CBS's ZOO is Week's #1 Summer Scripted Series in Viewers

CBS won its fourth consecutive week in viewers with six of the top 10 programs as ZOO and EXTANT posting week-to-week demographic growth, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending August 2.

Among the Network's original summer programming, ZOO was the most-watched and highest-rated summer scripted series in adults 18-49 and adults 25-54, while EXTANT posted growth in adults 18-49 for the second straight week since moving to its new 9:00 PM time period. UNDER THE DOME posted week-to-week growth in adults 25-54.

All three editions of BIG BROTHER finished in the week's top 20 among viewers and in the top 10 in adults 18-49 with the Thursday and Sunday editions tied at #5 with the Tuesday edition ranked #7.

CBS Broadcasts In Top 20:

#2 - 60 MINUTES-R (8.46m)
#4 - NCIS-R (8.01m)
#7 - THE BIG BANG THEORY-R (7.16m)
#8 - ZOO (7.09m)
#9 - BIG BROTHER-THU (6.38m)
#10 - BIG BROTHER-SUN (6.26m)
#13 - BIG BROTHER-WED (5.74m)
#15 - NCIS: NEW ORLEANS 10PM-R (5.61m)
#16 - NCIS: LOS ANGELES-R (5.520m)
#17 - BLUE BLOODS-R (5.517m)
#18 - MOM-R (5.35m)
#20 - HAWAII FIVE-0-R (5.06m)

CBS Weekly Highlights:

ZOO
· ZOO was up +20% in both adults 25-54 (1.8/05 from 1.6/05) and adults 18-49 (1.2/04 from 1.0/04) and added +400,000 viewers (7.09m from 6.69m) compared to the prior week. ZOO matched series-highs in both adults 25-54 and adults 18-49.

UNDER THE DOME
· UNDER THE DOME averaged 4.68m, 1.5/05 in adults 25-54 (up +7% from 1.4/04) and was even in adults 18-49 (1.0/04) compared to last week.

EXTANT
· EXTANT averaged 4.32m, 0.8/02 in adults 18-49 (up +14% from 0.7/02) and was even in adults 25-54 (1.1/03) compared to the prior week.

BIG BROTHER
· BIG BROTHER WEDNESDAY (5.74m) led the night in adults 18-49 (1.8/07), adults 25-54 (2.2/08) and adults 18-34 (1.3/07).

· BIG BROTHER THURSDAY (9:01-10:00 PM) (6.38m) was first on the night in adults 25-54 (2.4/08), adults 18-49 (2.1/08) and adults 18-34 (1.6/08), posting its largest Thursday viewers delivery since the June 25 premiere and matched the summer's best Thursday adults 18-49 delivery.

· BIG BROTHER SUNDAY (8:01-9:00 PM) was the night's top program in adults 18-49 (1.9/07), adults 25-54 (2.4/07), adults 18-34 (1.4/07), while averaging 6.26m, its largest Sunday audience of the summer. Compared to last week, BIG BROTHER was up +4% in adults 25-54 (from 2.3/07), even in adults 18-49 and added +310,000 viewers (from 5.95m, +5%).

Prime averages are based on the following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #45:

CBS - 22 hours
NBC - 22 hours
ABC - 22 hours
FOX - 15 hours

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME
Week #45 of 2014-2015 Television Year (ending: 8/2/15)

2014-2015

VIEWERS
(000)
CBS 5,145
NBC 4,849
ABC 3,931
FOX 2,041

A25-54
Rtg Sh
CBS 1.3 4
NBC 1.5 5
ABC 1.3 4
FOX 0.8 3

A18-49
Rtg Sh
CBS 0.9 4
NBC 1.1 4
ABC 1.0 4
FOX 0.6 2

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME
SUMMER-TO-DATE RATINGS REPORT (5/25/15-8/2/15)

2014-15

VIEWERS
(000)
CBS 5,639
NBC 5,275
ABC 5,464
FOX 3,956

A25-54
Rtg Sh
CBS 1.4 4
NBC 1.7 5
ABC 1.9 6
FOX 1.5 5

A18-49
Rtg Sh
CBS 1.0 4
NBC 1.3 5
ABC 1.6 6
FOX 1.2 5

Photo courtesy of CBS

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