|
[12/12/24 - 10:00 AM]
"Tracker" Exceeding 18 Million Viewers and "Matlock" Nearing 17 Million Viewers in Live Plus 35-Day Multiplatform Viewing
Since the new season premiered in September, CBS primetime series are averaging 10 million viewers, up +3% compared to last season, in live plus 35-day viewing across CBS, Paramount+ and the CBS app.
|
[11/13/24 - 11:00 AM]
CBS Announces Winter Premiere Dates for 2024-25 Primetime Season
"Hollywood Squares," starring award-winning actress and talk show host Drew Barrymore as the center square, and hosted by Nate Burleson, premieres Thursday, January 9 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT).
|
[09/06/24 - 11:27 PM]
Development Update: Week of September 2-6
Updates include: "9-1-1: Lone Star," "Bosch: Legacy" to end with upcoming seasons; "Only Murders in the Building," "Unicorn Academy" land renewals; and the plug is pulled on "Beacon 23," "The Winter King," "Buying London" and "We're Here."
|
[07/13/24 - 09:00 AM]
CBS Announces Fall Premiere Dates for 2024-25 Primetime Season
The official "CBS Premiere Week" kicks off with a full week of original episodes beginning Monday, October 14 with the 22nd season premiere of "NCIS," and two hours of the new drama "NCIS: Origins" starring Austin Stowell as a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs and narrated by Mark Harmon.
|
[06/21/24 - 11:44 PM]
Development Update: Week of June 17-21
Updates include: Kevin Costner formally announces exit from "Yellowstone"; Patrick Dempsey cast in Showtime's "Dexter: Original Sin"; and Michael Chernus to lead Peacock's "Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy."
|
[05/31/24 - 09:30 AM]
CBS Finales Dominate in Live+7 Viewership
CBS' May finales experienced significant increases with Live+7 Day viewing, currently having 16 of the top 25 shows with the highest seven-day lift.
|
[05/22/24 - 09:30 AM]
CBS Wins Tuesday Night with "FBI" Block Finales
The "FBI" (8pm) season finale was the #1 broadcast of the night with averaged 6.06m viewers, up +5% from last week.
|
[05/02/24 - 12:45 PM]
CBS Announces Its 2024-2025 Primetime Schedule
New scripted series "Matlock," "Poppa's House," "NCIS: Origins" and "Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage" join 18 returning shows.
|
[04/26/24 - 11:36 PM]
Development Update: Week of April 22-26
Updates include: CBS cancels "NCIS: Hawai'i" after three seasons; NBC's "Law & Order: Organized Crime" moving to Peacock; and The CW's "All American" expanded to 15 episodes.
|
[04/16/24 - 12:00 PM]
CBS Leads Broadcast with 14 of Top 20 Non-Sports Programs
CBS has led the four broadcasters since its February new season premieres, winning six nights a week (Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Sunday).
|
[04/09/24 - 11:15 AM]
CBS Renews All Three "FBI" Dramas for 2024-2025 Season
Additionally, the original "FBI" series has been renewed through the 2026-2027 broadcast season.
|
[04/08/24 - 11:00 AM]
CBS Announces Season Finale Airdates for 2023-2024
CBS today announced season finale dates for its original primetime comedies, dramas and unscripted series for the 2023-2024 broadcast season.
|
[04/05/24 - 11:24 PM]
Development Update: Week of April 1-5
Updates include: NBC cancels "Quantum Leap" after two seasons; Amazon lands "Legally Blonde" TV series; and Tim Robinson's "The Chair Company" lands pilot order from HBO.
|
[04/05/24 - 08:00 AM]
CBS Series Soar in L35 Multiplatform Viewing from Premiere Week Episodes
Five network series delivered audiences of 12 million or more viewers: "Tracker," "Young Sheldon," "NCIS," "Ghosts" and "FBI."
|
[02/29/24 - 08:01 AM]
"Tracker" Scores Nearly 13 Million Viewers in Multiplatform Viewing for Second Episode; The Premiere Episode Has Now Been Watched by 30 Million Viewers
During its premiere week, CBS launched 16 of its 19 primetime entertainment series, with 13 of its 15 returning series rising from their respective 2022-23 premiere week multiplatform audiences, and five scoring double-digit percentage increases.
|
[02/21/24 - 12:06 PM]
CBS Premiere Week Audience Rises +32% from 2022/2023
CBS also placed the top 16 broadcast primetime programs last week, the first time any network has accomplished this since at least 1987, when Nielsen first introduced People-Meters.
|
[02/14/24 - 01:45 PM]
CBS' Tuesday "FBI" Block Crushes Competition with Double-Digit Audience Growth Over Last Year's Premiere
The block was up +10% from its year ago Tuesday premieres and up +14% from the season finales.
|
[01/12/24 - 10:30 AM]
CBS Presents First-Ever "Sneak-Ends" During the NFL on CBS Playoff Games!
