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CBS leads in ratings for networks

Tue Oct 14, 6:48 PM ET

NEW YORK - The season premiere of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" on CBS drew nearly 23.5 million people to the screen last week, a bright spot in what has already been a lackluster start to the fall TV season for the big networks.

  • List of top 20 shows in prime-time Nielsen ratings Tue Oct 14, 6:47 PM ET

    Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Media Research for Oct. 6-12. Listings include the week's ranking, with viewership for the week and season-to-date rankings in parentheses. An "X" in parentheses denotes a one-time-only presentation.

  • Cast member Jamie Lee Curtis (R), holding Chihuahuas Angel, and comedian George Lopez holding Rusco, pose at the world premiere of 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' at El Capitan theatre in Hollywood, California September 18, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
    'Chihuahua' collars top weekend slot with $17.5M Mon Oct 13, 5:55 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - "Beverly Hills Chihuahua" kept audiences on the leash as it retained the top spot at the box office, fetching $17.5 million in its second weekend.

  • In this July 25, 2008 file photo, actor Justin Bruening poses with KITT at the Knight Rider unveiling during the 2008 Comic-Con International Convention in San Diego. The talking car known as KITT, originally a Pontiac Trans Am in the 1980s series, returned to TV this fall as part of a new version of the show on NBC, but this time in the form of a Ford Shelby Mustang. (AP Images/Mark Davis, file)
    Automakers push key vehicles through fall TV shows Sat Oct 11, 12:54 AM ET

    NEW YORK - In this fall's TV season, a secret agent speeds around in a Chevrolet Camaro, a man tries to save the world with the help of a Dodge Ram pickup, and a famous talking car returns to the streets in the form of a Ford Mustang.

  • NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, left, joins Houston Texans owner Bob McNair on the sidelines before the Texans game against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008 in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
    FCC sides with NFL Network in dispute with Comcast Sat Oct 11, 12:32 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The Federal Communications Commission has sided with the National Football League in a long-running programming dispute with Comcast Corp., ruling that Comcast should carry the league's NFL Network on its popular digital cable package.

  • Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., right, speaks as Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., listens during a townhall-style presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn., Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    Second presidential debate watched by 63.2 million Wed Oct 8, 10:42 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - The second presidential debate drew more viewers than the first but still proved less of a draw than the Joe Biden-Sarah Palin matchup.

  • Hip-hop singer Lil Kim attends the premiere of 'Sex and the City' at Radio City Music Hall on Tuesday, May 27, 2008 in New York. Brookland Media recording company sued Lil' Kim Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 for $2.5 million, saying the Grammy-winning rapper hasn't delivered all the recordings their contract requires. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini)
    Recording company sues Lil' Kim in NYC Wed Oct 8, 7:51 PM ET

    NEW YORK - A recording company has sued Lil' Kim for $2.5 million, saying the Grammy-winning rapper hasn't delivered all the recordings their contract requires.

  • A model wears a creation by U.S. fashion designer Marc Jacobs for the Louis Vuitton fashion house during his spring-summer 2009 ready-to-wear collection presented in Paris, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
    Designers play it safe as economy sours Sun Oct 5, 6:41 PM ET

    PARIS - Paris Fashion Week ended on Sunday, capping a season which saw designers play it safe to coax customers into stores despite the global financial crisis.

  • Italian fashion designer Alessandra Facchinetti walks on the runway following the presentation of her spring-summer 2009 ready-to-wear collection for the Valentino fashion house, in Paris, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
    Fashion house Valentino names 2 new designers Sat Oct 4, 7:07 PM ET

    PARIS - Italian fashion house Valentino said on Saturday it had named its in-house accessories designers as joint creative directors of the brand. Outgoing designer Alessandra Facchinetti said she learned about her dismissal from press reports.

  • This Sept. 28, 2007 file photo shows Bruce Springsteen as he appears with his band on the NBC 'Today' television program in New York's Rockefeller Center. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at this year's Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and NBC announced Sunday night Sept. 28, 2008. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)
    Bertelsmann wraps sale of stake in Sony BMG Thu Oct 2, 5:40 AM ET

    FRANKFURT, Germany - Bertelsmann AG said Thursday that it had completed the sale to Sony Corp. of its 50 percent stake in music venture Sony BMG in a $900 million deal.

