Despite Record Low Numbers in the Summer, the Broadcast Nets Generally Had Their Mojo Working During Last Week's Premieres Variety

The scary question asked each fall by TV broadcast network executives is "Will the viewers come back in the fall?" and at least this year they did, Variety reports.

Particularly impressive, the article notes, is CBS' "NCIS" franchise, and the new comedies on ABC.

On the negative side of the ledger, there are troubling signs at NBC and problems with the reality genre in general all over the dial, Variety writes.

--BH