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The bid premiere of CBS‘ Marshals astir tripled its assemblage complete 28 days, helping nan web prolong its broadcast power for different play it seems.
The first section of nan Luke Grimes-led Yellowstone spinoff has now amassed 26.5M viewers crossed broadcast and streaming since debuting connected March 1, per Nielsen Big Data + Panel 28-day measurements. It is 1 of 8 CBS bid to present much than 10M viewers upon its premiere aliases midseason return.
In fact, CBS has six of nan apical 20 most-watched bid among each broadcast and streaming competition, Nielsen information shows. According to those rankings, Marshals is nan 2nd most-watched show connected TV aft Stranger Things. See nan floor plan below.
Tracker is besides still going beardown successful its 3rd season, securing 16.4M viewers successful 28 days for its midseason return. CIA, Matlock, Sheriff Country, and Ghosts are besides among nan apical 20 shows connected TV. While they hardly missed nan list, Survivor 50 and NCIS also drew 10M+ viewers pinch their first episodes of nan year.
Together, Marshals and CIA are nan apical 2 caller bid connected broadcast TV this season.
Marshals premiered past period to 9.52M viewers (Live+SD Panel + Big Data), already making it nan astir watched caller bid premiere of nan 2025-26 broadcast play and marking CBS’ biggest scripted premiere without a nonstop aliases indirect shot lead-in since FBI debuted pinch 10.09M viewers connected Sept. 25, 2018. The bid premiere besides managed an awesome 99% retention from nan first half-hour to nan second.
Marshals was besides up from nan precocious people group by nan Season 5 premiere of Yellowstone on Paramount Network, which drew 8.8M L+SD viewers. It was nan most-watched broadcast bid of nan week, followed by 2 different CBS Sunday programs: Tracker and 60 Minutes.
It’s a spot excessively early for CBS to declare triumph complete nan full broadcast season, but nan web is apt to tout these wins moreover much down nan statement arsenic much information is available. Last year, CBS claimed an early victory astatine nan extremity of April 2025 arsenic nan most-watched broadcast web for nan 17th consecutive season.
