CBS Wins Weekly Ratings In All Key Categories

• Network Delivers Seven of the Top 10 Programs in Viewers and 12 of the Top 20 in Adults 18-49, More Than All the Other Networks Combined
• Season-to-Date, CBS Moves to Within One-Tenth of a Rating Point of NBC in Adults 18-49; Widens its Lead in Viewers and Adults 25-54

CBS placed first in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 for the third time in the last four weeks and moved to within one-tenth of a rating point of NBC in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending April 19.

Season-to-date through Week 30, CBS has narrowed the gap to just a one-tenth of a rating point difference with NBC (2.4 vs. 2.5) in adults 18-49 while widening its lead among viewers to a +2.5 million advantage (11.40m vs. 8.90m) and +0.2 among adults 25-54 (3.3 vs. 3.1). For the season, CBS is up +5% in viewers and even in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54.

For the week, CBS had seven of the top 10 programs in viewers, led by the #1 program of the week, The ACM Music Awards, which delivered its largest audience since 1998.

Among adults 18-49, CBS had 12 of the top 20 programs, more than any all the other networks combined, with The Big Bang Theory (3.9/15) and The ACM Music Awards (3.6/11) ranking first and second.

CBS Broadcasts in the Top 20:

#1    –  50th  ACM AWARDS  (15.98m) – Most-Watched ACM Awards In 17 Years

#2    –  NCIS  (15.84m)

#3    –  The Big Bang Theory  (14.82m)

#4    –  NCIS:  NEW ORLEANS  (14.40m)

#8    –  Criminal Minds  (10.37m)

#9    –  60 Minutes  (10.00m)

#10  –  THE ODD COUPLE  (9.62m)

#11  –  MOM  (9.60m)

#12  –  SURVIVOR  (9.57m)

#13  –  SCORPION  (9.53m)

#14  –  NCIS:  LOS ANGELES  (9.36m)

#15  –  Person Of Interest  (9.22m)

#16  –  The Big Bang Theory 9:30PM-RS  (8.59m)

#17  –  CSI:  CYBER  (8.12m)