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A SPECIAL WEDNESDAY BROADCAST OF "SURVIVOR: MARQUESAS" DOMINATES ITS TIME PERIOD IN HOUSEHOLDS, VIEWERS

March 14, 2002

A SPECIAL WEDNESDAY BROADCAST OF "SURVIVOR: MARQUESAS" DOMINATES ITS TIME PERIOD IN HOUSEHOLDS, VIEWERS AND KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

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CBS Wins Wednesday in Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54

A special Wednesday broadcast of SURVIVOR: MARQUESAS dominated its time period in households, viewers and key demographics, and THE AMAZING RACE 2 notched the series' best adult 18-34 ratings ever and highest deliveries in households, viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 for any regularly scheduled edition of AMAZING RACE, according to final National Nielsen ratings for Wednesday, March 13.

At 8:00 PM, SURVIVOR: MARQUESAS, broadcast Wednesday this week and next to accommodate CBS Sports coverage of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, posted an 11.5/19 with 20.46m viewers, 7.8/23 in adults 18-34, 8.9/24 in adults 18-49 and 9.6/23 in adults 25-54. SURVIVOR dominated the time period in households, viewers and key demos.

SURVIVOR grew significantly at 8:30 PM:

Household Ratings Viewers A18-34 A18-49 A25-54 

8:00pm  10.9/18 19.02m  7.0/22          8.1/23          8.9/23
8:30pm  12.2/19 21.89m  8.5/24          9.7/25          10.3/24

% change        +12%            +2.87m  +21%            +20%            +16%

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At 9:00 PM, THE AMAZING RACE 2 (7.3/12, 12.50m) was second in adults 18-34 (4.9/13) and adults 18-49 (5.8/14). THE AMAZING RACE 2 posted the best delivery ever of adults 18-34 of any episode of the original series and scored the best delivery ever for a regularly scheduled episode of the AMAZING RACE in households, viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 (6.2/14).

CBS won Wednesday in adults 18-49 (5.8/15) and adults 25-54 (6.3/15) and placed second in households (8.0/13) and viewers (13.49m).

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                   Ed Harrison              323/575-4254                ed.harrison@tvc.cbs.com

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