“The FBI Declassified” Posts Week-to-Week Audience Growth

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THE FBI DECLASSIFIED: “The Spies Next Door” was Tuesday’s #1 primetime broadcast with viewers and all key demographics at 10:00 PM, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Tuesday, Oct. 13. The broadcast also posted week-to-week audience growth.

The broadcast delivered 3.76 million viewers with 1.349 million of them adults 25-54. Compared to last week’s premiere, THE FBI: DECLASSIFIED was up +83% in adults 25-54 (1.1/06 from 0.6/03), +125% in adults 18-49 (0.9/06 from 0.4/02) and added +430,000 viewers (from 3.33m, +13%).

THE FBI DECLASSIFIED: “The Spies Next Door” featured FBI agents taking viewers inside one of the Bureau’s most important counterintelligence investigations to track Russian operatives living in America, seeking critical secrets. Narrated by Alana De La Garza from CBS’ drama series FBI, “The Spies Next Door” revealed the dangerous hunt to find and stop the spies in a wide-ranging FBI investigation called “Operation Ghost Stories.” Agents bugged the spies’ homes, followed their travels and ultimately cracked their secret communications network.

THE FBI DECLASSIFIED features FBI agents and analysts taking viewers behind the scenes of some of the biggest cases they’ve solved during their careers. Through never-before-seen footage and in-depth interviews, each episode will focus on a different investigation and showcase the cooperation between the FBI and other law enforcement agencies.

THE FBI DECLASSIFIED: “The Spies Next Door” is from the award-winning team behind CBS News’ 48 HOURS. Anthony Batson is the executive producer. Matthew DeVoe is the director. Ruth Chenetz is the senior producer. Alicia Tejada is the senior coordinating producer. Resa Matthews and Anthony Venditti are the producers. Marcus Balsam and Phil Tangel are the supervising producer-editors. Libby Fabricatore and Maria Barrow are the editors. Pat Milton is the supervising development producer. Josh Gaynor is the development producer.

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