The media reporting on the media...objective, eh?
When the numbers are tallied, each network is going to crow about how they won in some respect. Even the worst performing daytime drama wins a certain demo in its time period.
You're 100% spot on about the network being carried on the drawing power of tandem CSI shows...they even used two of them as filler for the time slot that was to have the RR slash job. Throw the soft-core Victoria's Secret sideshow into the mix and they have bragging rights.
I've seen numbers twisted nine ways to Sunday just so a station/network can claim SOMETHING. If it's not an outright Ratings win, it's a "The competition skews older" story, a "we have more higher-income viewers" or "we grew audience at a higher rate" bunch of bar graphs.
The way your comment read to me, it seemed that you knew something about how the sweeps work but could use some clarification. No intention of trying to take you to school or anything.
Those were the CSI season-opening two-parters. Repeats, en otras palabras. Frankly, if See BS didn't have Bruckheimer and "Survivor," they'd be coming in behind UPN and WB. The only show they've got in the top 10 other than Bruck and 'Vivor is "Everybody Over 70 With Blue Hair Loves Raymond." And that's because it's on Monday, with "Fear Factor" and Futebol as competition.
When I watch the NFL on Sunday (our team is almost always on See BS), I'm struck by all the show promos for shows we never would ever watch. Mostly lamer comedies that fall in the last 1/3 of the ratings heap.
If Bruckheimer were to get a better production deal at NBC, SeeBS would tank.
Michael