CBS wins for first time this season, led by ‘60 Minutes’

NEW YORK » 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 stillnew 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 “60 Minutes.”

CBS averaged 6.2 million viewers in prime time. NBC was second with 5.6 million, Fox had 4.9 million, and ABC had 3.5 million.

With baseball playoffs in full gear, TBS led the cable networks in prime time, averaging 3.1 million viewers. ESPN had 2.5 million.