NEW YORK — 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.
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.
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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.
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