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Bereft of scripted shows, opening week ratings down for TV

by AP Media Writer
| September 29, 2020 2:30 PM

NEW YORK (AP) — The surest sign of how the coronavirus shutdown has devastated the television industry is the fourth-place finish of CBS in what was nominally the first week of a new fall season.

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