Ratings

“ZOO” IS THE WEEK'S TOP SCRIPTED SUMMER SERIES IN VIEWERS, ADULTS 18-49 AND ADULTS 25-54 FOR THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE WEEK

All Three Editions of “Big Brother” Place Among the Week's Top 10 in Adults 18-49

CBS Wins the Week in Viewers

            ZOO is the week's top scripted summer series in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 for the third consecutive week, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending July 19.

All three editions of BIG BROTHER were top 10 broadcasts in adults 18-49, with the Wednesday and Thursday editions tied at #4 and BIG BROTHER SUNDAY tied at #8.

Following ZOO, UNDER THE DOME and EXTANT ranked as the week's second- and third-most-watched summer scripted series.

            CBS won the week in viewers with five of the top 10 broadcasts and 12 of the top 20 (more than all other networks combined).

 

CBS Broadcasts In Top 20:

 

#4    –  60 MINUTES-R  (8.09m)

#6    –  THE BIG BANG THEORY-R  (7.21m)

#8    –  NCIS-R  (6.93m)

#9    –  ZOO  (6.56m)

#10  –  BIG BROTHER-THU  (6.07m)

#12  –  BIG BROTHER-WED  (6.02m)

#13  –  BIG BROTHER-SUN  (5.847m)

#14  –  MOM-R  (5.846m)

#16  –  NCIS:  LOS ANGELES-R  (5.76m)

#17  –  NCIS:  NEW ORLEANS 10PM-R  (5.65m)

#19  –  BLUE BLOODS-R  (5.31m)

#20  –  SCORPION-R  (5.02m)

 

CBS Weekly Highlights

 

BIG BROTHER

  •  BIG BROTHER SUNDAY matched its best Sunday delivery in adults 25-54 (2.3/07) while posting its second-best viewers (5.85m) and adults 18-49 (1.8/07) Sunday performances.
  •  BIG BROTHER WEDNESDAY was first in adults 25-54 (2.3/08), adults 18-49 (2.0/08) and second in viewers (6.02m, up +2% from last week.)  
  •  BIG BROTHER THURSDAY was the night's top program in adults 18-49 (2.0/08) and adults 25-54 (2.4/08).   Compared to last week, BIG BROTHERwas up +5% in adults 18-49 (from 1.9/07) and added +200,000 viewers (6.07m from 5.87m, +3%). 

 

ZOO

  •  ZOO is the week’s #1 scripted summer broadcast  in viewers (6.56m), adults 25-54 (1.5) and adults 18-49 (1.0) for the third consecutive week.  With live + 7-day playback, the premiereepisode of ZOOclimbed to 10.76m (from 8.18m live plus same day, +32%), increased to 1.8 (from 1.2, +50%) in adults 18-49 and to 2.6  (from 1.8, +44%) in adults 25-54.

 

UNDER THE DOME

  •  UNDER THE DOME ranked as the week's second-most-watched scripted summer series, averaging 4.75 million viewers.  Summer-to-date, UNDER THE DOME ranks as the top program in live + 7-day viewer lift averaging a gain of +3.25m (+55%).

 

EXTANT

  •  EXTANT averaged 4.62m, ranking third for the week among scripted summer series.  With live + 7-day lift, the premiere of EXTANT gained +2.14m, a +41% increase from its live plus same day average.

 

Prime averages are based on the following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #43

 

CBS – 22 hours

NBC – 22 hours

ABC – 22 hours

FOX – 16 hours

 

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME        

Week #43 of 2014-2015 Television Year (ending: 7/19/15)      

       

 2014-2015         

       

VIEWERS        

        (000)   

CBS  5,155   

NBC  4,336   

ABC  4,572   

FOX  3,888          

       

A25-54         

         Rtg   Sh  

CBS  1.3   4  

NBC  1.4   5  

ABC  1.5   5  

FOX  1.3   4       

       

A18-49         

         Rtg  Sh  

CBS  0.9   3  

NBC  1.1   4  

ABC  1.2   4  

FOX  1.1   4       

       

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME            

SUMMER-TO-DATE RATINGS REPORT (5/25/15-7/19/15)        

 2014-2015         

       

VIEWERS        

         (000)   

CBS  5,568   

NBC  5,292   

ABC  5,702   

FOX  4,230   

        

A25-54         

         Rtg   Sh  

CBS  1.3   4  

NBC  1.7   5  

ABC  2.0   6  

FOX  1.5   5      

 

A18-49         

         Rtg  Sh  

CBS  0.9   3  

NBC  1.3   5  

ABC  1.6   6  

FOX  1.3   5  

  

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