  • A general view shows the Screen Actors Guild National Headquarters in Los Angeles July 9, 2008. (Mario Anzuoni/Reuters)
    SAG negotiators ask board for strike vote Wed Oct 1, 11:49 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild's negotiating committee voted Wednesday to support a strike authorization vote, a tactic meant to break stalled contract talks with Hollywood studios.

  • In this 1978 file photo, actor and U.N. ambassador to disarmament Paul Newman is seen. Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as 'Hud,' 'Cool Hand Luke' and 'The Color of Money,' has died, a spokeswoman said Saturday. He was 83. Newman died Friday, Sept. 26, 2008, of cancer, spokeswoman Marni Tomljanovic said. (AP Photo)
    Newman planned for charitable legacy after death Sun Sep 28, 10:07 PM ET

    HARTFORD, Conn. - Paul Newman broached the subject of his philanthropic legacy several years ago while fishing with friends Robert Forrester and David Horvitz off the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

  • In this Sept. 12, 2008 file photo, designer Kenley Collins introduces her Project Runway collection during Fashion Week in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)
    'Project Runway' in LA stalled by NY court ruling Fri Sep 26, 10:20 PM ET

    LOS ANGELES - The reality fashion show "Project Runway" will not be able to strut its stuff on the Lifetime TV channel, a judge ruled Friday.

  • Judge grants new trial in music downloading case Wed Sep 24, 11:27 PM ET

    MINNEAPOLIS - A federal judge granted a new trial to a Minnesota woman convicted of pirating music files in the nation's first file-sharing trial, ruling Wednesday he made an error in the jury instructions that "substantially prejudiced" her rights.

  • In this photo provided by the New York Stock Exchange Euronext, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the Prime Minister of Denmark, left, joins NYSE Euronext Chief Executive Officer Duncan Niederauer for the closing bell at the Exchange, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/NYSE Euronext, Mel Nudelman)
    Bull market for books on economic disaster Wed Sep 24, 10:31 PM ET

    NEW YORK - The crisis on Wall Street has been good for books about financial disasters.

  • This Monday, Dec. 10, 2007 file photo shows British writer J.K. Rowling, in London. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, FILE)
    J.K. Rowling backs Labour Party with big check Sat Sep 20, 5:51 AM ET

    LONDON - It sounds like Harry Potter will vote for the Labour Party when the boy wizard is old enough to cast a ballot.

  • This file photo from May 1, 2005 shows Berkshire Hathaway chairman Warren Buffett smiling at a news conference following the Berkshire annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. According to a new biographical book called 'The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life,' when Buffett was a young man, he wasn't confident in much of anything except his business acumen.(AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file)
    Buffett biography reveals flaws, recounts triumphs Sat Sep 20, 2:07 AM ET

    OMAHA, Neb. - Warren Buffett's youthful confidence about his business acumen hid a self-doubt about nearly everything else, yet the son of a Nebraska congressman grew into one of the world's greatest investors.

  • Author John Grisham poses for a portrait in New York, in this Oct. 10, 2006 file photo. Grisham has been named in a libel lawsuit filed over a nonfiction book he wrote about the 1982 murder of an Ada cocktail waitress. A federal judge on Wednesday Sept. 18, 2008 dismissed the libel lawsuit. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg, file)
    Judge dismisses libel suit against John Grisham Thu Sep 18, 6:59 AM ET

    OKLAHOMA CITY - A federal judge has dismissed a libel lawsuit filed against best-selling author John Grisham and two other writers over books they wrote about the wrongful conviction of two men in a 1982 murder.

  • ESPN's `MNF' doubleheader tops cable ratings Wed Sep 17, 5:41 PM ET

    Rankings for the top 15 programs on cable networks as compiled by Nielsen Media Research for the week of Sept. 8-14. Day and start time (EDT) are in parentheses: