NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� CBS won its first week of the new television season, primarily by being the network of choice for people who wanted to watch something other than sports.
CBS had 14 of the 20 most-watched non-sports shows on network television last week, while NBC had the other five and Fox had one. ABC was shut out, the Nielsen company said.
It was CBS' first victory of the still-new television season, eclipsing NBC which had won every week since late September.
As it has been hundreds of time since the ticking stopwatch first appeared, CBS' most popular show of the week was 鈥�60 Minutes.鈥�
CBS averaged 6.2 million viewers in prime time. NBC was second with 5.6 million, Fox had 4.9 million, ABC had 3.5 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and Ion Television had 920,000.
With baseball playoffs in full gear, TBS led the cable networks in prime time, averaging 3.1 million viewers. ESPN had 2.5 million, Fox News Channel had 2.26 million, MSNBC had 1.17 million and HGTV had 924,000.
ABC's 鈥淲orld News Tonight鈥� won the evening news ratings race, averaging 7.9 million viewers. NBC's 鈥淣ightly News鈥� had 6.6 million and the 鈥淐BS Evening News鈥� had 4.9 million.
For the week of Oct. 11-17, the top 20 prime-time programs, their networks and viewerships:
1. NFL Football: Seattle at Pittsburgh, NBC, 16.28 million.
2. NFL Football: Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, Fox, 14.42 million.
3. 鈥淣FL Pregame鈥� (Sunday), NBC, 12.03 million.
4. NFL Football: Indianapolis at Baltimore, ESPN, 11.34 million.
5. 鈥�60 Minutes,鈥� CBS, 11.02 million.
6. 鈥淔ootball Night in America,鈥� NBC, 8.94 million.
7. 鈥淣FL Postgame鈥� (Sunday), Fox, 8.93 million.
8. 鈥淣FL Pregame鈥� (Thursday), Fox, 8.9 million.
9. 鈥淣CIS,鈥� CBS, 7.66 million.
10. 鈥淓qualizer,鈥� CBS, 7.3 million.
11. 鈥淐hicago Fire,鈥� NBC, 7.25 million.
12. 鈥淭he Voice鈥� (Monday), NBC, 7.01 million.
13. 鈥淐hicago Med,鈥� NBC, 6.94 million.
14. 鈥淔BI,鈥� CBS, 6.75 million.
15. 鈥淭he Voice鈥� (Tuesday), NBC, 6.55 million.
16. 鈥淵oung Sheldon,鈥� CBS, 6.54 million.
17. Baseball: Division Series, Game 5: L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, TBS, 6.5 million.
18. Baseball: ALCS, Game 1: Boston at Houston, Fox, 6.14 million.
19. 鈥淐hicago PD,鈥� NBC, 5.98 million.
20. 鈥淏lue Bloods,鈥� CBS, 5.95 million.
David Bauder, The Associated Press
