CBS takes lead in ratings for 2012 premieres

The Nielson ratings are in and its looking like it will be a great season for television network CBS. Of the top 20 program slots, CBS took top viewership for 10 and had the two most watched series premiers this year. According to Nielson Co. CBS’s new drama ‘Vegas’ premiered in 6th place and their updated remake of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories ‘Elementary’ came in 10th place. It’s closest competitor, ABC’s ‘Last Resort’ came in in 32nd place. Also making the top ten were CBS favorites NCIS, at number 2 and beat only by Sunday night football, NCIS: Los Angeles in 4th place and ‘The Big Bang Theory’ in 5th. According to the Nielson polls CBS had 10.69 million viewers for premiere week followed by ABC with 8.33 million and NBC with 8.19 million viewers. The only place where CBS faltered this week was among their news broadcasting. NBC’s ‘Nightly News’ took top viewership with ABC’s ‘World News’ running a close second. CBS’s “CBS Evening News” garnered only 6.15 million viewers or a 4.2 rating.