Sneak peeks for "Blue Bloods," "FBI," "FBI: International," "Fire Country," "Ghosts," "The Neighborhood," "Tracker" and Young Sheldon" will launch this Sunday, January 14.
|
[12/08/23 - 11:48 PM]
Development Update: Week of December 4-8
Updates include: ABC's "Station 19" to end with upcoming season; Freeform cancels "Cruel Summer," "Good Trouble"; and AMC nixes Bob Odenkirk-led "Lucky Hank" after one season.
|
[12/01/23 - 11:33 PM]
Development Update: Week of November 27-December 1
Updates include: Timothy Olyphant among latest cast in FX's "Alien" TV series; Amazon eyes "The Boys: Mexico" spin-off series; and Apple pulls the plug on "Swagger" after two seasons.
|
[11/13/23 - 09:00 AM]
CBS Announces 2024 Primetime Premiere Dates for Original Episodes of New and Returning Series
CBS today announced its premiere dates and rollout plan for its 2024 primetime schedule, which will launch immediately following the Super Bowl on Sunday, February 11.
|
[11/10/23 - 11:45 PM]
Development Update: Week of November 6-10
Updates include: ABC cancels "The Rookie: Feds," passes on "The Good Lawyer"; Manish Dayal to recur on AMC's "The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon"; and the broadcast networks detail first wave of filming start dates.
|
[10/06/23 - 11:26 PM]
Development Update: Week of October 2-6
Updates include: FOX axes "Welcome to Flatch" after two seasons; Paramount+ cancels "iCarly" reboot series; and Max's "Sort Of" to end with upcoming season.
|
[05/25/23 - 09:15 AM]
It's Official! CBS Wins the 2022-2023 Season
As previously announced, this ties broadcast television's longest winning streak on record, also held by CBS from 1955-1970.
|
[05/10/23 - 08:10 AM]
Viewers Watched More Than 827 Billion Minutes of CBS Programming Across the Network, Paramount+, Pluto TV and the CBS App During the 2022-2023 Broadcast Season
By the end of May, this number is expected to reach 1 trillion total minutes across all dayparts.
|
[05/10/23 - 08:00 AM]
CBS Reveals Its 2023-2024 Primetime Lineup
The new dramas "Elsbeth" and "Matlock" and the previously announced "Tracker" join 22 returning shows.
|
[04/19/23 - 08:00 AM]
CBS Announces 2022-23 Season Finale Storylines
CBS announced today the season finale storylines for 2022-2023, featuring exceptional heroism, big laughs, intense action, heart-wrenching family drama, unexpected cliffhangers and a fond farewell.
|
[04/11/23 - 11:50 PM]
Development Update: Tuesday, April 11
Updates include: Dick Wolf extends overall deal with Universal Television; Apple TV+ cancels Amber Brown after one season; and Kelli Giddish to return to "Law & Order: SVU."
|
[04/03/23 - 11:15 AM]
Encores of the CBS Drama "FBI" Will Air in Place of the Previously Scheduled "Let's Make a Deal Primetime" on Wednesdays
The four original installments will be rescheduled for future dates.
|
[03/17/23 - 11:30 AM]
Encores of CBS Dramas Will Air in Place of the Previously Scheduled "Lingo" on Wednesdays
"Lingo" was recently ordered for a second season and the remaining four original episodes will be scheduled for next season.
|
[03/16/23 - 09:30 AM]
First Look at the "FBIs" Global Crossover Event, April 4 on CBS
The three intrepid teams work together when the abduction of an American citizen in Rome reveals an international plot to carry out a mass-casualty terror attack in New York City.
|
[03/14/23 - 11:30 AM]
CBS Announces Season Finale Airdates for 2022-2023
Look for "Ghosts" on Thursday, May 11 all the way through "Survivor" on Wednesday, May 24.
