# Who watches CBS? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 12, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839 "2009-09-12T19:05:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/21 "2009-09-12T21:09:23Z")
Sometime in the past year, CBS became the network I watch the most. Between Survivor, The Amazing Race, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother and Criminal Minds, almost all of my favorite shows are on CBS. And CBS has Craig Ferguson and The Price is Right too. And my local CBS affiliate carries Jeopardy. These are all good shows, so why someone would get their panties in a bunch over people deciding to watch good TV just floors me. So in summary, dude, get a life. If you’re not watching anything on CBS you’ve obviously got shit taste in TV. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/22 "2009-09-12T21:43:08Z")
CSI is/was one of the highest rated shows I’m pretty much Big Bang Theory / How I Met Your Mother and an occasional 60 minutes. Brian ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/23 "2009-09-12T21:45:00Z")
CSI, Mentalist and Letterman. CSI is in Miami. New York, and Vegas. Soon to do Detroit, Davenport and Kalamazoo. ---
**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/24 "2009-09-12T21:45:26Z")
> [@CyclopticXander](#): > > I watch Big Brother, there’s a thread here for the show every year in fact. I enjoy watching the political struggle for in game survival, as do a lot of people who watch these ‘evict someone every week’ shows. No plot or purpose? The purpose is the evict people one at a time until someone wins a lot of money. If that’s not a goal then I don’t know what is. > > It’s not for everyone or anything, but why do you feel the need to so forcefully proclaim that you don’t like it? What’s your point? Because in the realm of reality shows, it’s the lowest of the low. Why are the people kicked off the show? Is it for losing a competition or a game? The whole show is pointless (even moreso than other reality shows). The whole concept is just, IMO, excruciatingly boring. ---
**Author:** ![BrandonR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@BrandonR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrandonR)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/25 "2009-09-12T21:46:30Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Sometime in the past year, CBS became the network I watch the most. > > Between Survivor, The Amazing Race, Big Bang Theory, How I Met Your Mother and Criminal Minds, almost all of my favorite shows are on CBS. And CBS has Craig Ferguson and The Price is Right too. And my local CBS affiliate carries Jeopardy. These are all good shows, so why someone would get their panties in a bunch over people deciding to watch good TV just floors me. > > So in summary, dude, get a life. If you’re not watching anything on CBS you’ve obviously got shit taste in TV. Please pardon my laughing, but I just had someone who watches Survivor and The Amazing Race say _I_ have shit taste in television. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/26 "2009-09-12T21:53:59Z")
You know, CBS does show stuff other than reality shows. They have some fairly good sitcoms (How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory and Two And A Half Men) and crime procedural dramas (CSI, The Mentalist, etc.). And while I’ve never watched it, The Amazing Race is supposed to be a fairly good reality show. De gustibus non est disputandum and all that. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/27 "2009-09-12T22:40:11Z")
> [@BrandonR](#): > > Please pardon my laughing, but I just had someone who watches Survivor and The Amazing Race say _I_ have shit taste in television. :smack: Someone mocking The Amazing Race as “shit” has obviously never watched it. And while Survivor isn’t high brow, it is entertaining, which is what I want most from my TV. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/28 "2009-09-12T22:50:01Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > CBS? Is that part of the DuPont Network? it is the Tiffany Network ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/29 "2009-09-12T23:00:30Z")
Survivor, The Amazing Race, NCIS, Cold Case, The Mentalist. It’s also my local news station of choice. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/30 "2009-09-12T23:23:43Z")
I watch **CSI and Big Bang Theory**. CBS has been half-dead to me since they canceled **Joan of Arcadia**. ABC, for canceling **Pushing Daisies,** is all the way dead to me. ---
**Author:** ![CyclopticXander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@CyclopticXander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyclopticXander)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/31 "2009-09-12T23:28:57Z")
> [@BrandonR](#): > > Because in the realm of reality shows, it’s the lowest of the low. Why are the people kicked off the show? Is it for losing a competition or a game? The whole show is pointless (even moreso than other reality shows). The whole concept is just, IMO, excruciatingly boring. You have not in any way backed up your claim that BB is “the lowest of the low” for reality shows. It’s the only one that I personally find intellectually nourishing, but even then I’m not throwing shit at the people who enjoy the other shows. Are you asking how people get kicked off the show because you think it is a bad process or because you don’t know? They are evicted through a multi-stepped process that constitutes a week long power struggle. Basically competitions decides who has the power and the rest is social maneuvering. I’m not claiming it is the best thing ever, but the lowest of the low? In a genre that includes stuff like Flava Flav and all that super trashy stuff? I just don’t know where you’re coming from. I’m just going to assume that you are trying to be a jerk until you can offer like…you know…reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/32 "2009-09-12T23:34:36Z")
