CBS Tops Nielsen's Ranking Of 35-Day Multiplatform Viewing — How Did ABC, CBS And Fox Fare This Season?
America's Most-Watched Network... still is.
CBS on Wednesday morning shared Nielsen's first full-season ranking of broadcast networks based on 35-day multiplatform viewing, and the Eye Network easily leads the Big 4 with an average of 9.1 million total viewers (including linear airing and streaming).
Helping float CBS to the top of the chart were six of the eight most-watched series — No. 1 Tracker, No. 2 Matlock, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage, Ghosts, Elsbeth and Watson — and 11 out of the Top 20.
CBS also is home to four of the top six new series: the aforementioned Matlock, Georgie & Mandy and Watson, plus NCIS: Origins.
NBC placed No. 2 overall with 7.2 million viewers, followed by ABC (6.9 million) and, in a distant fourth, Fox (4.3 million). (The CW was not reported.)
| Rank | Show (Network) | Total Viewers* |
| 1 | Tracker (CBS) | 17.5 million |
| 2 | Matlock (CBS) | 16.1 million |
| 2 | High Potential (ABC) | 16.1 million |
| 4 | Georgie & Mandy (CBS) | 12.1 million |
| 4 | Ghosts (CBS) | 12.1 million |
| 6 | Will Trent (ABC) | 11.6 million |
| 7 | Elsbeth (CBS) | 11.5 million |
| 7 | Watson (CBS) | 11.5 million |
| 9 | 9-1-1 (ABC) | 11.2 million |
| 10 | Shifting Gears (ABC) | 11.1 million |
| 11 | The Rookie (ABC) | 10.7 million |
| 12 | FBI (CBS) | 10.6 million |
| 12 | NCIS (CBS) | 10.6 million |
| 14 | Blue Bloods (CBS) | 10.1 million |
| 15 | Chicago P.D. (NBC) | 9.8 million |
| 16 | Chicago Med (NBC) | 9.7 million |
| 17 | Fire Country (CBS) | 9.6 million |
| 18 | NCIS: Origins (CBS) | 9.4 million |
| 19 | Chicago Fire (NBC) | 9.2 million |
| 20 | Abbott Elementary (ABC) | 8.9 million |
With streaming services included, broadcast shows account for eight of the Top 20. Netflix's Squid Game (easily) leads that pack with 27.1 million viewers (based on 35-day multiplatform viewing), followed by Netflix's Adolescence (19 million), Prime Video's Reacher (18.1 million), and then Tracker, Matlock and High Potential. Further down that chart you find Georgie & Mandy and Ghosts (tied for 15th), ABC's Will Trent (No. 17), and Elsbeth and Watson (tied for 18th).
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