14 CBS Series Add One Million Viewers Or More Via DVR Use

Second week live plus 7-day DVR playback results saw 14 CBS series gaining an additional one million viewers or more and 13 series posting adult 18-49 increases of at least half a rating point, according to Nielsen live +7-day ratings for the week ending Oct. 4.

For the second consecutive week, THE MENTALIST had the second largest lift among all primetime programs, gaining +2.83 million additional viewers.  CSI gained +2.31 million additional viewers while NCIS (+1.99m) and CRIMINAL MINDS (+1.93m) were just under two million.

Among adults 18-49, CSI’s +1.1 rating point gain was the biggest among CBS programs and third highest among all primetime programs.  THE MENTALIST notched a full rating point increase, also one of the largest of any program.    

With live plus 7-day viewing factored in, CBS’s second week increased by +1.18 million viewers (12.52m from 11.34m), +0.4 in adults 18-49 (3.3 from 2.9) and +0.5 in adults 25-54 (4.3 from 3.8) over its live plus same day scores.

            CBS programs with lifts of one million viewers:

•·        THE MENTALIST (+2.83m)

•·        CSI  (+2.31m)

•·        NCIS (+1.99m)

•·        CRIMINAL MINDS (+1.93m)

•·        THE BIG BANG THEORY (+1.66m)

•·        NCIS: LOS ANGELES (+1.62m)

•·        THE GOOD WIFE  (+1.60m)

•·        CSI: MIAMI  (+1.53m)

•·        TWO AND A HALF MEN (+1.50m)

•·        CSI: NY (1.49m)

•·        NUMBERS (+1.27m)

•·        GHOST WHISPERER (+1.12m)

•·        MEDIUM (+1.11m)

•·        COLD CASE (1.03m)

 

CBS programs with lifts of a half a rating point or more in adults 18-49:

 

•·        CSI (+1.1)

•·        THE MENTALIST (+1.0)

•·        THE BIG BANG THEORY (+0.7)

•·        CRIMINAL MINDS (+0.7)

•·        TWO AND A HALF MEN (+0.6)

•·        HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER  (+0.6)

•·        NCIS (+0.6)

•·        NCIS: LOS ANGELES (+0.6)

•·        CSI: MIAMI (+0.5)

•·        CSI: NY (+0.5)

•·        THE AMAZING RACE (0.5)

•·        SURVIVOR: SAMOA (+0.5)

•·        NUMB3RS (+0.5)

 

            CBS programs with lifts of half a rating point or more in adults 25-54:

 

•·        THE MENTALIST (+1.2)

•·        CSI (+1.2)

•·        THE BIG BANG THEORY (+0.9)

•·        CRIMINAL MINDS (+0.9)

•·        NCIS (+0.8)

•·        TWO AND A HALF MEN (+0.7)

•·        CSI: MIAMI (+0.7)

•·        NCIS: LOS ANGELES (+0.7)

•·        THE GOOD WIFE (+0.7)

•·        CSI: NY (+0.7)

•·        SURVIVOR: SAMOA (+0.6)

•·        HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (+0.6)

•·        NUMB3RS (+0.6)

•·        MEDIUM (+0.6)

•·        GHOST WHISPERER (+0.5)

•·        THE AMAZING RACE (+0.5)