Plenty of thanksgiving at broadcast networks

November 20, 2006 The Big Four networks are enjoying a slight bounce in viewership for the season-to-date, even at a time when the talk of the industry is about new-media platforms that didn't exist three years ago. CBS remains "the picture of stability," as noted by Magna Global analyst Heather DeMatteo in a primetime report issued last week, with surprising spunk from "Criminal Minds," new traction on Sunday nights with "Cold Case" and "Without a Trace" and "How I Met Your Mother" gathering some steam. For sure, the peacock is going to miss the average 6.7 demographic rating delivered this fall by "Sunday Night Football" when the regular pigskin season wraps Dec. 31, but it has more progress to point to than football.

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