Series Premiere of CBS's CSI: CYBER Posts Significant Gains in Time Period

The series premiere of CSI: CYBER improved the time period and was up from last year, winning in viewers and key demographics, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Wednesday, March 4.

At 10:00 PM, CSI: CYBER (P) was first in viewers (10.30m), adults 25-54 (2.7/07) and adults 18-49 (1.8/05), up +50% in both adults 25-54 (from 1.8/05) and adults 18-49 (from 1.2/04) and added +3.56m viewers (from 6.74m, +53%) from the winter finale of STALKER on Feb. 11. CSI: CYBER was also up versus the year-ago time period (CSI) in viewers (+10%, from 9.35m) and adults 25-54 (+13% from 2.4/06).

CSI: CYBER stars Academy Award, Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner Patricia Arquette in a drama inspired by the advanced technological work of real-life Cyber Psychologist Mary Aiken. Special Agent Avery Ryan heads the Cyber Crime Division of the FBI, a unit at the forefront of solving illegal activities that start in the mind, live online, and play out in the real world. She also knows firsthand how today's technology allows people to hide in the shadows of the Internet and commit serious crimes of global proportion. Ryan's supervisor, Assistant Director Simon Sifter, is a shrewd FBI career insider and the clearing house between FBI Cyber and all other branches of government. Also on the team are FBI Agent Elijah Mundo, a self-proclaimed action junkie who is an expert in battlefield forensics; Daniel Krumitz, an introverted tech genius with a quick wit; Brody Nelson, an expat hacker who chose to work for the FBI over a life of cyber-crime; and Raven Ramirez, a rookie tech who is an expert in social media, cyber trends and international relations. While other agents search for criminals in dark homes and alleys, Ryan and her team search the "dark net," a place deep in the bowels of the Web where criminals are anonymous, money is untraceable and where everything is for sale with just a keystroke.

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