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CBS Wins Nielsen’s First Full Season Multiplatform Ratings Among Broadcast, Led by ‘Tracker’ — but Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Dominates Overall

Last updated: May 6, 2025 8:00 pm
Oliver James
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CBS Wins Nielsen’s First Full Season Multiplatform Ratings Among Broadcast, Led by ‘Tracker’ — but Netflix’s ‘Squid Game’ Dominates Overall
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This may be the closest we’ve gotten yet to seeing an apples-to-apples ranker of what TV viewers really are watching these days, regardless of platform. Nielsen is concluding the first season that we have a full list of how entertainment fare (sorry, no sports here or series lasting less than four episodes) is performing on multiple platforms after 35 days — via over-the-air, on demand or streaming.

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2024/2025 Season-To-Date Broadcast and Streaming Ranker, Total Viewers (35-Day Multiplatform)2024-2025 Season-To-Date Primetime Programming Broadcast Ranker, Total Viewers (35-Day Multiplatform)

And here’s the good news for broadcast: People are still watching a lot from the old school medium. Especially on CBS. The network landed six slots on the list of the 20 most-watched series among total viewers across the board: “Tracker,” “Matlock,” “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage,” “Ghosts,” “Elsbeth” and “Watson.” (This counts views on CBS, via DVR, on its website or on Paramount+.) ABC is the only other broadcast network in the top 20, with two.

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No surprise, Netflix dominates the top 20, with ten (or really, 9.5, as it shares one with YouTube) shows among the total viewers tally— led by “Squid Game,” which at 27.1 million viewers, towers over everything else.

But the fact that broadcast landed three shows in the top five isn’t bad — besides “Tracker” and “Matlock,” that also includes ABC’s “High Potential.”

Among just the broadcast networks, CBS leads with and average of 9.1 million viewers in broadcast+streaming, followed by NBC (7.2 million), ABC (6.9 million) and Fox (4.3 million). Remember, this doesn’t include sports, or those numbers would look way higher.

When just looking at broadcast, CBS holds 11 of the top 20 primetime series, followed by ABC with six.

Here are the rankers, as shared by CBS (timed to its fall programming announcement, set to be revealed later today):

2024/2025 Season-To-Date Broadcast and Streaming Ranker, Total Viewers (35-Day Multiplatform)

Rank

Title (Network/SVOD)

Total 35-Day Viewing

1.

Squid Game (Netflix)

27.1 million

2.

Adolescence (Netflix)

19.0 million

3.

Reacher (Amazon Prime)

18.1 million

4.

Tracker (CBS)

17.5 million

5.

Matlock (CBS)

16.1 million

tie

High Potential (ABC)

16.1 million

7.

Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Menendez Story (Netflix)

15.7 million

tie

Zero Day (Netflix)

15.7 million

9.

Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

15.2 million

10.

Landman (Paramount+)

15.0 million

11.

The Night Agent (Netflix)

14.8 million

12.

American Primeval (Netflix)

13.8 million

13.

Running Point (Netflix)

13.1 million

14.

A Man on the Inside (Netflix)

12.4 million

15.

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (CBS)

12.1 million

tie

Ghosts (CBS)

12.1 million

17.

Will Trent (ABC)

11.6 million

18.

Elsbeth (CBS)

11.5 million

tie

Watson (CBS)

11.5 million

tie

1923 (Paramount+)

11.5 million

tie

Ms. Rachel (Netflix/YouTube)

11.5 million


2024-2025 Season-To-Date Primetime Programming Broadcast Ranker, Total Viewers (35-Day Multiplatform)

Rank

Title (Network)

Broadcast+Streaming
Average Viewers Per Episode

1.

Tracker (CBS)

17.5 million

2.

Matlock (CBS)

16.1 million

tie

High Potential (ABC)

16.1 million

4.

Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (CBS)

12.1 million

tie

Ghosts (CBS)

12.1 million

6.

Will Trent (ABC)

11.6 million

7.

Elsbeth (CBS)

11.5 million

tie

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

tie

NCIS (CBS)

10.6 million

14.

Blue Bloods (CBS)

10.1 million

15.

Chicago PD (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

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