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

NEW YORK (AP) - 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 still-new 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 'œ60 Minutes.'ť

CBS averaged 6.2 million viewers in prime time. NBC was second with 5.6 million, Fox had 4.9 million, ABC had 3.5 million, Univision had 1.4 million, Telemundo had 1.1 million and Ion Television had 920,000.

With baseball playoffs in full gear, TBS led the cable networks in prime time, averaging 3.1 million viewers. ESPN had 2.5 million, Fox News Channel had 2.26 million, MSNBC had 1.17 million and HGTV had 924,000.

ABC's 'œWorld News Tonight'ť won the evening news ratings race, averaging 7.9 million viewers. NBC's 'œNightly News'ť had 6.6 million and the 'œCBS Evening News'ť had 4.9 million.

For the week of Oct. 11-17, the top 20 prime-time programs, their networks and viewerships:

1. NFL Football: Seattle at Pittsburgh, NBC, 16.28 million.

2. NFL Football: Tampa Bay at Philadelphia, Fox, 14.42 million.

3. 'œNFL Pregame'ť (Sunday), NBC, 12.03 million.

4. NFL Football: Indianapolis at Baltimore, ESPN, 11.34 million.

5. 'œ60 Minutes,'ť CBS, 11.02 million.

6. 'œFootball Night in America,'ť NBC, 8.94 million.

7. 'œNFL Postgame'ť (Sunday), Fox, 8.93 million.

8. 'œNFL Pregame'ť (Thursday), Fox, 8.9 million.

9. 'œNCIS,'ť CBS, 7.66 million.

10. 'œEqualizer,'ť CBS, 7.3 million.

11. 'œChicago Fire,'ť NBC, 7.25 million.

12. 'œThe Voice'ť (Monday), NBC, 7.01 million.

13. 'œChicago Med,'ť NBC, 6.94 million.

14. 'œFBI,'ť CBS, 6.75 million.

15. 'œThe Voice'ť (Tuesday), NBC, 6.55 million.

16. 'œYoung Sheldon,'ť CBS, 6.54 million.

17. Baseball: Division Series, Game 5: L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco, TBS, 6.5 million.

18. Baseball: ALCS, Game 1: Boston at Houston, Fox, 6.14 million.

19. 'œChicago PD,'ť NBC, 5.98 million.

20. 'œBlue Bloods,'ť CBS, 5.95 million.