ARTICLE: ‘Tracker’ Quickly Emerges as the Most-Watched Entertainment Series of the Season And Top CBS Original

Starring Justin Hartley (“The Young and the Restless,” “Passions”), CBS’ brand new series “Tracker” has quickly emerged as the season’s most-watched entertainment series, according to Nielsen’s Most Current data, which includes Live+7 days of viewing.

Not only has the second episode of the series (aired Sunday, February 18) now amassed nearly 13 million viewers since it first aired, but the premiere episode, which launched on Super Bowl Sunday (February 11), has now been watched by 30 million multiplatform viewers, including the Thursday, February 15 rebroadcast.

Overall, CBS launched 16 of its 19 primetime entertainment series during the week of February 12-18, 2024, the most recent week to include Live+7 figures, with 13 of its 15 returning series rising from their respective 2022-23 premiere week multiplatform audiences, and five scoring double-digit percentage increases.

CBS was led by “Tracker,” which, with its 12.9 million viewers, earned elite status in the “10+ Million Viewer Club.” Other series joining the club include the season premieres of “NCIS” (11.5 million), “Young Sheldon” (11.2 million), “FBI” (11.1 million) and “Ghosts (10.9 million). Additionally, ten of the network’s shows series earned more than 9 million viewers, including “Blue Bloods” (9.7 million), “Fire Country” (9.4 million), NCIS: Hawai’i (9.3 million), “FBI: Most Wanted” (9.1 million)  and “The Equalizer.” (9.0 million).

What follows is a breakdown of CBS shows and how they performed during the week of February 12-18, 2024, when adding in Live+7 multiplatform viewing, plus how each show did when compared to their year ago premieres.

CBS Primetime Rankers – Scripted Series

In the case of “Tracker,” its numbers are compared to former timeslot occupant “East New York,” which was canceled after just one season. Additionally, compared to the same two weeks last February, viewership for primetime content is up +25% on CBS and triple digits on streaming.

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