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CBS 2012-13 Ratings Averages [as of Week 23]

Published:March 5, 2013

CBS TV shows ratingsBelow are the CBS TV show ratings averages as of the end of week 23 of the 2012-13 season (Sunday, March 3, 2013). Ratings are typically the best way to tell if a show will be cancelled or renewed.

Week-to-week gains: NCIS, NCIS: LOs Angeles, Survivor, and The Amazing Race.
Week-to-week losses: 2 Broke Girls, How I Met Your Mother, Mike & Molly, Criminal Minds, CSI, The Mentalist, The Good Wife, and 60 Minutes.
New this week: Golden Boy.

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CBS scripted
TV shows		 18-49 demo
rating (actual)		 Viewers
in millions		 Ratings
pages
The Big Bang Theory 5.4 (5.38) 17.02 season 6 ratings
Two and a Half Men 3.9 (3.91) 13.45 season 10 ratings
2 Broke Girls 3.6 (3.57) 10.37 season 2 ratings
NCIS (renewed) 3.5 (3.46) 19.66 season 10 ratings
How I Met Your Mother (renewed) 3.3 (3.32) 8.66 season 8 ratings
Mike & Molly 3.1 (3.10) 9.91 season 3 ratings
Person of Interest 3.0 (3.01) 14.64 season 2 ratings
Criminal Minds 3.0 (2.93) 11.73 season 8 ratings
NCIS: Los Angeles 2.9 (2.92) 16.15 season 4 ratings
Elementary 2.4 (2.36) 11.00 season 1 ratings
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 2.4 (2.35) 10.56 season 13 ratings
Hawaii Five-0 2.3 (2.25) 9.33 season 3 ratings
Partners (cancelled) 2.1 (2.07) 5.88 season 1 ratings
Golden Boy 1.8 (1.80) 10.56 season 1 ratings
The Mentalist 1.8 (1.79) 9.67 season 5 ratings
Vegas 1.7 (1.73) 10.90 season 1 ratings
The Good Wife 1.7 (1.69) 9.48 season 4 ratings
Blue Bloods 1.4 (1.43) 10.97 season 3 ratings
CSI: NY 1.4 (1.41) 9.66 season 9 ratings
Made in Jersey (cancelled) 0.6 (0.56) 3.99 season 1 ratings
CBS non-scripted
TV shows		 18-49 demo
rating (actual)		 Viewers
in millions		 Ratings
pages
Survivor: Philippines 2.9 (2.85) 10.42 cycle 25 ratings
The Amazing Race (fall) 2.6 (2.56) 9.53 cycle 21 ratings
Survivor: Caramoan 2.5 (2.47) 9.14 cycle 26 ratings
60 Minutes 2.3 (2.31) 12.69 season 45 ratings
The Amazing Race (spring) 2.3 (2.27) 8.59 cycle 22 ratings
Undercover Boss 1.7 (1.72) 8.61 season 4 ratings
48 Hours 1.0 (1.04) 5.28 season 26 ratings
The Job (cancelled) 0.8 (0.80) 3.66 season 1 ratings

These charts incorporate the daily final CBS show ratings (reported by Nielsen) and are sorted by the 18-49 demographic. Network advertisers typically prize those viewers most and so will pay more to reach them. There’s lots of information that the networks take into consideration when cancelling or renewing a TV series but the ratings are the biggest factor. The higher the ratings, the better chance that the show will be renewed. And yes, they take it into account when a show airs on a Friday or Saturday night.

What do you think? Are you surprised by any of the averages? Which show(s) do you feel should be doing better or worse, based on their quality? Comment below.

 

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G baggett March 15, 2013 at 10:34 am

Survivor is the most talked about show of any tv viewing of non -script types at my work. I work at a place with over 4000 people and it seems to be the show that most find worth talking about. It has all ages and appeals to most competitive peoples fantasy. Everyone thinks they could go without eating and perform higher than maybe is possible.

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