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[01/29/13 - 11:25 AM]
CBS Wins Week in Viewers with Three Nights of Rebroadcasts
CBS spins the numbers for the week of January 21-27.

[via press release from CBS]

CBS WINS WEEK IN VIEWERS WITH THREE NIGHTS OF REBROADCASTS

Network Has Seven of the Week's Top 10 Programs and 14 of Top 20

Rebroadcasts of "NCIS" and "NCIS: Los Angeles" Top All First-Run Scripted Programming on the Competition

Season-to-Date: Five Days Before Super Bowl Sunday, CBS is #1 in Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Within a Razor-Thin Margin of First in Adults 18-49

CBS won the week in viewers with three nights of rebroadcasts including its two highest rated nights (Tuesday and Thursday) and had seven of the week's top 10 programs, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Jan. 27, Week 18 of the 2012-2013 season.

Season-to-date, CBS is #1 in viewers, leading its closest competitor by more than 3.35 million viewers and #1 in adults 25-54 (by +0.3 rating points) . With Super Bowl Sunday only five days away, CBS has also closed to within a mere 59,000 viewers of first place in adults 18-49 (3.554m vs. 3.613m).

For the week, CBS has seven of the top 10 and 14 of the top 20 programs. NCIS (R), NCIS: LOS ANGELES (R), CRIMINAL MINDS, 2 BROKE GIRLS, THE BIG BANG THEORY, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION and MIKE & MOLLY were the week's top scripted programs. CBS also had four of the week's top five comedies in adults 18-49.

Rebroadcasts of NCIS and NCIS: LOS ANGELES had more viewers than all first-run scripted programming on the competition.

For the week in viewers: CBS (8.93m), FOX (7.12m), ABC (5.70m) and NBC (5.40m). Season-to-date: CBS (11.65m), NBC (8.27m), ABC (7.85m) and FOX (6.83m).

For the week in key demographics, CBS was second in both adults 25-54 (2.5/06) and adults 18-49 (1.8/05). Season-to-date, CBS is first in adults 25-54 (3.7/09) and second in adults 18-49 (2.8/08).

For the week in households: CBS (5.8/09), FOX (4.1/06), ABC (3.7/06) and NBC (3.4/05). Season-to-date: CBS (7.3/12), NBC (5.1/08), ABC (5.0/08) and FOX (4.1/07).

CBS Weekly Highlights:

-- On Monday, CBS was first in households (6.5/10), viewers (10.45m), adults 25-54 (4.2/09), adults 18-49 (3.1/08) and tied for first in adults 18-34 (2.2/06, with ABC). CBS won every half-hour in households, viewers, adults 25-54 and adults 18-49 for the second consecutive Monday.

HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER was first in households (6.1/09), viewers (10.07m), adults 25-54 (4.6/10), adults 18-49 (3.7/10) and adults 18-34 (3.2/09). HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER was the night's #1 program in adults 18-34, and tied 2 BROKE GIRLS as the #1 program in adults 18-49.

THE BIG BANG THEORY MONDAY SPECIAL (R) (S) was first in households (6.4/09), viewers (10.50m), adults 25-54 (4.5/10) and adults 18-49 (3.2/08) - beating all first-run competition.

2 BROKE GIRLS was first in households (7.1/10), viewers (11.56m), adults 25-54 (5.1/11), adults 18-49 (3.7/09) and adults 18-34 (2.6/07). 2 BROKE GIRLS was the night's #1 program in households, viewers and adults 25-54, and tied HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER as the night's #1 program in adults 18-49.

MIKE & MOLLY was first in households (6.7/10), viewers (10.89m), adults 25-54 (4.6/10) and adults 18-49 (3.3/08).

HAWAII FIVE-0 was first in households (6.3/10), viewers (9.85m), adults 25-54 (3.2/08) and adults 18-49 (2.3/06). Compared to last week, HAWAII FIVE-0 was up +2% in households (from 6.2/10), even in adults 25-54 and added +260,000 viewers (from 9.59m, +3%).

