For the networks, season didn't rate

5:00 AM PDT 5/23/2008 by James Hibberd, AP

Strike, DVRs drove numbers to record lows

It will go down as one of the strangest and most difficult periods in broadcast television history: The 2007-08 season, where a perfect storm of a WGA strike, rocketing DVR penetration and the rapid expansion of the video marketplace resulted in the lowest-rated season on record.