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Marshals is the most-watched show on broadcast TV by a long shot. In Nielsen’s 35-day multi-platform viewing (through April 12), CBS’sYellowstone spinoff, as well asTracker, are among the most-viewed shows across broadcast and streaming. Of the Top 25 shows on broadcast and streaming, CBS shows are eight of the most-watched programs.
CBS revealed the ratings on May 28, a few days after the 2025-2026 broadcast TV season came to a close. Among the eight CBS shows on the Top 25 areMarshals (No. 3), Tracker (No. 7), Matlock (No. 13), Sheriff Country (No. 15), Ghosts (No. 17), NCIS (No. 20), Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (No. 22), and Survivor 50 (No. 25). The top two are Netflix’s Stranger Things at No. 1 with 32.9 million andHis & Hers at No. 2 with 25.6 million. Marshals amassed a broadcast and streaming audience of 20.7 million across CBS and Paramount+.Tracker came in with 16.4 million.
Netflix has the most shows in the Top 10 with five. CBS/Paramount+ has two. Paramount+ (solo), ABC/Disney, and HBO Max each have one. Rounding out the Top 10 are Sean Combs: The Reckoning (No. 4),Landman (No. 5),Bridgerton(No. 6),High Potential (No. 8),The Pitt (No. 9), andMonster: The Ed Gein Story (No. 10). You can check out the full broadcast and streaming Top 25 in the graphic below.
CBS hasthe most Top 25 seriesof any streaming or broadcast competitor and twice as many as its closest broadcast competitor, including six series with 10+ million viewers.
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When you’re only looking at broadcast numbers, CBS has the most shows in the Top 25 with 13.CBS also leads broadcast rankings in 35-day multi-platform viewership:
See the broadcast-only chart below.
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Boston Blue, theBlue Bloods spinoff, made it into the Top 25 for broadcast shows, as did60 Minutes,Elsbeth,CIA, andFBI.The Rookie andWill Trent are in the Top 10 for ABC, along with High Potential.
NBC’sOne Chicago franchise made the list as well, as didLaw & Order: SVU, theScrubs reboot,RJ Decker, 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Nashville, and Dancing With the Stars.
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