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)