Ratings
2016-2017 SEASON…CBS FIRST HALF HIGHLIGHTS
Eight Performance Factoids from America’s Most Watched Network
Through the first nine weeks of the new season, CBS is once again America’s most watched network, +1.46 million viewers ahead of the second-place network.
First half performance highlights include:
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BULL is television’s #1 new drama, averaging nearly 17 million viewers. The Michael Weatherly-starring drama has improved the year ago time period by +8% in viewers and +14% in adults 18-49. BULL is the #2 overall broadcast drama (behind only NCIS) and ranks fourth among all primetime programs.
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NCIS: LOS ANGELES is thriving in its new time period. In its eighth season, it’s growing +14% in viewers and +12% in adults 18-49 over its Monday performance a year ago. Its Nov. 13 broadcast averaged 12.11 million viewers, becoming the first scripted Sunday broadcast to beat “The Walking Dead” with live plus same day viewing since March 2014. |
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HAWAII FIVE-0 is also growing in its seventh season. The Friday night drama is up +6% in viewers and +13% in adults 18-49 from a year ago and tied (with BLUE BLOODS) as the night’s #1 show in adults 18-49.
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CBS is #1 on Friday in adults 18-49 for the first time since 2013. The drama lineup is bookended by MACGYVER, the night’s #1 new program, and BLUE BLOODS, still the #1 program in viewers.
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For the first time ever, THE BIG BANG THEORY is broadcast television’s #1 program….period. Averaging 18.60m, television’s top comedy ranks ahead of everything, including “Sunday Night Football” and is the #1 scripted broadcast in adults 18-49 (4.9).
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KEVIN CAN WAIT is the season’s #1 new comedy in viewers (10.21m) and adults 18-49 (2.6).
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Still winning! For the seventh consecutive cycle, SURVIVOR, the king of reality television, continues to place #1 in its time period in viewers (10.33m) and adults 18-49 (2.5).
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The Nov. 13 edition of 60 MINUTES averaged 20.00 million viewers, the season’s largest non-sports live plus same day audience. The broadcast featured an exclusive first interview with President-elect Donald Trump.
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Source: NTI 9/19/2016-11/20/2016
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