CBS's ZOO is Week's Top Scripted Summer Series in Viewers

ZOO is the week's top scripted summer series in viewers, adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 for the third consecutive week, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending July 19.

All three editions of BIG BROTHER were top 10 broadcasts in adults 18-49, with the Wednesday and Thursday editions tied at #4 and BIG BROTHER SUNDAY tied at #8.

Following ZOO, UNDER THE DOME and EXTANT ranked as the week's second- and third-most-watched summer scripted series.

CBS won the week in viewers with five of the top 10 broadcasts and 12 of the top 20 (more than all other networks combined).

CBS Broadcasts In Top 20:

#4 - 60 MINUTES-R (8.09m)
#6 - THE BIG BANG THEORY-R (7.21m)
#8 - NCIS-R (6.93m)
#9 - ZOO (6.56m)
#10 - BIG BROTHER-THU (6.07m)
#12 - BIG BROTHER-WED (6.02m)
#13 - BIG BROTHER-SUN (5.847m)
#14 - MOM-R (5.846m)
#16 - NCIS: LOS ANGELES-R (5.76m)
#17 - NCIS: NEW ORLEANS 10PM-R (5.65m)
#19 - BLUE BLOODS-R (5.31m)
#20 - SCORPION-R (5.02m)

CBS Weekly Highlights:

BIG BROTHER
· BIG BROTHER SUNDAY matched its best Sunday delivery in adults 25-54 (2.3/07) while posting its second-best viewers (5.85m) and adults 18-49 (1.8/07) Sunday performances.

· BIG BROTHER WEDNESDAY was first in adults 25-54 (2.3/08) and adults 18-49 (2.0/08) and second in viewers (6.02m, up +2% from last week.)

· BIG BROTHER THURSDAY was the night's top program in adults 18-49 (2.0/08) and adults 25-54 (2.4/08). Compared to last week, BIG BROTHER was up +5% in adults 18-49 (from 1.9/07) and added +200,000 viewers (6.07m from 5.87m, +3%).

ZOO
· ZOO is the week's #1 scripted summer broadcast in viewers (6.56m), adults 25-54 (1.5) and adults 18-49 (1.0) for the third consecutive week. With live + 7-day playback, the premiere episode of ZOO climbed to 10.76m (from 8.18m live plus same day, +32%), increased to 1.8 (from 1.2, +50%) in adults 18-49 and to 2.6 (from 1.8, +44%) in adults 25-54.

UNDER THE DOME
· UNDER THE DOME ranked as the week's second-most-watched scripted summer series, averaging 4.75 million viewers. Summer-to-date, UNDER THE DOME ranks as the top program in live + 7-day viewer lift averaging a gain of +3.25m (+55%).

EXTANT
· EXTANT averaged 4.62m, ranking third for the week among scripted summer series. With live + 7-day lift, the premiere of EXTANT gained +2.14m, a +41% increase from its live plus same day average.

Prime averages are based on the following hours of rated broadcasts in Week #43

CBS - 22 hours
NBC - 22 hours
ABC - 22 hours
FOX - 16 hours

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME
Week #43 of 2014-2015 Television Year (ending: 7/19/15)

2014-2015

VIEWERS
(000)
CBS 5,155
NBC 4,336
ABC 4,572
FOX 3,888

A25-54
Rtg Sh
CBS 1.3 4
NBC 1.4 5
ABC 1.5 5
FOX 1.3 4

A18-49
Rtg Sh
CBS 0.9 3
NBC 1.1 4
ABC 1.2 4
FOX 1.1 4

NATIONAL NIELSEN SUMMARY - PRIMETIME
SUMMER-TO-DATE RATINGS REPORT (5/25/15-7/19/15)

2014-2015

VIEWERS
(000)
CBS 5,568
NBC 5,292
ABC 5,702
FOX 4,230

A25-54
Rtg Sh
CBS 1.3 4
NBC 1.7 5
ABC 2.0 6
FOX 1.5 5

A18-49
Rtg Sh
CBS 0.9 3
NBC 1.3 5
ABC 1.6 6
FOX 1.3 5

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