TV Ratings See a Boost in Viewers Since the Coronavirus Quarantine

Well, if there’s one thing that can be said about the quarantine, it’s that TV ratings are clearly hitting a high.

According to Entertainment Weekly, viewership was up 3 percent among CBS, NBC, Fox, and ABC, as noted by Nielsen results for the week ending March 15.

CBS was the most-watched network for the week (6.17 million viewers), with shows like Bull (6.3 million) adding 80,000 viewers.

NBC only saw a week-to-week gain for a rerun of Superstore (2.3 million versus 2 million), but Will & Grace is up 9 percent (2.3 million versus 2.1 million) since February 6 and Lincoln Rhyme just had its most watched episode (3.7 million) since January 17.

Clearly, we’re all watching television! Here are the top most-watched 25 shows for the week ending March 15:

  1. NCIS (10.7 million)
  2. 60 Minutes (10.4)
  3. Young Sheldon (8.8)
  4. The Voice (8.7)
  5. The Bachelor (8.4)
  6. FBI (8.2)
  7. Blue Bloods (8.1)
  8. The Bachelor special (7.7)
  9. American Idol Sunday (7.4)
  10. The Masked Singer (7.2)
  11. Hawaii Five-0 (7.1)
  12. Survivor (6.9)
  13. Station 19 (6.6)
  14. Mom (6.348)
  15. NCIS: New Orleans (6.345)
  16. Bull (6.32)
  17. Grey’s Anatomy (6.27)
  18. The Neighborhood (6.22)
  19. America’s Funniest Home Videos (6.0)
  20. FBI: Most Wanted (5.99)
  21. God Friended Me (5.96)
  22. MacGyver (5.8)
  23. NCIS: New Orleans (5.82)
  24. Bob Hearts Abishola (5.81)
  25. The Unicorn (5.79)