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CBS WINS ITS PREMIERE WEEK WITH EIGHT OF THE TOP 10 BROADCAST SHOWS AND DELIVERS +9% YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH
Top Three Series - #1 "60 Minutes," #2 "Marshals" and #3 "Tracker"
#1 New Series - "NCIS: New York"
#1 Comedy - "Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage"
CBS won its Premiere Week (Oct. 4-10) as the #1 broadcast network in primetime with eight of the top 10 series and posted five nights of year-over-year growth. Weekly viewership averaged 4.43 million viewers, growing +9% from its 2025 premiere week (4.08m viewers). CBS had the week's top three series (#1 60 MINUTES, #2 MARSHALS and #3 TRACKER), #1 comedy GEORGIE AND MANDY'S FIRST MARRIAGE, and for the tenth consecutive season, launched the #1 new series, NCIS: NEW YORK. Source: Nielsen Live+Same Day Panel and Big Data for Sunday, Oct. 4-Saturday, Oct. 10 - all claims are excluding Sports.
CBS Premiere Week Highlights:
· Sunday* - 60 MINUTES (7:51 PM, ET/ 7:00 PM, PT), MARSHALS (8:51 PM, ET/ 8:00 PM, PT) and TRACKER (9:51 PM, ET/ 9:00 PM, PT)
o CBS posted gains on Sunday night, up +48% from last year's premiere night (TRACKER and THE ROAD).
o #1 series 60 MINUTES (10.20m viewers) up +1% year over year and was the #1 news program of the week.**
o #2 series MARSHALS (8.21m viewers) up +8% from its season one average.
o #3 series TRACKER (7.00m viewers) was CBS' most-watched series starting after 9:45 PM (and not directly following football) since the BLUE BLOODS two-part season 11 finale (May 14, 2021).
*CBS primetime programs were delayed by 51-minutes (in ET/CT) due to late-running NFL coverage.
**60 MINUTES 59th season premiere aired Sunday, Sept. 13.
· Monday - FBI (8:00 PM), CIA (9:00 PM) and HARLAN COBEN'S FINAL TWIST (10:00 PM)
o CBS Monday night up +19% from last year's premiere night (THE NEIGHBORHOOD, DMV, FBI and WATSON).
o FBI (5.33m viewers) up +24% from its year-ago premiere (9:00 PM), improved the time period +42% (versus last year's comedy premieres).
o CIA (3.84m viewers) up +2% from its February premiere at 10:00 PM.
o HARLAN COBEN'S FINAL TWIST (2.03m viewers) up +34% from its season one premiere (Wed. Jan. 7, 2026, at 10:00 PM).
· Tuesday - NCIS (8:00 PM), NCIS: NEW YORK (9:00 PM), NCIS: ORIGINS (10:00 PM), featuring the return of Michael Weatherly as Anthony "Tony" DiNozzo Jr. on NCIS, LL COOL J as Sam Hanna and Scott Caan as Nick Schaeffer in NCIS: NEW YORK, and Mark Harmon joining NCIS: ORIGINS as Leroy Jethro Gibbs.
o CBS won Tuesday night with its all-NCIS lineup, up +40% year over year and delivering the Network's most-watched Tuesday since Dec. 17, 2024.
o NCIS (6.45m viewers) was the night's #1 program, up +21% and delivering its largest audience since May 2024.
o #1 new series NCIS: NEW YORK (5.62m viewers) up +53% from the time period premiere last year (NCIS: ORIGINS).
o NCIS: ORIGINS (4.39m viewers) up +20% from its year-ago premiere (Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, at 9:00 PM).
· Improved time period vs. NCIS: SYDNEY by +56% year over year (Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2025, at 10:00 PM).
· Wednesday - SURVIVOR (8:00-9:30 PM), THE AMAZING RACE (9:30-11:00 PM)
o CBS won Wednesday night in adults 25-54, up +7% year over year in the demo and up +8% among total viewers.
o SURVIVOR (4.60m viewers) up +9% year over year.
o THE AMAZING RACE (2.50m viewers) up +7% year over year.
o SURVIVOR and THE AMAZING RACE rank among broadcast television's top four series with upscale viewers and top five co-viewed (more than one person watching the same program at the same time) series.
*SURVIVOR season 51 premiered Sept. 23 and THE AMAZING RACE season 39 premiered Sept. 30.
· Thursday - GEORGIE & MANDY'S FIRST MARRIAGE (8:00 PM), ETERNALLY YOURS (8:30 PM), ELSBETH (9:00 PM), CUPERTINO (10:00 PM)
o CBS won Thursday night
o #1 comedy GEORGIE & MANDY'S FIRST MARRIAGE (5.50m viewers) up +14% from its year-ago premiere
o New comedy ETERNALLY YOURS (4.12m viewers) was even with the GHOSTS 2025 fall premiere.
o ELSBETH (3.75m viewers) up +10% from its year-ago Thursday 10:00 PM premiere.
o New critically acclaimed drama rated 100% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes CUPERTINO (3.19m viewers) won its time period, outpacing "Law & Order" in the hour.
· Friday - SHERIFF COUNTRY (8:00 PM), FIRE COUNTRY (9:00 PM) and BOSTON BLUE (10:00 PM)
o CBS won Friday night, up +5% year over year.
o SHERIFF COUNTRY (5.47m viewers) delivered its most-watched episode ever and grew +25% from its year-ago premiere.
o FIRE COUNTRY (4.29m viewers) was up +4% year over year, out delivered all but one episode last season (April 3).
o BOSTON BLUE (4.09m viewers) up +7% from its season one average with its most-watched episode since Dec. 5.
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