NCIS (R) was first in households (8.2/12), viewers (12.86m) and adults 25-54 (2.8/07), and tied for second in adults 18-49 (1.7/05, with NBC). NCIS was the night's #1 program in households and viewers.

NCIS: LOS ANGELES (R) was first in households (7.8/12), viewers (11.93m) and adults 25-54 (2.9/06), and tied for second in adults 18-49 (1.8/04, with FOX). NCIS: LOS ANGELES was the night's #1 program in adults 25-54.

VEGAS (R) was first in households (4.6/08) and viewers (6.94m), beating finales on both NBC and ABC.

CRIMINAL MINDS was second in households (7.5/11) and viewers (11.84m), and tied for second in adults 25-54 (3.9/09, with ABC). Compared to last week, CRIMINAL MINDS was up +3% in adults 25-54 (from 3.8/08) and +7% in adults 18-49 (3.1/08 from 2.9/07).

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION was first in households (7.4/12), viewers (11.46m), adults 25-54 (3.6/09) and adults 18-49 (2.6/07). CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION matched its season-best adults 18-49 ratings and posted its second-best viewer total for this season.

THE BIG BANG THEORY (R) was second behind "American Idol" in households (7.3/11), viewers (11.49m), adults 25-54 (4.3/11), adults 18-49 (3.2/09) and adults 18-34 (2.0/07).

PERSON OF INTEREST (R) (9:01-10:01 PM) was first in households (6.3/10) and viewers (10.01m) against all first-run competition.

ELEMENTARY (R) (10:01-11:00 PM) was first in households (5.1/09), viewers (7.89m) and adults 25-54 (2.3/06), and was second in adults 18-49 (1.5/04).

BLUE BLOODS (R) was first in households (5.1/09) and viewers (7.83m), and tied for second in adults 25-54 (1.7/04, with NBC). BLUE BLOODS posted the night's best deliveries in viewers.

CBS top programs of the week: #3 NCIS (R) (an average of 12.86m viewers), #5 NCIS: LOS ANGELES (R) (11.93m), #6 CRIMINAL MINDS (11.84m), #7 60 MINUTES (11.65m), #8 2 BROKE GIRLS (11.56m), #9 THE BIG BANG THEORY (R) (11.49m), #10 CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (11.46m), #11 MIKE & MOLLY (10.89m), #13 THE BIG BANG THEORY SPECIAL (R) (S) (10.503m), #14 THE MENTALIST (10.496m), #16 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (10.07m), #17 PERSON OF INTEREST (R) (10.01m), #18 HAWAII FIVE-0 (9.85m), #19 THE GOOD WIFE (9.35m), #25 TWO AND A HALF MEN (R) (8.52m), #26 ELEMENTARY (R) (7.89m), #27 BLUE BLOODS (R) (7.83m), #29 NCIS SUNDAY SPECIAL (R) (S) (7.48m) and #30 CSI: NY (R) (7.45m).

Prime averages are based on the following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #18

CBS - 22 hours

NBC - 22 hours

ABC - 22 hours

FOX - 15 hours and 20 minutes





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· 2 BROKE GIRLS (CBS)
· 48 HOURS (CBS)
· 60 MINUTES (CBS)
· BIG BANG THEORY, THE (CBS)
· BLUE BLOODS (CBS)
· CRIMINAL MINDS (CBS)
· CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CBS)
· CSI: NEW YORK (CBS)
· ELEMENTARY (CBS)
· GOOD WIFE, THE (CBS)
· HAWAII FIVE-0 (CBS)
· HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (CBS)
· MENTALIST, THE (CBS)
· MIKE & MOLLY (CBS)
· NCIS (CBS)
· NCIS: LOS ANGELES (CBS)
· PERSON OF INTEREST (CBS)
· TWO AND A HALF MEN (CBS)
· UNDERCOVER BOSS (CBS)
· VEGAS (CBS)





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