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It used to be that if CBS aired original episodes of its three Friday dramas, no other network would stand a chance. Instead, on the first Friday of the crucial May Sweeps period, new hours of "Ghost Whisperer," "Medium" and "Miami Medical" couldn't deliver anything more than a split.

For the second straight week since switching over to two hours of "Dateline" and premiering the genealogy series "Who Do You Think You Are?," NBC nearly won the night, putting a serious scare into CBS' normally sturdy procedurals.

Repeats of CBS' flagship comedies "The Big Bang Theory" (3.0 rating/8 share in adults 18-49) and "Two and a Half Men" (2.7/7) were the highest-rated programs of the night by a mile, with a rerun of another CBS series, drama "CSI: Miami" (2.2/6) coming in third.

The finale of NBC's "The Sing Off" helped the network beat CBS' comedy repeats at 8 p.m., but CBS took control in the 9 p.m. hour and eventually carried the night.

TV News: 'Teen Choice Awards' airs quietly on Fox -- An all-repeat lineup, led by a strong outing by "The Big Bang Theory" in its new timeslot, carried CBS to an easy victory in key demos on Monday, a night that saw nothing-special numbers for the "Teen Choice Awards" on Fox.

CBS nabs solid numbers with 'NCIS,' 'Mentalist' -- The season premiere of “America’s Got Talent” made a strong impression in Tuesday primetime, propelling NBC to a victory on the night among adults 18-49, according to preliminary nationals from Nielsen.

With last week's inaugural festivities depressing ratings for Fox's "American Idol," CBS managed to sneak away with a narrow ratings win for the week ending Jan. 25.