# CBS Premiere Week Multiplatform Ratings See Big Year-Over-Year Increases (EXCLUSIVE)

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/cbs-premiere-week-multiplatform-ratings-see-big-year-over-year-increases-exclusive/
- Published: 2026-10-22T23:00:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-22T23:12:16+00:00
- Original publisher: Variety
- Original article: https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/cbs-premiere-week-multiplatform-ratings-increases-1236921862/
- Topics: Cricket, Entertainment, Sport, TV

## Key points

- CBS premiere week averaged 8.63 million viewers.
- That was 14% above its 2025 premiere week.
- “Marshals” led entertainment shows with 15.14 million viewers.

## Summary

CBS’s 2026 premiere week averaged 8.63 million viewers across linear television and streaming, a 14% rise on the equivalent week in 2025. The figures suggest strong year-on-year audience growth for the network’s returning and new programmes, with “Marshals” leading the entertainment shows.

“Marshals” drew 15.14 million viewers and “Tracker” 13.86 million, making them the week’s two most-watched shows in streaming as well as across platforms. “Sheriff Country” reached a series high of 10.518 million, while “NCIS” attracted 10.59 million; CBS says it had seven of the top 10 series across platforms, excluding sport. New series “Cupertino” rose from 3.19 million viewers on the day to 7.17 million in live-plus-seven-day viewing.

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