[http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/11/cbs-les-moonves-has-a-very-good-broadcast-tv-hammer-unfortunately-for-him-every-problem-isnt-a-nail/26874](http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/11/cbs-les-moonves-has-a-very-good-broadcast-tv-hammer-unfortunately-for-him-every-problem-isnt-a-nail/26874) CBS has been the best network in total English speaking viewers for most of the decade - 8 out of the nine past years. But, Fox has repeatedly beat them in the coveted 18-49 demo that advertisers care the most about. Who watches CBS? Old folks. ---
**Author:** ![howye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9adbd/32.png) [@howye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/howye)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/33 "2009-09-12T23:38:52Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > Someone mocking The Amazing Race as “shit” has obviously never watched it. And while Survivor isn’t high brow, it is entertaining, which is what I want most from my TV. It has won only _seven_ Emmy awards. Wait a few years and they might get the format figured out. In the age of the DVR, who cares what network a show is on? ---
**Author:** ![Belowjob2.0](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Belowjob2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belowjob2.0)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/34 "2009-09-12T23:44:56Z")
CBS has had the biggest share of top rated programs for the past decade, before the advent of American Idol that is. The top rated hour long, CSI. The top rated sitcom, 2 1/2 Men. The new top rated hour long, The Medium. The new top rated sitcom, Big Bang Theory. CBS is still currently the dominant network, though their future profitability is in jeopardy because Fox and CW clean their clock with the 18 to 30 demos. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2009, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/35 "2009-09-12T23:49:46Z")
> [@BrandonR](#): > > So what say you? Does anyone on here actually _love_ any of CBS’s shows? And how can a network accumulate such a grouping of horrible programming? Surely I’m not alone in seeing an ad for the new Big Brother season and asking myself, “Who the hell still watches that crap?” You do apparently. Where else would you see a commercial for Big Brother? ---
**Author:** ![Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f08c70/32.png) [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/36 "2009-09-13T00:08:36Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > …I used to watch a show called The Unit, but it was canceled this year after 4 seasons. > > I should point out that The Unit was probably my favorite show, and may have been one of the best-made shows of the last decade. It was produced and often written by David Mamet. It was the most realistic military/special forces/black ops portrayal ever put on television. Every episode had the production quality of a movie. The way CBS handled it was criminal. I weep for it. > > Daily. Ditto. The Unit was under my radar until a friend mentioned the second season premier. I watched every episode and re-run until CBS killed it. The writing was excellent. Dammit. I currently watch Criminal Minds and Craig Ferguson (but not usually Letterman). I’m thinking of giving NCIS:LA a shot because it’s got Bob from The Unit and because I wanna see LL Cool J be a goofy cop. Although I don’t think it will last more than one season. ---
**Author:** ![Countrypolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@Countrypolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Countrypolitan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/37 "2009-09-13T00:52:38Z")
_Cold Case_ is probably the only thing I watch on network TV anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Polly\_Glot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9de053/32.png) [@Polly\_Glot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polly_Glot)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/38 "2009-09-13T00:54:32Z")
I watch absolutely NO TV 'cept for the Amazing Race. And Big Brother. Hey, I’ve gotta have some sort of guilty pleasure. Oh, and maybe once in a while I’ll watch whatever French/Spanish/Dutch/German show they deign to play on cable. …so for all intents and purposes, I only watch CBS. ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/39 "2009-09-13T01:02:02Z")
> [@Belowjob2.0](#): > > [http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/11/cbs-les-moonves-has-a-very-good-broadcast-tv-hammer-unfortunately-for-him-every-problem-isnt-a-nail/26874](http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/09/11/cbs-les-moonves-has-a-very-good-broadcast-tv-hammer-unfortunately-for-him-every-problem-isnt-a-nail/26874) > > CBS has been the best network in total English speaking viewers for most of the decade - 8 out of the nine past years. > > But, Fox has repeatedly beat them in the coveted 18-49 demo that advertisers care the most about. > > Who watches CBS? > > Old folks. Nah, I’m 52 and I watch CBS. What? ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2009, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839/40 "2009-09-13T01:36:14Z")
> [@Belowjob2.0](#): > > Who watches CBS? > > Old folks. That’s exactly what I was going to say. Apparently, CBS has been trying to get rid of its label as “the network that old people watch” for years. They haven’t. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-watches-cbs/509839.md?page=3)