Ratings

CBS WINS THE WEEK WITH FIVE OF THE TOP 10 BROADCASTS

NCIS” is the Week’s Top Broadcast Marking the Fourth Straight Week the Network Has the #1 Program

       CBS won the week in viewers with five of the top 10 broadcasts including the #1 program for the fourth consecutive week, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending April 10.

The Network had five of the week's top 10 broadcasts with NCIS, THE BIG BANG THEORY, NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, 60 MINUTES and BLUE BLOODS. Also in the top 20 were MADAM SECRETARY, SURVIVOR, HAWAII FIVE-0, THE ODD COUPLE (P) and CRIMINAL MINDS BEYOND BORDERS SP.

In adults 18-49, THE BIG BANG THEORY (3.1) was the week's #1 comedy while NCIS (2.0) and SURVIVOR (1.9) were all also top 10 broadcasts.    

Season-to-date, CBS is first in viewers (11.22m, +2.83m ahead of second place NBC 8.39m), adults 18-49 (2.4) and adults 25-54 (3.2).

CBS Broadcasts in the Top 20 (Live+SD):

#1    –  NCIS  (15.67m)

#2    –  THE BIG BANG THEORY  (13.50m)

#4    –  NCIS:  NEW ORLEANS  (12.28m)

#6    –  60 MINUTES  (11.99m)

#10  –  BLUE BLOODS  (10.35m)

#11  –  MADAM SECRETARY  (9.86m)

#13  –  SURVIVOR  (8.98m)

#14  –  HAWAII FIVE-0  (8.63m)

#16  –  THE ODD COUPLE Season Premiere  (7.63m)

#18  –  CRIMINAL MINDS:  BEYOND BORDERS 9PM-S  (7.44m)

CBS Weekly Highlights:

NCIS

  • NCIS was Tuesday’s #1 program in viewers (15.67m), adults 25-54 (3.1/09) and adults 18-49 (2.0/07) and the week’s overall #1 broadcast in viewers.

BLUE BLOODS

  • BLUE BLOODS was Friday’s #1 program in (10.35m), adults 25-54 (1.8/06) and adults 18-49 (1.2/05, tie). 

ELEMENTARY

  • ELEMENTARY (10:30-11:30PM) was up +18% in adults 25-54 (1.3 from 1.1), +13% in adults 18-49 (0.9 from 0.8) and added 760,000 viewers (6.04m from 5.28m) compared to its last regularly scheduled episode on March 20.  

Prime averages are based on the following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #29

CBS –  22-hours

NBC – 22-hours

ABC – 22-hours

FOX – 16-hours, 6 minutes

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME

Week #29 of 2015-16 Season (ending: 4/10/16)

2015-16

VIEWERS

(000)

CBS      7,772

NBC      5,738

ABC      5,023

FOX      5,416

A25-54

Rtg Sh

CBS       1.8 5

NBC       1.6 5

ABC       1.5 4

FOX       1.9 6

A18-49

Rtg Sh

CBS       1.3 4

NBC       1.2 4

ABC       1.2 4

FOX       1.5 5

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME

SEASON-TO-DATE RATINGS REPORT (9/21/15-4/10/16)

2015-16

VIEWERS

(000)

CBS       11,223

NBC       8,388

ABC       6,804

FOX       6,104

A25-54

Rtg Sh

CBS       3.2 9

NBC       2.9 8

ABC       2.3 7

FOX       2.4 7

A18-49

Rtg Sh

CBS        2.4 8

NBC        2.2 8

ABC        1.9 6

FOX        2.0 7

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Press Contact: Ed Harrison 818-655-1584 ed.harrison@cbs.com

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