or


[12/10/08 - 10:38 AM]
CBS Number One Live -- and in Playback
CBS spins the LIVE+7 numbers for the season to date.

[via press release from CBS]

CBS NUMBER ONE LIVE -- AND IN PLAYBACK

DVR Lift Boosts CBS Prime Time Programs More Than Any Other Network

Playback Adds More than 3 Million Viewers to "CSI"

CBS Has Four of the Top 10 Programs Posting the Most Lift - More Than Any Other Network

CBS, America's most-watched network in prime time, is also the Number One network in DVR playback, according to Nielsen prime DVR lift data through week nine of the 2008-2009 season.

2008/2009 STD Prime DVR Lift Thru Week #9 (9/22/08 - 11/23/08) All Statements LIVE+7 Lift From LIVE

PRIME NETWORK AVERAGES - DVR LIFT (+Number of Additional Viewers):

CBS (+1.32 Million Viewers)

NBC (+903,000 Viewers)

ABC (+1.07 Million Viewers)

FOX (+769,000 Viewers)

CW (+460,000 Viewers)

CBS has four of the Top 10 programs that with the most DVR playback, more than any other network; nine of the Top 20 and 13 of the Top 30.

CBS Programs In Top 30 (+Number Of Additional Viewers)

#3 CSI (+3.07 Million)

#8 NCIS (+2.42 Million)

#9 CRIMINAL MINDS (+2.35 Million)

#10 SURVIVOR: GABON (+2.33 Million)

#12 THE MENTALIST (+2.12 Million)

#13 TWO AND A HALF MEN (+2.01 Million)

#16 CSI: MIAMI (+1.78 Million)

#17 AMAZING RACE 13 (+1.65 Million)

#19 NUMB3RS (+1.63 Million)

#23 GHOST WHISPERER (+1.59 Million)

#27 CSI: NY (+1.43 Million)

#28 THE UNIT (+1.37 Million)

#30 HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (1.39 Million)

Among adults 25-54, CBS has three of the Top 10 programs with the most lift (tied for most any network) and nine of the Top 20, more than any other network.

Among adults 18-49, CBS has eight of the Top 20 programs with the most lift, more than any other network.





  [december 2008]  
S
M
T
W
T
F
S
 


· AMAZING RACE, THE (CBS)
· CRIMINAL MINDS (CBS)
· CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION (CBS)
· CSI: MIAMI (CBS)
· CSI: NEW YORK (CBS)
· GHOST WHISPERER (CBS)
· HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (CBS)
· MENTALIST, THE (CBS)
· NCIS (CBS)
· NUMB3RS (CBS)
· SURVIVOR (CBS)
· TWO AND A HALF MEN (CBS)
· UNIT, THE (CBS)





most recent ratings | view all posts
[03/31/26 - 02:44 PM]
ESPN Scores Third Most-Watched NCAA Women's Sweet 16 Ever
Through the Sweet 16, viewers have consumed 4.9 billion minutes of live game action, making the 2026 tournament the second most-consumed on record.

[03/31/26 - 02:27 PM]
FOX Saturday Baseball Delivers Its Best Season-Opening Telecast Since 2021
2,591,000 viewers tuned into a two-game slate highlighted by the New York Yankees' victory over the San Francisco Giants.

[03/31/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of March 23 - Listen Up, Lads - "Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man" Takes No. 1 in the Top 10
Also maintaining its position in the Top 10 for a third week, "One Piece" Season 2 held strong at No. 1 on the English TV list with 5.9 million views.

[03/30/26 - 12:42 PM]
NBC Sports Delivers Largest MLB Opening Day Audience on Record for Multi-Game Presentation
The two-game presentation averaged 2.7 million viewers across NBC and Peacock, based on official Nielsen Big Data + Panel and digital data from Adobe Analytics.

[03/27/26 - 03:16 PM]
Official Trailer for HBO's Harry Potter Series, "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone," Shatters Records as HBO and HBO Max's Most-Watched Ever by More Than Double, Amassing +277 Million Organic Views in 48 Hours
The series will debut Christmas 2026 on HBO and will be available to stream exclusively on HBO Max.

[03/27/26 - 09:46 AM]
ABC News Is #1 in Total Viewers in Late-Night, Friday Night and Sunday Morning
"20/20" scored its best Adults 25-54 performance in 11 months.

[03/26/26 - 02:05 PM]
"The Madison" Marks Taylor Sheridan's Biggest Debut Season Launch with 8 Million Views Globally for Paramount+
The debut of the six-part series also marks the biggest freshman season launch for the prolific creator among women 35+.

[03/25/26 - 02:33 PM]
ESPN Scores Second Most-Watched NCAA Women's Second Round Ever
Through two rounds (First and Second), the 2026 Women's NCAA Tournament is averaging 628,000 viewers.

[03/24/26 - 12:01 PM]
Netflix Top 10: Week of March 16 - The Wait Is Over as "BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE" Ignites at No. 1
Holding steady at No. 1 on the English TV list is "One Piece" Season 2 with 11.1 million views.

[03/24/26 - 10:02 AM]
BTS Commands the Global Stage As "BTS THE COMEBACK LIVE - ARIRANG" Draws 18.4 Million Global Viewers
The live broadcast from Seoul's historic Gwanghwamun Square reached the weekly Top 10 in 80 countries and secured the #1 spot in 24 countries.

[03/20/26 - 02:30 PM]
ABC News Is #1 in Total Viewers in Late Night, Friday Night and Sunday Morning
"20/20" improved on the previous week in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.

[03/20/26 - 02:01 PM]
CBS Has Top 2 and 11 of Top 20 Series in Live + 7-Day Multiplatform Viewership Among All Broadcast and Streaming Competition in the First Week of March
CBS has #1 series/drama ("Marshals"), #1 comedy ("Georgie and Mandy's First Marriage"), #1 primetime news program ("60 Minutes") and #1 unscripted series ("Survivor") of the week.

[03/20/26 - 01:01 PM]
"Jimmy Kimmel Live" Tops Late-Night for Third Week in a Row Among Adults 18-49
The Thursday, March 5, episode scored the show's top telecast across all three weeks among Adults 18-49 (0.21 rating), with the show's best rating in the key adult demo in four weeks.

[03/19/26 - 02:34 PM]
10,784,000 Viewers: World Baseball Classic Final on FOX and FOX Deportes Delivers Most-Watched WBC Telecast Ever
Viewership peaked with 12,148,000 from 10:30-10:45 PM ET on FOX.

[03/19/26 - 01:03 PM]
3 Million "Outlander" Fans Drive the Epic Season Eight Premiere to a Four-Year Series High
The episode, entitled "Soul of a Rebel," secured the top spot for the week among all scripted cable programs.