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NEW YORK -- NBC crushed the competition Monday night in the fourth night of primetime for the Summer Olympics, stomping a dinosaur movie on ABC and CBS' usually mighty mix of crime and sitcoms. NBC drew 27 million people to its primetime Olympics coverage, according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. That was well ahead of the 7.9 million who watched CBS, the 5.2 million who saw ABC's airing of Jurassic Park 3 and the 4.2 million who watched That '70s Show and The Casino on Fox. The Olympics opened primetime with 20.5 million viewers at 8 p.m., rising to 30.5 million at 9:30 p.m. before falling to 27.3 million at 10:30 p.m. before the late local news. CBS remained competitive, drawing 8.9 million viewers for Raymond and 8.7 million for Two & a Half Men, both repeats. A repeat of CSI: Miami was even stronger, averaging 9.4 million viewers in the last half-hour.

CBS led the rerun-laden primetime pack once again on Monday with solid turnouts for repeats of CSI: Miami and comedies Everybody Loves Raymond and Two and a Half Men. CBS won the night in total viewers (9.6 million) and the adults 18-49 demo (3.2 rating/10 share), according to preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research. CSI: Miami (11.1 million, 3.8/11) as usual was the most-watched program of the night. The eye network's 9:30 p.m. comedy Men (10.6 million, 3.8/11) impressed by growing slightly from its Raymond lead-in (10.7 million, 3.5/10) in the demo. NBC was No. 2 for the night (7 million, 2.9/9) with its regular slate of a Fear Factor repeat followed from 9-11 p.m. by fresh episodes of summer reality series For Love or Money 3 or Who Wants to Marry My Dad? Fox was a distant fourth (4.2 milion, 2.0/6) with only so-so performances from new drama North Shore and The Casino. ABC was third (5.7 million, 2.2/6) with its regular stack of 8-10 p.m. comedy repeats, capped by 10 p.m. special Funniest Families of TV Comedy.

CBS and NBC battled it out for ratings glory Monday night with Fox's all-original lineup still struggling. With its regular lineup in reruns, led by Two and a Half Men (11.4 million, 3.9/10) and CSI: Miami (11.7 million, 3.8/11), CBS averaged 10 million total viewers and a 3.3 rating/10 share among adults 18-49, according to early Nielsen estimates. The season premiere of NBC's reality series Who Wants to Marry My Dad? (7.9 million, 3.5/10) fared better than the The Next Action Star debut in the 10 p.m. slot last week but still, it was a rerun of Fear Factor (8.9 million, 3.7/12) that lifted NBC to 8 million viewers and 3.4/10 in 18-49 for the night. At 9 p.m., NBC's For Love or Money (7.3 million, 3.8/11) was flat from last week. Fox (5 million, 2.2/7) was third for the night with scripted North Shore (4.6 million, 2.1/7) and reality The Casino (5.3 million, 2.3/6) both down from their so-so premieres last week. Rounding out the top four was ABC (5 million, 1.9/5).

TORONTO -- Canadian broadcaster CTV Inc. said Monday that it is rolling the dice on Mark Burnett's The Casino, acquiring the Fox reality series for its summer primetime schedule. The deal between Toronto-based CTV and Mark Burnett Prods. underlines the continuing popularity of reality shows over U.S. sitcoms and dramas on Canadian primetime schedules. CTV said it will simulcast 13 episodes of the casino-set reality series with Fox's telecasts beginning on June 14.

Fox Broadcasting Co. is forging ahead with its master plan to shift to a year-round programming schedule, announcing June 8 as the start date for its rollout of six new comedy, drama and unscripted series to run during the summer months. The first new series on tap is drama The Jury, executive produced by Barry Levinson and Tom Fontana, which bows at 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 8, preceded from 8-9 p.m. by back-to-back original episodes of The Bernie Mac Show, Fox entertainment president Gail Berman said Monday. Two more freshmen, the hotel drama North Shore and reality series The Casino, follow from 8-10 p.m. on Monday, June 14. Wednesday, June 16, will see the 8 p.m. premiere of The Simple Life 2, the second round of unscripted adventures by "celebutants" Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie, followed at 8:30 p.m. by the new Andy Richter comedy Quintuplets, a second Simple Life 2 episode at 9 p.m. and the debut of the comedy Method & Red at 9:30 p.m.