When did CBS, the network awash in cop shows featuring leading men in their 50s, become the hot network with young audiences?

This is how topsy-turvy the fall television season has become: Five weeks in, CBS has twice as many shows in the Top 20 ranking among young adult viewers as any of its network competitors.

CBS is supposed to be the network that does not fixate on the 18- to 49-year-old demographic, which many advertisers pay a premium to reach. But the network has been beating ABC, NBC and Fox, in that ratings competition every week this fall.

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