Top 10 Broadcasts Span Drama, Comedy and News Spread Over Six Nights

           Showcasing the depth and breadth of its lineup, CBS scored all of the week’s top 10 broadcasts, covering drama, comedy and news spread out over six nights, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Feb. 14.

           This marks the first time since Nielsen started reporting live plus same day ratings (December 2005) that any network delivered all of the top 10 programs in a single week.

CBS won the week in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 for the second consecutive week. CBS’s top 10 broadcasts included NCIS, THE BIG BANG THEORY, CAMPAIGN 2016 REPUBLICAN DEBATE, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, SCORPION, BLUE BLOODS, 60 MINUTES, MADAM SECRETARY, NCIS: LOS ANGELES and LIFE IN PIECES. 

CBS had the week’s top eight broadcast dramas and top three comedies. 

Among adults 18-49, THE BIG BANG THEORY was the week’s top broadcast, with NCIS, CAMPAIGN 2016 REPUBLICAN DEBATE, SCORPION and LIFE IN PIECES all finishing in the top 10 (including ties).

            Season-to-date, CBS is first in viewers (11.74m), adults 18-49 (2.5) and adults 25-54 (3.4).

CBS Broadcasts In Top 20 (Live+SD):

#1    –  NCIS  (16.94m)

#2    –  BIG BANG THEORY, THE  (16.25m)

#3    –  CAMPAIGN ’16 REP DEBATE-S  (13.44m)

#4    –  NCIS: NEW ORLEANS  (12.57m)

#5    –  SCORPION  (11.36m)

#6    –  BLUE BLOODS  (10.92m)

#7    –  60 MINUTES  (10.42m)

#8    –  MADAM SECRETARY  (10.06m)

#9    –  NCIS: LOS ANGELES  (9.75m)

#10  –  LIFE IN PIECES  (9.35m)

#12  –  CRIMINAL MINDS (8.97m)

#14  –  HAWAII FIVE-0  (8.88m)

#19  –  MOM  (8.13m)

CBS Weekly Highlights:

THE AMAZING RACE

•  The spring premiere of THE AMAZING RACE  was first in viewers (6.09m), adults 25-54 (1.7/05) and adults 18-49 (1.3/05). Compared to last February’s Friday premiere (on Feb. 27, 2015), THE AMAZING RACE was up +18% in adults 18-49 (from 1.1/04) and even in adults 25-54. Compared to the fall 2015 premiere (on Sept. 25, 2015), THE AMAZING RACE was up +8% in adults 18-49 (from 1.2/05) and added +270,000 viewers (from 5.82m, +5%).

SCORPION

•  SCORPION was first in viewers (11.36m) and adults 25-54 (3.0/08), with an increase of +11% in adults 18-49 (2.0/06 from 1.9/06), +7% in adults 25-54 (from 2.8/07) and +6% in viewers (from 10.69m) from its last first-run episode on Jan. 25.  

NCIS: LOS ANGELES

•  NCIS: LOS ANGELES was first in viewers (9.75m), adults 25-54 (2.2/06) and adults 18-49 (1.6/05), tying its season-best adults 18-49 ratings for the third time in the last four first-run broadcasts. 

Prime averages are based on the following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #21:

CBS – 21 hours and 45 minutes

NBC – 22 hours

ABC – 21 hours and 54 minutes

FOX – 14 hours and 57 minutes

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME        

Week #21 of 2015-2016 Season (ending: 2/14/16)           

 2015-2016          

VIEWERS        

         (000)   

CBS  9,407   

NBC  5,073   

ABC  5,073   

FOX  4,771           

A25-54         

         Rtg  Sh  

CBS  2.3   6  

NBC  1.6   4  

ABC  1.7   5  

FOX  1.8   5        

A18-49         

         Rtg  Sh  

CBS  1.6   5  

NBC  1.2   4  

ABC  1.3   4  

FOX  1.4   5        

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME            

SEASON-TO-DATE RATINGS REPORT (9/21/15-2/14/16)        

 2015-2016     

VIEWERS        

          (000)   

CBS  11,741   

NBC  8,803   

ABC  6,645   

FOX  6,433   

A25-54         

         Rtg  Sh  

CBS  3.4   9  

NBC  3.1   9  

ABC  2.2   6  

FOX  2.5   7  

A18-49         

         Rtg   Sh  

CBS  2.5   8  

NBC  2.4   8  

ABC  1.8   6  

FOX  2.1   7  

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