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For nan first clip successful much than a decade, it looks for illustration CBS won’t beryllium taking nan broadcast crown for nan 2025-26 TV season.
While nan web tin still laic declare to rather a fewer wins this season, full viewers won’t beryllium 1 of them arsenic NBC will apt travel retired connected apical erstwhile each is said and done, per Nielsen Most Current data. That’s owed successful ample portion to nan network’s “legendary February” lineup that included nan Milan-Cortina Olympics, Super Bowl LX and nan NBA All-Star game. Primetime sports are up 82% connected NBC this year, says Nielsen.
Paramount’s George Cheeks admitted arsenic overmuch during a property briefing pinch reporters connected Wednesday, acknowledging: “In afloat transparency, while this twelvemonth is undeniably beardown for CBS, it’ll beryllium nan first clip since ’07-’08 that CBS is not going to beryllium number 1 successful full viewers. ‘Legendary February’ and NBC will beryllium nan logic for that.”
“Congrats to my erstwhile colleagues astatine NBC,” Cheeks joked earlier turning his attraction backmost to CBS.
As mentioned, contempt missing retired connected that accomplishment for an 18th year, CBS is still going strong. CBS has six of nan apical 20 most-watched bid among each broadcast and streaming competition, Nielsen information shows. That’s led by Marshals, which has stormed onto nan web pinch 26.5M viewers successful 28 days.
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.
Nothing is group successful chromatic conscionable yet since nan broadcast play runs done May, and much information will travel disposable successful nan adjacent fewer weeks arsenic bid statesman to upwind down. Last season, CBS called its full viewers triumph astatine nan extremity of April, officially breaking broadcast’s longest winning streak connected record, besting a milestone antecedently reached by CBS from 1955-1970.
In all, CBS has had 22 winning seasons successful position of mean full primetime viewership successful nan past 24 years.
