CBS Rewards Five New Series With Full Season Pickups--AllYourTV.com

CBS REWARDS FIVE NEW SERIES WITH FULL SEASON PICKUPS

NEW YORK, October 30th, 2000--CBS has rewarded five new series from its stellar freshman class with full-season orders, including the comedies BETTE and YES, DEAR and the dramas CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, THE DISTRICT and THE FUGITIVE.

The full season commitments to five new series represent the most by any major network in several years. All five of the new series have increased their time periods from a year ago in households, viewers and key adult demographics.

CBS, off to a strong start in the 2000-01 season, boasts the highest-rated new drama of the year in CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION and two of the highest-rated new comedies in YES, DEAR and BETTE.

YES, DEAR (9.6/14, 14.33m viewers), Monday's highest-rated new comedy, has improved its (8:30-9:00 PM) time period by +17% in households (from 8.2/13), +32% in adults 25-54 (6.6/15 vs. 5.0/12), +35% in adults 18-49 (5.8/15 vs. 4.3/11) and +45% in adults 18-34 (4.8/14 vs. 3.3/10) compared to the regularly scheduled time period programming last year.

YES, DEAR is produced by Twentieth Century Fox Television, in association with CBS Productions. Alan Kirschenbaum and Greg Garcia are the executive producers.

BETTE (9.6/14, 13.55m viewers) has won its very competitive Wednesday (8:00-8:30 PM) time period in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 every week since its premiere despite strong competition from "Who Wants To Be a Millionaire" and "Titans." BETTE has improved its time period by +45% in households (from 6.6/11), +103% in adults 25-54 (5.9/16 vs. 2.9/8), +96% in adults 18-49 (4.7/14 vs. 2.4/7) and +88% in adults 18-34 (3.0/10 vs. 1.6/5) compared to the time period last year ("Cosby").

BETTE is produced by All Girl Productions, D. Train Productions, Inc. and CBS Productions, in association with Columbia TriStar Television. Jeffrey Lane, Bonnie Bruckheimer, Bette Midler and Andrew D. Weyman are the executive producers.

THE FUGITIVE (7.5/14, 10.75m viewers) has improved its Friday (8:00-9:00 PM) time period by +21% in households (from 6.2/12, 9.08m viewers), +46% in adults 25-54 (4.1/13 vs. 2.8/9) and +25% in adults 18-49 (3.0/10 vs. 2.4/9) compared to the regularly scheduled time period programming last year ("Kids Say the Darndest Things"/"Love & Money" and "Candid Camera").

THE FUGITIVE is produced by Warner Bros. Television. John McNamara, Arnold Kopelson, Anne Kopelson, Roy Huggins and R.W. Goodwin are the executive producers.

CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (10.5/19, 15.56m viewers), the top-rated new drama of the season, has improved its Friday (9:00-10:00 PM) time period by +44% in households (from 7.3/13, 11.09m viewers), +43% in adults 25-54 (6.6/18 vs. 4.6/13), +26% in adults 18-49 (4.9/15 vs. 3.9/12) and +3% in adults 18-34 (3.0/11 vs. 2.9/11) compared to the time period last year ("Now and Again").

CSI is produced by CBS Productions, in association with Alliance Atlantis. Jerry Bruckheimer, Ann Donahue and Carol Mendelsohn are the executive producers.

THE DISTRICT (9.2/16, 13.47m viewers) has improved its time period by +10% in households (from 8.4/16, 12.79m viewers) and +16% in adults 25-54 (5.2/14 vs. 4.5/12) and is even in adults 18-49 (3.7/11) compared to the time period last year ("Walker").

THE DISTRICT is produced by Studios USA Television, in association with CBS Productions. Terry George, Denise DiNovi and Lynn Latham are the executive producers.