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CBS Opens Fall Television Season On Top |
WRAL-TV’s mother network, CBS bested powerhouse NBC to win the first week of ratings for the fall television season. During the opening week last week (September 23 – 29), CBS averaged 13.9 million viewers with a 9.1 rating, 15 share, while NBC trailed with 13.4 million average and ABC pulled in a distant third.
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Nielsen Media Research
Top Ten Shows (Sept 23 – 29) |
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| 1. | Friends | NBC | 20.3 |
| 2. | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | CBS | 18.2 |
| 3. | ER | NBC | 16.9 |
| 4. | Everybody Loves Raymond special | CBS | 15.3 |
| 5. | CSI: Miami | CBS | 14.9 |
| 6. | Everybody Loves Raymond | CBS | 14.7 |
| 7. | “Frasier” | NBC | 14.1 |
| 8. | Will & Grace | NBC | 13.9 |
| 9. | “Scrubs” | NBC | 13.9 |
| 10. | “Monday Night Football: St. Louis vs Tampa Bay” | ABC | 12.5 |
CBS ranked high with popular returning shows “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “Survivor” and the new blockbuster “CSI: Miami,” spin-off of the hit “CSI.” CBS had a total of 13 shows in the top 30 Nielsen Media Research weekly ratings; NBC had 12, and ABC had 5.
Specifically at WRAL, “CSI: Miami” on Monday night debuted with a 16.6 rating, 25 share, winning the time period and improving the time period delivery by 84% over last year in the WRAL viewing area. “CSI” ranked as the #1 show on Thursday night with a whopping 19.7 rating, 27 share, outperforming the “Friends” hotly-anticipated premiere (15.2) and the “ER” premiere (13.2). The hot new drama “Without a Trace,” also on Thursday, debuted ahead of “ER,” delivering a 13.3 rating.