ABC Edged CBS for Ratings Win Last Week
By FRAZIER MOORE
NEW YORK (AP) - Even with the TV writers walkout, a full slate
of new shows last week left viewers - and ratings - initially
untouched by the strike during prime time.
Six of the week's 10 most-watched shows were scripted dramas
tapping fresh episodes still in the pipeline. The top show was, not
surprisingly, ``CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,'' while another CBS
Thursday drama, ``Without a Trace,'' ranked second. Jointly they
scored with a much-promoted two-hour crossover.
ABC had the third-ranked show, Monday's edition of the ``Dancing
with the Stars'' competition. That network also landed four more
shows in the Top 10, helping it to squeak into first place for the
week overall, barely edging out CBS.
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Meanwhile, NBC had another dreary week. Falling behind
third-place Fox, it had little to smile about other than its Sunday
football telecast, which ranked eighth.
For the week in prime time, ABC took first place with an average
11.93 million viewers (7.8 household rating, 13 share), narrowly
beating CBS' 11.89 million viewers (7.6 rating, 12 share),
according to Nielsen Media Research.
Fox had 8.84 million viewers (5.3 rating, 8 share), trailed by
NBC with 8.20 million viewers (5.2 rating, 8 share), the CW with
2.91 million viewers (1.9 rating, 3 share), My Network TV with
960,000 viewers (0.7 rating, 1 share) and ION Television with
570,000 viewers (0.4 rating, 1 share).
Among the Spanish-language networks, Univision averaged 4.10
million viewers (2.1 rating, 3 share), followed by Telemundo with
1.03 million viewers (0.6 rating, 1 share), TeleFutura with 670,000
viewers (0.3 rating, 1 share) and Azteca with 140,000 viewers (0.1
rating, 0 share).
In the flip-flopping evening news race, NBC regained the lead
with 9.23 million viewers (6.2 household rating, 12 share) for its
``Nightly News,'' followed closely by ABC's ``World News'' with
9.18 million viewers (6.3 rating, 12 share). ``CBS Evening News''
averaged 6.79 million viewers (4.8 rating, 9 share).
A ratings point represents 1,130,000 households, or 1 percent of
the nation's estimated 112.8 million TV homes. The share is the
percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.
For the week of Nov. 5-11, the top 10 shows, their networks and
viewerships: ``CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,'' CBS, 2.19 million;
``Without a Trace,'' CBS, 21.69 million; ``Dancing with the Stars''
(Monday), ABC, 20.47 million; ``Grey's Anatomy,'' ABC, 19.50
million; ``Desperate Housewives,'' ABC, 18.63 million; ``House,''
Fox, 18.17 million; ``NCIS,'' CBS, 18.15 million; NFL Football:
Indianapolis Colts at San Diego Chargers, NBC, 17.33 million;
``Dancing with the Stars'' (Tuesday), ABC, 17.06 million; ``CMA
Awards,'' ABC, 15.95 million.
ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co. CBS is a division of CBS
Corp. Fox is a unit of News Corp. NBC is owned by General Electric
Co. Telemundo is owned by General Electric. TeleFutura is a
division of Univision. ION Television is owned by ION Media
Networks.
11/13/07 15:35
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