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The 78th Annual Tony Awards
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“THE 78TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS” HOSTED BY CYNTHIA ERIVO DELIVERS ITS LARGEST BROADCAST AUDIENCE SINCE 2019 AND ITS LARGEST STREAMING AUDIENCE EVER
Last night’s THE 78TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS on CBS (Live 8:00-11:10 PM, ET/5:00-8:10 PM, PT), hosted by Cynthia Erivo, delivered its largest broadcast audience since 2019, up +38% YoY, and its largest live streaming audience ever on Paramount+, up +208% YoY. THE 78TH ANNUAL TONY AWARDS Ratings Highlights: Averaged 4.85 million viewers, up +38% from last year (3.53m) #1 non-sports program of the night Year-over-year gains across key demos and best since 2018: A25-54 up +91% YoY A18-49 up +107% YoY A18-34 up +147% YoY Social media engagement was at a thr...
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CBS Entertainment
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CBS TOPS MULTIPLATFORM VIEWERSHIP IN THE FIRST FULL SEASON OF NIELSEN DATA RELEASE
Source: Nielsen NPM AA, Live+35, 9/15/2024-3/16/2025; Nielsen SCR, 35-Day Total Flight for streaming. Six of the Top 20 Most-Watched Shows Among All Streamers and Broadcasters Are on CBS In Nielsen’s first full season releasing competitive multiplatform data, CBS is the #1 broadcast network in 35-day multiplatform viewing for the 2024-2025 season (see chart above) and its most popular shows rank high among ALL the top streaming and broadcasting series. In 35-day multiplatform viewership average per episode among all broadcast series, CBS has: Six of the top eight series: #1 TRACKER; #...
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CBS Entertainment
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CBS TO HIT A RECORD 17TH CONSECUTIVE SEASON AS THE MOST-WATCHED NETWORK; WITH THE TOP SEVEN PRIMETIME SHOWS
CBS is on track to be “America’s Most-Watched Network” for a record-breaking 17th consecutive season with the top seven shows on television. This breaks broadcast television’s longest winning streak on record, also previously held by CBS, from 1955-1970. This is CBS’ 22nd win in the last 23 years. In broadcast alone with Nielsen “Most Current” ratings, CBS’ primetime viewership (excluding sports) averages 4.99 million viewers, up +14% year over year. CBS Milestones for 2024/2025 Season to Date: Top seven shows: #1 TRACKER, #2 MATLOCK, #3 60 MINUTES, #4 FBI, #5 GEORGIE AND MANDY’S F...
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Matlock
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KATHY BATES-LED “MATLOCK” FINISHES SEASON AS TELEVISION’S #1 NEW SERIES
17 Million Viewers Watch “Matlock” Across Broadcast and Streaming on Paramount+ in Live+35 Days MATLOCK finished its debut season as television’s #1 new series and #2 series overall. Its two-hour season finale (Thursday, April 17 from 9:00-11:00 PM) delivered 5.60 million viewers and was the night’s #1 primetime program (according to Nielsen). Throughout the season, an average of 17 million viewers watch MATLOCK across broadcast and streaming on Paramount+, making it the #1 new broadcast series and #2 broadcast series overall in multiplatform viewing (according to Nielsen - Live+35 Lin...
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CBS Entertainment
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10 CBS SERIES DELIVER 10 MILLION OR MORE VIEWERS IN LIVE+35 MULTIPLATFORM VIEWING
The Network Leads in Broadcast-Only Viewership with Eight of the Top 10 Non-Sports Programs In the 2024-25 fall broadcast season to date, CBS series continue to amass large audiences with 10 programs delivering 10 million or more multiplatform viewers across the Network and Paramount+ within 35 days of viewing: WATSON* (18.7m) for its post-AFC Championship premiere episode, TRACKER (18.0m), MATLOCK (15.8m), GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE (12.7m), ELSBETH (10.9m), GHOSTS (10.8m), FIRE COUNTRY (10.5m), FBI (10.4m), NCIS (10.4m) and BLUE BLOODS (10m). Three other CBS Original series gene...
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The 67th Annual Grammy Awards
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“THE 67TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS®” ON CBS NETS 15.4 MILLION VIEWERS AND RAISES NEARLY $9 MILLION
Most Social Program in Television History Sunday night’s CBS telecast of THE 67TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS was seen by 15.4 million viewers. Nearly $9 million was raised on GRAMMY Sunday to aid wildfire relief efforts. Over the course of the entire weekend, the Recording Academy and MusiCares raised over $24 million for charitable activities. The GRAMMY broadcast on CBS was the most social television program ever. With 102.2 million interactions, Music’s Biggest Night exceeded all sports, news and entertainment programs. Press Contact: Julie Holland: Julie.Holla...
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CBS Entertainment
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FOUR CBS DAYTIME SHOWS POST YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH
THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT Viewership Up 16% in Late Night CBS, the ratings leader for decades in daytime television, has opened the 2024-25 broadcast season with audience growth across its daytime dramas and game shows in L+7 viewing, according to VideoAmp data. CBS will further expand the daytime audience with BEYOND THE GATES, the new daytime drama series and debut project from the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture, which premieres Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, and will air weekdays (2:00-3:00 PM, ET; 1:00-2:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+. This marks t...
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CBS Entertainment
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THE CBS 10 MILLION+ VIEWERS CLUB
Eight CBS Original Series Deliver 10 Million Viewers or More in Live Plus 7-Day Multiplatform Viewing According to VideoAmp live plus 7-day viewership and internal streaming data for episodes airing through Oct. 21, eight CBS Original programs deliver 10 million or more viewers across linear TV and streaming in the 2024 fall broadcast season to date: TRACKER (15.2m), MATLOCK (13.2m), FBI (11.0m), GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE (10.7m), NCIS (10.5m), ELSBETH (10.5m), FIRE COUNTRY (10.3m) and BLUE BLOODS (10.0m). Three other series generated nearly 9 million or more viewers with seven d...
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CBS Entertainment
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CBS PREMIERE EPISODES SOAR IN MULTIPLATFORM VIEWERSHIP LED BY “MATLOCK” PREMIERE AMASSING 22.8 MILLION VIEWERS IN ONE MONTH
All of CBS’ New Scripted Series Deliver Streaming Viewership Increases from Last Season Premieres CBS announced today impressive, double-digit multiplatform audiences and season-over-season streaming growth for the premieres of its freshman and sophomore season series. Measurement is based on VideoAmp and internal data. MATLOCK’s series premiere has been seen by 15.8 million multiplatform viewers in its first 30 days. When including the two encore airings Oct. 8 and Oct. 10, this number jumps to 22.8 million viewers. GEORGIE & MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE series premiere amassed 10.6...
