CBS Makes Television History

First Network Ever to Place 20 of the Top 30 Programs Through the First Three Weeks of the New TV Season

CBS is America's #1 Network in Viewers, Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54

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Oct 11, 2011, 02:01 ET

NEW YORK, Oct. 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CBS has made television history becoming the first Network ever to place 20 of the top 30 programs in viewers through the first three weeks of the season.

CBS programs in the top 20 include TWO AND A HALF MEN, NCIS, NCIS: LOS ANGELES, THE BIG BANG THEORY, 2 BROKE GIRLS, CRIMINAL MINDS, THE MENTALIST, 60 MINUTES, UNFORGETTABLE, MIKE & MOLLY, PERSON OF INTEREST, CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, HAWAII FIVE-0, BLUE BLOODS, THE GOOD WIFE, SURVIVOR: SOUTH PACIFIC, HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER, CSI: NY and CSI: MIAMI and THE AMAZING RACE.

Through the first three weeks of the season, CBS is the #1 network in viewers, averaging 12.68 million, adults 18-49 with a 3.4/09 and adults 25-54 averaging a 4.4/11.

NCIS is the #1 drama on television in viewers and key demographics and TWO AND A HALF MEN is the #1 comedy on television in viewers and key demographics.

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