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:
- NCIS (10.7 million)
- 60 Minutes (10.4)
- Young Sheldon (8.8)
- The Voice (8.7)
- The Bachelor (8.4)
- FBI (8.2)
- Blue Bloods (8.1)
- The Bachelor special (7.7)
- American Idol Sunday (7.4)
- The Masked Singer (7.2)
- Hawaii Five-0 (7.1)
- Survivor (6.9)
- Station 19 (6.6)
- Mom (6.348)
- NCIS: New Orleans (6.345)
- Bull (6.32)
- Grey’s Anatomy (6.27)
- The Neighborhood (6.22)
- America’s Funniest Home Videos (6.0)
- FBI: Most Wanted (5.99)
- God Friended Me (5.96)
- MacGyver (5.8)
- NCIS: New Orleans (5.82)
- Bob Hearts Abishola (5.81)
- The Unicorn (5.79)