More Than 8 Million Multiplatform Viewers Watched the Series Premiere Within 7 Days

CBS today announced a second-season renewal for the new drama CIA. The series premiere (Feb. 23) was seen by 8.4 million multiplatform viewers within seven days. (Source: Nielsen Panel+ Big Data 02/23-03/01/26)

CIA airs Mondays 10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT on the CBS Television Network and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on-demand for Paramount+ Premium plan subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs).

CIA Highlights According to Nielsen:

Multiplatform Viewership

• 8.4 million multiplatform viewers (broadcast and streaming) watched the premiere episode within seven days.

(Source: Nielsen Panel+ Big Data & SCR Flight Start +7 Days 09/22/25-03/01/26)

Broadcast Viewership

• Time period viewership improved +39% from last fall through its first three episodes (airing Feb. 23, March 2 and March 9).

• Wins its time slot vs. the competition (“The Rookie” and “The Voice”).

(Source: Nielsen Panel+ Big Data Season-to-date “Most Current” 9/22/25-03/09/26)

About CIA

When by-the-book FBI Special Agent Bill Goodman (Nick Gehlfuss) is loaned out to a clandestine CIA/FBI task force, he finds himself teamed up with secretive and roguish CIA Agent Colin Glass (Tom Ellis). Together they will work covert operations in New York, uncovering international plots, terrorist cells and geopolitical secrets. On CIA, Bill will learn the rules of this murky world on the fly as Colin leads him deeper into spy games where only one thing is clear – their work keeps America safe, even if no one will ever know what they did in the shadows.

CIA is produced by Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Wolf Entertainment and CBS Studios.

For more information on CIA visit CBS PRESS EXPRESS.

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Press Contacts:

Victoria Saavedra VICTORIA.SAAVEDRA@paramount.com

Julie Holland (Ratings) Julie.holland@cbs.com