As Scripted Shows Return To Broadcast, CBS Scores Top 16 Titles Of Premiere Week
deadline.comCBS had a good premiere week. The network landed the top 16 shows of the week, the first time that any network has accomplished this feat since at least 1987, when Nielsen first introduced People-Meters.
With the strikes delaying its scripted premieres, CBS launched shows including Young Sheldon, FBI and NCIS last week and it recorded 32% more viewers than compared with the opening week in the 2022/23 season.
ABC’s American Idol and America’s Funniest Home Videos were the only two non-CBS shows in the top 20. Per Nielsen, CBS averaged 5.08 million viewers compared to its September 2022 premiere week viewership of 3.85 million viewers.
It was also the number one network every night it aired scripted originals (Wednesday had The Price is Right and Survivor), and had the number one show for six nights (it lost Saturday).
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