|
[03/02/23 - 10:15 AM]
Eight CBS Original Series Deliver 10 Million Viewers or More in Live Plus 35-Day Multiplatform Viewing
Said club includes "NCIS" (11.7m), "Ghosts" (11.6m), "FBI" (11.4m), "Blue Bloods" (11.3m), "Young Sheldon" (10.8m), "The Equalizer" (10.4m), "Fire Country" (10.3m) and "60 Minutes" (10.0m).
|
[02/21/23 - 01:00 PM]
CBS Renews 9 Additional Series for the 2023-2024 Season
"NCIS," "60 Minutes," "CSI: Vegas," "NCIS: Hawai'i," "Survivor," "The Amazing Race," "Tough as Nails," "Lingo" and "48 Hours" are the latest due back.
|
[01/31/23 - 08:00 AM]
The Teams from "FBI," "FBI: International" and "FBI: Most Wanted" Join Forces in an Action-Packed New Global Crossover Event, Tuesday, April 4 on CBS
Details on the high-stakes bicontinental case will be announced in the following weeks.
|
[12/01/22 - 09:00 AM]
Viewers Have Watched More Than 215 Billion Minutes of CBS This Season - Far More Than Any Other Broadcaster
CBS time spent also surpasses the combined minutes spent watching SVOD originals on Nielsen-rated streaming services Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu and HBO Max by +252%.
|
[11/22/22 - 10:00 AM]
Nielsen Live +35-Day Ratings Reveal CBS Has 5 of the Top 6 Premieres with Over 10 Million Viewers
CBS also has 15 of the top 25 premieres in the 35-day metric.
|
[11/14/22 - 10:00 AM]
CBS Announces Premieres for New Word-Twisting Game Show, "Lingo," Hosted by RuPaul Charles; New Action-Drama, "True Lies," Inspired by James Cameron's Hit Action-Comedy Film; Plus Midseason Dates for Returning Series
"True Lies," inspired by James Cameron's hit action-comedy film of the same name, premieres on a special night and time, Thursday, February 23 at 9:00 PM, ET/PT.
|
[11/10/22 - 11:00 AM]
CBS Series Lead Nielsen Rankings Among African American Viewers
"The Equalizer," starring Queen Latifah, is the most-watched show, followed by new drama "East New York" and crime-stopper series "FBI."
|
[11/04/22 - 11:39 PM]
Development Update: Friday, November 4
Updates include: HBO cancels "Westworld" after four seasons; The CW's "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" to sign off after upcoming season; and Derek Haas to exit "Chicago Fire," "FBI: International."
|
[11/01/22 - 10:30 AM]
CBS Entertainment Programming Dominates New Primetime Season with Seven of the Top 10 Series and 17 of the Top 25
According to Nielsen, the most-watched non-sports series is "NCIS," with "FBI," NBC's "Chicago Fire" and "60 Minutes" not far behind.
|
[07/14/22 - 11:41 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, July 14
Updates include: Hidetoshi Nishijima cast in Apple's "Sunny"; Eva-Jane Willis tapped for "FBI: International" at CBS; and Gavin O'Connor brings "Warrior" TV series to Paramount+.
|
[06/23/22 - 09:15 AM]
CBS Announces Fall 2022-2023 Primetime Premiere Dates
Of note, the new romance adventure competition "The Real Love Boat" will now air at 9:00 PM on Wednesdays, leading into "The Amazing Race" in its new time period at 10:00 PM.
|
[05/18/22 - 05:00 AM]
CBS Unveils Its 2022-2023 Primetime Lineup
For 2021-2022, the network finished #1 for the 14th straight season, winning 19 of the past 20 seasons.
|
[05/13/22 - 08:15 AM]
Viewers Have Watched More Than 752 Billion Minutes of CBS This Season - Far More Than Any Other Broadcaster
This aggregate viewership includes over 255 billion minutes watched of CBS primetime entertainment programming - nearly 90 billion more than the closest competitor.
|
[05/09/22 - 11:00 AM]
CBS Renews All Three Hit "FBI" Dramas for Two Additional Seasons
"The FBIs are one of the most successful brands in the entire TV landscape and a powerful cornerstone of our #1 lineup," said Kelly Kahl, president of CBS Entertainment.
|
[04/21/22 - 10:57 AM]
CBS Announces Season Finale Storylines for 2021-2022
CBS announced today the season finale storylines for 2021-2022, featuring extraordinary heroism, powerful family drama, surprising growing pains, jaw-dropping events and fond farewells.
|
[03/30/22 - 11:00 AM]
CBS Announces Season Finale Airdates for 2021-2022
Highlights include the series finale of "Bull" on Thursday, May 26.
|
[02/22/22 - 07:30 AM]
CBS "Springs Forward" with Returning Favorites, Spectacular Specials, Big Premieres, Guest Stars, Milestones and More, in February, March and April!
