nov. 8-14. Top 20 listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
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Following are the top 20 prime-time  programs on broadcast TV for the week ended January 6, as  measured in average total audience, according to Nielsen Media  Research.
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Comcast said it will make eight CBS prime-time series available to customers through its on-demand service at no extra cost.
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A double shot of "Survivor: Vanuatu," a triple dose of "CSI" and a dash of "The Amazing Race 6" drove CBS to an easy victory in primetime in the week that ended Dec. 12.
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By JESSE NOYES  Deval Patrick wasn't the only big winner Tuesday night. The CBS- owned Channel 38 earned major political points by flooding the zone with blanket prime-time coverage of the primary.
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Prime-Time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for June 11-17. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
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LOS ANGELES  - Monster viewer turnouts  for the AFC Championship Game on CBS and for the return of  "American Idol" on Fox determined the network rankings for the  week ended Jan. 23, with CBS and Fox finishing No. 1 and No. 2  among total viewers and adults 18-49.
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Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for July 9-15. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.
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LOS ANGELES  - ABC and CBS vied for  Nielsen glory Sunday as holiday-light viewing levels and  repeats dominated the primetime schedules of the Big Four  networks.