CBS Midseason Premiere Week Tops Broadcast and Streaming Rankings
Mar 13, 2026 09:14AM ● By Kelsey Swire
Top 3 Series Among Broadcast Competition
Three of the Top 4 Series Among All Broadcast and Streaming Competition
Source: Nielsen Panel+ Big Data P2+ Prime AA, L+7, 2/23-3/01/2026 + Nielsen SCR,
7-Day Total Flight for streaming.*
Source: Nielsen Panel+ Big Data P2+ Prime AA, L+7, 2/23-3/1/2026 + Nielsen SCR, 7-Day
Total Flight for streaming. Does not include specials, finales or sports that fall within FSD.
The CBS mid-season premiere week airing Feb. 23-March 1, 2026 scored the top three and 7 of the top 10 most-watched series among broadcast competition and three of the top four and 12 of the top 20 most-watched series among all broadcast and streaming competition according to Nielsen’s live plus 7-day multiplatform viewership. *Nielsen streaming data for CBS’ #1 Friday Night Lineup – SHERIFF COUNTRY, FIRE COUNTRY and BOSTON BLUE – are incomplete, figures will increase when corrections are available.
CBS leads among the broadcast competition for its premiere week:
#1 MARSHALS leads all broadcast series with 20.6 million viewers
#2 TRACKER
#3 SURVIVOR
#1 News Program 60 MINUTES
Top Four New Series:
#1 MARSHALS
#2 CIA
#3 SHERIFF COUNTRY
#4 BOSTON BLUE
CBS has three of the top four and 12 of the top 20 series among the networks and streamers, more than all the competition:
#1 MARSHALS
#2 TRACKER
#4 SURVIVOR
GHOSTS
MATLOCK
GEORGIE AND MANDY’S FIRST MARRIAGE
CIA
FBI
SHERIFF COUNTRY*
60 MINUTES
ELSBETH
BOSTON BLUE*