CBS Stations Stick with Cold Case

Series to Remain on CBS Stations Through 2010-11 Season

By Paige Albiniak -- Broadcasting & Cable, 12/10/2007 12:03:00 AM

The CBS television stations picked up Warner Bros.’ Cold Case for two more seasons of weekend syndication, keeping the show on the stations’ air through the 2010-11 season.

The CBS group includes WCBS New York, KCBS Los Angeles and WBBM Chicago in the top three markets, as well as stations in 13 other markets.

Season to date (through Nov. 25), the show is averaging a 2.2 national live-plus-same-day household rating, according to Nielsen Media Research. In the key demographics, the show averages a 1.0 in women 18-34, 1.4 in women 18-49 and 1.6 among women 25-54. Cold Case is the fourth-ranked show in weekend off-network syndication in households, behind Warner Bros.’ CSI: Miami and Without a Trace and NBC Universal’s Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, although Cold Case beats Without a Trace in all key female demos and beats L&O: SVU in women 18-49 and women 25-54 and ties it in women 18-34.

Cold Case is in its fifth season on CBS, airing Sundays at 9 p.m. (EST). The series stars Kathryn Morris and is produced by Jerry Bruckheimer Television in association with CBS Productions and Warner Bros. Television.