CBS Holds Off ABC For Sunday Win
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LOS ANGELES  Fast National ratings for Sunday, Oct. 10, 2004. ABC dominated the late evening with new dramas, but CBS was able to hold off the resurgent network thanks to early evening strength.
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Reggie Bush and the New  Orlean Saints' defeat of the Dallas Cowboys led NBC to a  primetime win Sunday night without the tough front line of  ABC's "Desperate Housewives" on the field.
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NEW YORK - During a week that CBS was fined $550,000 for Janet Jackson's Super Bowl flash and its news division had to apologize for shoddy reporting, at least the prime-time ratings gave its executives something to smile about.    CBS handily won the ratings race during the first official week of the new television season, and stuck archrival NBC where it hurts the most: on Thursday night and among young viewers...
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By David Bauder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  NEW YORK -- Katie Couric led the "CBS Evening News" to its first weekly ratings win in more than five years but her honeymoon may be short -- she slipped to third place on Monday.
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By Mark McGuire, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Dec. 17--CBS dominated, NBC rebounded. The NFL Network starting showing live games, even though cable subscribers in this and many other markets can't get it.
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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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"Big Brother" and  always-popular repeats of "CSI" and "Without a Trace" lifted  CBS to an overpowering win in primetime Thursday.
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Saturday's potentially  historic football game between the New England Patriots and the  New York Giants will be simulcast on both NBC and CBS under an  unusual deal hammered out by the NFL Network.
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Premiere Week. CBS has three &quot;CSI&#39;s.&quot; CBS wins. Get used to this, because you&#39;re going to see a lot more weeks like it this season.
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Even with repeats of its  two hourlong dramas, CBS won the Wednesday primetime ratings  race in both total viewers and adults 18-49.
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After relinquishing its crown to ABC the week before, CBS was back on top in prime-time viewers last week. It claimed nine of the week's Top 20 shows, including the No. 1 entry, "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," according to Nielsen Media Research.
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LOS ANGELES  - "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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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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CBS won Christmas week  in total viewers, while "NBC Sunday Night Football" was the top  program during the period.
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"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" crested the 30 million-viewer mark again on Thursday, leading CBS to an easy victory for the night.
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In a week disrupted by nine hours of prime-time coverage of the Democratic National Convention, CBS emerged as the clear ratings winner. But the conventions didn't make much of a showing.
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CBS dominated the first week of the  new U.S. television season, ranking as the most watched network  overall and winning target audiences with help from its "CSI"  crime drama franchise, according to data issued on Wednesday.