CBS Wins Sunday Night for the 15th Out of Last 16 Weeks with Its Season Finales

CBS Wins Sunday Night for the 15th Out of Last 16 Weeks with Its Season Finales

Finales from Tracker, 60 Minutes & The Equaliser all help maintain CBS’ lead on Sunday night viewing

May 20 – The Network Was Up Double Digits from Last Sunday Night

TV’S #1 Show TRACKER Finale Amasses 7.36m Viewers

CBS was #1 with 6.39m viewers. CBS has been #1 on Sunday for the 15th time in the last 16 Sundays and was up +12% from last week. CBS had the top three broadcast programs last night: TRACKER, 60 MINUTES and THE EQUALIZER. CBS beat second place ABC by +1.55m viewers (versus 4.84m +32%).

*Due to late running coverage of the PGA Championship, CBS primetime programming began at 7:14PM ET. CBS ratings are tentative and subject to change.

CBS Ratings – Primetime Sunday, 5/19/24 – Live+SD Fast National Data

• 60 MINUTES (7pm) season finale averaged 7.01m viewers, up +18% from last week and ranking 1st in the hour.

• THE EQUALIZER (8pm) season finale averaged 6.36m viewers, up +14% from last week and ranking 1st in the time period.

• TRACKER (9pm) season finale was the #1 broadcast of the night with 7.36m viewers. TRACKER was up +5% from last week and up +3% from its post-Super Bowl average. TRACKER beat the combined competition in the 9pm hour (vs. 6.17m).

• CSI: VEGAS’ (10pm) series finale averaged 4.81m viewers, up +16% from last week and up +17% from its STD average.

• Live streaming on Paramount+ and CBS TVE (CBS.com / CBS App) posted gains on an AMA basis:
• 60 MINUTES was up +21% from the year ago finale.
• THE EQUALIZER was up +22% from the year ago finale.
• TRACKER was up +77% from the time period finale last year.
• CSI: VEGAS was up +44% from its year ago finale.

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