CBS's THE ODD COUPLE Premieres as Season's Most-Watched Comedy

THE ODD COUPLE premiered as the season's most watched new comedy and together with the series finale of TWO AND A HALF MEN and top rated THE BIG BANG THEORY, CBS had the week's top three comedies in both viewers and adults 18-49, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Feb. 22.

In viewers the top three comedies were THE BIG BANG THEORY (17.49m), THE ODD COUPLE (13.57m) and TWO AND A HALF MEN (13.52m, its largest audience since April 2013). THE BIG BANG THEORY led all comedies with a 4.5, following by TWO AND A HALF MEN (3.2) and THE ODD COUPLE (3.1, tie).

BLUE BLOODS, Friday's number one program, logged its best adults 18-49 rating (1.5) of the season.

Season-to-date, CBS is first in viewers, up +6% over last year (11.60m from 10.96m), first in adults 25-54 (3.3, tie) and second in adults 18-49 (2.4).

CBS Broadcasts in the Top 20

#3 - NCIS (18.06m)
#4 - THE BIG BANG THEORY (17.49m)
#6 - NCIS: NEW ORLEANS (14.70m)
#7 - THE ODD COUPLE Series Premiere (13.57m) - Season-To-Date's Most-Watched New Comedy Premiere
#8 - TWO AND A HALF MEN Series Finale (13.52m)
#11 - BLUE BLOODS (11.60m)
#13 - HAWAII FIVE-0 (10.66m)
#14 - THE MENTALIST Series Finale (10.10m)
#16 - MIKE & MOLLY (9.32m)
#17 - PERSON OF INTEREST (9.17m)

CBS Weekly Highlights

THE ODD COUPLE
· The series premiere of THE ODD COUPLE (P) was first in viewers (13.57m), adults 25-54 (4.6/12) and adults 18-49 (3.1/10), the best premiere for a new comedy this season in both viewers and adults 25-54 and #2 in adults 18-49.

TWO AND A HALF MEN
· The series finale of TWO AND A HALF MEN (9:01-10:00PM) was first in viewers (13.52m), its largest audience since April 4, 2013 and adults 25-54 (4.7/12) and second in adults 18-49 (3.2/09), its best deliveries in both these demos since May 9, 2013.

THE BIG BANG THEORY
· THE BIG BANG THEORY was first in viewers (17.49m), adults 25-54 (6.3/18) and adults 18-49 (4.5/15), the week's top comedy in these measures.

BLUE BLOODS
· BLUE BLOODS was first in viewers (11.60m) while hitting a season high in adults 18-49 (1.5/05).

Prime averages are based on the following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #22

CBS - 22-hours
NBC - 22-hours
ABC - 22-hours
FOX - 15 hours

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME
Week #22 of 2014-15 Season (ending: 2/22/15)
2014-15
VIEWERS
(000)
CBS 8,769
NBC 4,841
ABC 10,635
FOX 4,553

A25-54
Rtg Sh
CBS 2.2 6
NBC 1.5 4
ABC 3.6 9
FOX 1.8 5
A18-49
Rtg Sh
CBS 1.5 4
NBC 1.2 4
ABC 3.0 9
FOX 1.5 5

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME

SEASON-TO-DATE RATINGS REPORT (9/22/14-2/22/15)
2014-15

VIEWERS
(000)
CBS 11,601
NBC 9,394
ABC 7,883
FOX 6,147

A25-54
Rtg Sh
CBS 3.3 9
NBC 3.3 9
ABC 2.7 7
FOX 2.4 6

A18-49
Rtg Sh
CBS 2.4 8
NBC 2.7 9
ABC 2.2 7
FOX 2.1 6

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