CBS Tops Nielsen's Ranking of 35-Day Multiplatform Viewing — How Did ABC, CBS and Fox Fare This Season?
CBS Tops Nielsen's Ranking of 35-Day Multiplatform Viewing — How Did ABC, CBS and Fox Fare This Season?
America's Most-Watched Network… still is.
Nielsen on Wednesday morning released its first full-season ranking of broadcast networks based on 35-day multiplatform viewing, and CBS easily leads the Big 4 with an average of 9.1 million total viewers (including linear airing and streaming).
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Helping float CBS to the top of the chart were six of the eight most-watched series — No. 1 Tracker, No. 2 Matlock, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, Ghosts, Elsbeth and Watson — and 11 out of the Top 20.
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CBS also is home to four of the top six new series: the aforementioned Matlock, Georgie & Mandy and Watson, plus NCIS: Origins.
NBC placed No. 2 overall with 7.2 million viewers, followed by ABC (6.9 million) and, in a distant fourth, Fox (4.3 million). (The CW was not reported.)
Rank
Show (Network)
Total Viewers*
1
Tracker (CBS)
17.5 million
2
Matlock (CBS)
16.1 million
2
High Potential (ABC)
16.1 million
4
Georgie & Mandy (CBS)
12.1 million
4
Ghosts (CBS)
12.1 million
6
Will Trent (ABC)
11.6 million
7
Elsbeth (CBS)
11.5 million
7
Watson (CBS)
11.5 million
9
9-1-1 (ABC)
11.2 million
10
Shifting Gears (ABC)
11.1 million
11
The Rookie (ABC)
10.7 million
12
FBI (CBS)
10.6 million
12
NCIS (CBS)
10.6 million
14
Blue Bloods (CBS)
10.1 million
15
Chicago P.D. (NBC)
9.8 million
16
Chicago Med (NBC)
9.7 million
17
Fire Country (CBS)
9.6 million
18
NCIS: Origins (CBS)
9.4 million
19
Chicago Fire (NBC)
9.2 million
20
Abbott Elementary (ABC)
8.9 million
With streaming services included, broadcast shows account for eight of the Top 10. Netflix's Squid Game (easily) leads that pack with 27.1 million viewers (based on 35-day multiplatform viewing), followed by Netflix's Adolescence (19 million), Prime Video's Reacher (18.1 million), and then Tracker, Matlock and High Potential. Further down that chart you find Georgie & Mandy and Ghosts (tied for 15th), ABC's Will Trent (No. 17), and Elsbeth and Watson (tied for 18th).
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