CBS wins season

                 The season has ended and your winner is...CBS.    No major surprise: CBS has pretty much dominated the decade in primetime total viewers, and its dominance in that category remains almost overwhelming. 

  Here are the key figures, as supplied by CBS.  You will note,however, that Fox easily won the Ratings That Count Most as Far as Advertisers are Concerned: young adults.   

                        2009-10                      

                                  

HOUSEHOLDS                                           

                                                

                        Rtg       Sh                 

 

CBS                 7.2       12                  

NBC                5.1       8                    

ABC                5.4       9                    

FOX                5.8       9                    

 

VIEWERS                                              

                                          

                        (000)                        

 

CBS                 11,777                       

NBC                8,244                         

ABC                8,613                         

FOX                9,915                             

                                               

                                                     

                                                     

             

A25-54                                               

                                              

                        Rtg       Sh                 

 

CBS                 4.1       10                  

NBC                3.2       8                    

ABC                3.2       8                    

FOX                4.1       10                  

                                                     

                                                    

A18-49                                               

                                              

                        Rtg       Sh                 

 

CBS                 3.2       9                    

NBC                2.7       7                    

ABC                2.7       7                    

FOX                3.6       10                      

                                                     

                         

                                                     

                                        

A18-34                                               

                                              

                        Rtg       Sh                 

 

CBS                 2.2       7                    

NBC                2.2       7                    

ABC                2.2       7                    

FOX                3.2       10