Series Premiere of CBS's CODE BLACK Grows By Nearly 3 Million Viewers

The series premiere of the medical drama CODE BLACK added nearly three million viewers with live +3-day (L3) viewing and increased its adults 18-49 rating by +53%, according to Nielsen live +3-day ratings for Wednesday, Sept. 30.

CODE BLACK added +2.89m viewers (11.47m from 8.58m, +34%), +1.0 in adults 25-54 (3.1 from 2.1, +48%) and +0.8 in adults 18-49 (2.3 from 1.5, +53%).

With L3 added, CODE BLACK remained first in its time period in viewers and adults 25-54 (tie).

CODE BLACK is a heart-pounding medical drama that takes place in the busiest, most notorious ER in the nation, where the staggering influx of patients can outweigh the limited resources available to the extraordinary doctors and nurses whose job is to treat them all-creating a condition known as Code Black. At the heart of the ER's controlled chaos is Residency Director Dr. Leanne Rorish, renowned for successfully performing high-risk procedures in Center Stage, the trauma area reserved for the most critical cases. Her four new first-year residents are Christa Lorenson, Malaya Pineda, Mario Savetti and Angus Leighton. Leanne's confidante, Jesse Sallander, is an amiable seen-it-all senior nurse who manages the residents. Also working in the ER is Dr. Neal Hudson, an excellent physician who sometimes disagrees with Leanne's "cowboy" approach, and Dr. Rollie Guthrie, the energetic, longest-serving attending. In Center Stage, life is measured in seconds, and these heroic doctors and nurses operate with speed and skill within an overwhelmed system to treat the crowds of people who are often there for one of two reasons: to die or to receive a life-saving miracle.

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