‘Squid Game' On Netflix Tops Season In Multiplatform Viewing; CBS Leads Broadcast Networks
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 12: (L-R) Jo Yu-ri, Lee Seo-hwan, Lee Byung-hun, Yim Si-wan, Lee ... More Jung-jae, Yang Dong-geun and Kang Ae-shim attend the Los Angeles Premiere & Fan Event for Netflix's "Squid Game" Season 2 at Los Angeles City College on December 12, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by) Getty Images
Squid Game is the most-viewed series this season, with an average 27.1 million viewers per episode, based on the multiplatform results for linear (broadcast) and digital. The data is based on 35-day Nielsen data used to measure viewership beyond the initial live and same-day playback. and it includes delayed viewing through DVRs and VOD services. The date range is Sept. 15, 2024 through March 16, 2025.
Second overall, and also on Netflix, is the British psychological crime drama Adolescence at an average 19.0 million viewers. Amazon Prime Video drama Reache r, based on the Jack Reacher book series, is third (18.1 million), followed by CBS drama Tracker (17.5 million), which tops the broadcast networks. All broadcast data includes streaming results (which for Tracker is Paramount+).
VANCOUVER - Pictured: Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw on CBS drama "Tracker" (Photo by Darko ... More Sikman/CBS via Getty Images) CBS via Getty Images
Tops among the freshman broadcast series (and tied for No. 5 overall) is CBS' Matlock, starring Kathy Bates, and ABC's High Potential , each with an average 16.1 million.
LOS ANGELES - Pictured: Kathy Bates as "Madeline Matlock". (Photo by Sonja Flemming/CBS via Getty ... More Images) CBS via Getty Images
Kaitlin Olson at the special premiere event for "High Potential" held at No Vacancy on September 17, ... More 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by JC Olivera/Variety via Getty Images) Variety via Getty Images
Overall, Netflix held 10 of the top 20 spots (including top 10 occupants Lyle & Erik Menendez Story, Zero Day and the romantic comedy Nobody Wants This ). CBS had six of the top 10 series (including Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage , Ghosts , Watson and - in a tie for No. 18 - crime dramas Elsbeth and Watson ). Only one other broadcast network series, ABC's Will Trent , cracked the top 20 (at No. 17 with an average 11.6 million viewers). And just one other streaming service, Paramount+, landed in the top 20 (care of dramas Landman and Yellowstone prequel 1923 ).
CBS was the most-watched broadcast network, with an average 9.1 million viewers based on this 35-day multiplatform viewing. Next was NBC (7.2 million), followed by ABC (6.9 million) and Fox (4.3 million).
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"Squid Game" on Netflix is the most-viewed series of the season, while CBS drama "Tracker" leads the ... More broadcast networks. CBS
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