In a follow-up to our previous report on CBS being set for a record-breaking 17th consecutive broadcast season win, Nielsen recently released its first full season report highlighting the 35-day multiplatform viewing performance among television shows across broadcast and streaming for 2024-2025.

Ranking as the most-watched broadcast network season-to-date for 2024-2025, CBS is averaging 9.1 million viewers, followed by NBC with 7.2 million and ABC in third with 6.9 million. FOX placed fourth with 4.3 million. 

Factoring in episode averages after 35 days of multiplatform viewing among the broadcast shows, “Tracker” continues to rank as the most-watched broadcast series with 17.5 million viewers, followed by “Matlock” in second (tie with “High Potential”) with 16.1 million viewers. Closing out the top five were comedies “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage” and “Ghosts,” each with 12.1 million viewers.

At ABC, “High Potential” ranked second (tie with “Matlock”) with 16.1 million viewers, followed by “Will Trent” in sixth with 11.6 million viewers and “9-1-1” topping out in ninth place with 11.2 million. Freshman comedy “Shifting Gears” averaged 11.1 million viewers to place tenth.

NBC was led by its recently renewed #OneChicago lineup (“Chicago Med,” “Chicago Fire” and “Chicago P.D.”), each averaging more than nine million viewers.

Overall, CBS placed four of the top five shows, six of the top 10 and 11 of the top 20. ABC had four shows in the top ten and six shows among the top 20. NBC had just three shows in the top 20. FOX had no shows in the top 20.

What follows is a breakdown of how primetime broadcast performed season-to-date on average after 35 days of multiplatform viewing.

2024 / 2025 Season-to-Date Primetime Broadcast Rankers (35-Day Multiplatform)

Rank / Show / Network	Total Viewers (In Millions)	# of  Telecasts
1. Tracker (CBS)	17,500	13
2. Matlock (CBS)	16,100	15
– High Potential (ABC)	16,100	13
4. Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (CBS)	12,100	14
– Ghosts (CBS)	12,100	15
6. Will Trent (ABC)	11,600	9
7. Elsbeth (CBS)	11,500	15
– Watson (CBS)	11,500	6
9. 9-1-1 (ABC)	11,200	10
10. Shifting Gears (ABC)	11,100	9
11. The Rookie (ABC)	10,700	9
12. FBI (CBS)	10,600	14
12. NCIS (CBS)	10,600	14
14. Blue Bloods (CBS)	10,100	8
15. Chicago P.D. (NBC)	9,800	15
16.  Chicago Med (NBC)	9,700	15
17. Fire Country (CBS)	9,600	15
18. NCIS: Origins (CBS)	9,400	12
19. Chicago Fire (NBC)	9,200	15
20. Abbott Elementary (ABC)	8,900	17

Source: Nielsen panel-only P2+ prime AA, Live+35, 9/15/24-3/15/25 +Nielsen SCR, 35 Day Total Flight for streaming. Excludes sports, specials and repeat programs. 

Note: Regularly scheduled programs with fewer than four episodes in a completed season are not included in the program rankings.

Streaming Ratings

“Squid Game” on Netflix continues to rank as the most-watched series across broadcast and streaming with an average of 27.1 million viewers, followed by “Adolescence” in second at 19.0 million viewers and Prime Video‘s “Reacher” in third at 18.1 million viewers. “Tracker” placed fourth while “Matlock” and “High Potential” tied for fifth.

Netflix itself had 10 shows in the top 20, followed by CBS with six shows and ABC with two.

What follows is a breakdown of how primetime broadcast and streaming performed season-to-date on average after 35 days of multiplatform viewing.

2024 / 2025 Season-to-Date Broadcast & Streaming Rankers (35-Day Multiplatform)

Rank / Show / Network	Total Viewers (In Millions)
1. Squid Game (Netflix)	27,000
2. Adolescence (Netflix)	19,000
3. Reacher (Prime Video)	18,100
4. Tracker (CBS)	17,500
5. Matlock (CBS)	16,100
– High Potential (ABC)	16,100
7. Monsters: The Lyle & Erik Mendendez Story (Netflix)	15,700
– Zero Day (Netflix)	15,700
9. Nobody Wants This (Netflix)	15,200
10. Landman (Paramount+)	15,000
11. The Night Agent (Netflix)	14,800
12. American Primeval (Netflix)	13,800
13. Running Point (Netflix)	13,100
14. A Man on the Inside (Netflix)	12,400
15. Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (CBS)	12,100
– Ghosts (CBS)	12,100
17. Will Trent (ABC)	11,600
18. Elsbeth (CBS)	11,500
– Watson (CBS)	11,500
– 1923 (Paramount+)	11,500
– Ms. Rachel (Netflix/YouTube)	11,500

Source: Nielsen panel-only P2+ prime AA, Live+35, 9/15/24-3/15/25 +Nielsen SCR, 35 Day Total Flight for streaming. Excludes sports, specials and repeat programs.

Note: Regularly scheduled programs with fewer than four episodes in a completed season are not included in the program rankings.

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Very interesting to see this breakdown, especially for streaming platforms.