CBS Places First in Premiere Week in Viewers; KEVIN CAN WAIT is New No. 1 Comedy

CBS placed first in premiere week in viewers for the eighth consecutive season, first in adults 18-49 (tie) for the first time since 2010-2011, and first in adults 25-54 for the first time since 2011-2012, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Sept. 25.

CBS was up +2% in viewers from premiere week last year, the only network to grow its audience and the only network to maintain year ago adult 18-49 and adult 25-54 ratings.

For the week, CBS averaged 11.18 million viewers, the largest average audience for any network in premiere week in five years. CBS's +2.44 million viewer advantage over the second place network is its largest since 2011.

All three of the Network's freshman series had huge premieres, opening with more than 10 million viewers. KEVIN CAN WAIT (11.08m) was the #1 new comedy, BULL (15.56m) and MACGYVER (10.73m) were the top two new dramas, while NCIS was the week's #1 scripted program.

Overall, CBS had the week's top five scripted programs and nine of the top 10.

CBS Broadcasts in Top 20 (live plus same day):

#2 - CBS+NFLN THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL: HOUSTON/NEW ENGLAND (17.55m)

#3 - NCIS Season Premiere (15.99m)

#4 - THE BIG BANG THEORY Season Premiere (15.82m)

#5 - BULL Series Premiere (15.56m)

#7 - 60 MINUTES Season Premiere (14.36m)

#11 - NCIS: NEW ORLEANS Season Premiere (11.12m)

#12 - CBS+NFLN THURSDAY NIGHT PRE-KICK (11.084m)

#13 - KEVIN CAN WAIT Series Premiere (11.078m)

#15 - MACGYVER Series Premiere (10.73m)

#17 - BLUE BLOODS Season Premiere (10.55m)

#18 - NCIS: LOS ANGELES Season Premiere (10.34m)

#19 - HAWAII FIVE-0 Season Premiere (10.22m)

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Photo: Jeffrey Neira/CBS