Highlights include the 100th episodes of "Young Sheldon" on March 31 and "S.W.A.T." on April 10; plus the 250th episode of "Blue Bloods" on March 11.
|
[01/18/22 - 11:28 PM]
Development Update: Monday-Tuesday, January 17-18
Updates include: "Bull" to end after six seasons on CBS; FOX passes on "The Last Policeman" drama pilot; and HBO's "The White Lotus" fill out season two cast.
|
[11/10/21 - 10:29 AM]
Viewers Have Watched More Than 166 Billion Minutes of CBS Entertainment, News and Sports Programming So Far This Season - Far More Than Any Other Broadcaster
The network's performance is also driven by the successful launches of its new shows, which make up four of the top six new series by minutes watched.
|
[11/10/21 - 08:15 AM]
CBS Announces Winter/Spring 2022 Premiere Dates for New and Returning Scripted, Alternative and Specials Programming
Look for new seasons of "The Amazing Race," "Undercover Boss," "Celebrity Big Brother" and "Survivor" as well as the launch of the new drama "Good Sam."
|
[10/11/21 - 07:16 AM]
CBS Gives Top Freshman Dramas "NCIS: Hawai'i" and "FBI: International" Full-Season Orders for the 2021-2022 Broadcast Season
"These two terrific new dramas are off to a tremendous start," said Kelly Kahl, President, CBS Entertainment. "They have significantly strengthened and improved our lineup on their respective nights and are generating huge increases on our streaming platforms as well."
|
[08/31/21 - 11:02 AM]
The Curtain Goes Up on the Network's New 2021-2022 Schedule of CBS Original Series, on the "CBS Fall Preview," Thursday, Sept. 9
Tony Award winner Annaleigh Ashford, star of "B Positive," takes center stage in a can't-miss CBS star-studded opening number to celebrate the Network's new fall season in a fresh way.
|
[08/11/21 - 10:30 AM]
Casting for "FBI: International" Is Complete! New Series Is Third in Dick Wolf/CBS Franchise, and the First Wolf Entertainment U.S. Series to Film Overseas
Headquartered (and filmed) in Budapest, elite operatives of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's International Fly Team travel the world with the mission of tracking and neutralizing threats against American citizens wherever they may be.
|
[07/22/21 - 11:41 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, July 22
Updates include: Michael Chernus joins Amazon's "Dead Ringers" series; Michelle Monaghan to lead Netflix's "Echoes"; and Anthony Ippolito cast as Al Pacino in "The Offer" at Paramount+.
|
[07/12/21 - 10:55 AM]
CBS Announces Fall 2021-2022 Primetime Premiere Dates
The network will roll out the strategic launches of five new shows and 22 returning series over several weeks.
|
[07/08/21 - 11:41 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, July 8
Updates include: CBS taps leads for "FBI: International"; Dominic Monaghan to star in AMC's "Moonhaven"; and "The Offer" at Paramount+ casts 15 roles.
|
[05/19/21 - 07:00 AM]
CBS Announces New Fall Schedule for 2021-2022
The new schedule includes four new dramas, two new comedies, special event programming, and 22 returning series.
|
[03/24/21 - 01:15 PM]
CBS Adds a Third Series to Its Successful "FBI" Brand from Emmy Award-Winning Executive Producer Dick Wolf
The network also announced the renewals of "FBI" and "FBI: Most Wanted" for the 2021-2022 broadcast season.
|
[02/18/21 - 11:35 PM]
Development Update: Thursday, February 18
Updates include: Kate McKinnon exits Hulu's "The Dropout"; CBS mulls "FBI: International" spin-off series; and "The Flash's" John Wesley Shipp to visit "DC's Stargirl."
|
