With its primetime lineup finally back in the hands of Time Warner Cable customers in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas, CBS won its first night back from the month-long blackout with a small boost for Under the Dome. Though the carriage dispute never had a noticeable impact on the network's ratings, Under the Dome was nonetheless up on Labor Day, posting a 2.6 rating among adults 18-49 according to Fast National returns -- an improvement of one-tenth of a point from last week.
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Coupled with a block of comedy encores, the network averaged a dominant 1.6 rating with adults 18-49 and 6.8 million viewers.
The night's other original offerings also saw growth. A two-hour American Ninja Warrior (1.8 adults) hit a season high on NBC, improving by one-tenth of a point from last week's one-hour offering. Siberia (0.7 adults) was also up by a tenth. NBC averaged a 1.4 rating with adults 18-49 and 4.3 million viewers.
Mistresses (1.3 adults) aired a special outing at 9 p.m., improving three-tenths of a point in the process. ABC averaged a 1.1 rating with adults 18-49 and 4.2 million viewers for the night.
Fox aired comedy encores to the tune of a 0.7 rating with adults 18-49 and 1.8 million viewers.
On the CW, a new episode of Breaking Pointe (0.2 adults) was even with last week's, giving the network an average 0.2 adults rating and 556,000 viewers for the night.
