“Elementary” and “Scorpion” Place Among Top 10

                CBS has four of the top 10 and 11of the top 20 programs in 7-day DVR playback among viewers, according to Nielsen full 2014-2015 season ratings. 

CBS Programs in the Top 10

3. THE BIG BANG THEORY added +4.30m (19.27m from 14.97m, +29%)

4.  CRIMINAL MINDS added +4.00m (14.29m from 10.49m, +39%).

5.  ELEMENTARY added +3.95m (11.43m from 7.48m, +53%)

10. SCORPION added +3.51m (13.63m from 10.12m, +35%).

Rounding out the top 20 were #12 PERSON OF INTEREST (+3.34m), #13 BLUE BLOODS (+3.26m), #16 NCIS: LOS ANGELES (+3.15m), #17 CSI: CYBER (+3.07m), #18 NCIS: NEW ORLEANS (+3.03m), #19 NCIS (+3.01m) and #20 CSI (+2.99m).

                Among adults 18-49, THE BIG BANG THEORY ranked second, gaining +1.9 rating points (5.7 from 3.8, +50%), CRIMINAL MINDS placed eighth,with a gain of +1.4 rating points (3.6 from 2.2, +64%), while ELEMENTARY placed 10th, adding +1.1 rating points (2.4 from 1.3, +85%).

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