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CBS Backloads Fall Premieres for Big October Push
CBS will load up the majority of its fall debuts in a single week in October, creating its own premiere week a month into the 2024-25 season. The network will feature a dozen season and series premieres in the week of Oct. 14, including those for two of its new series: NCIS: Origins (a two-hour […]
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‘Tracker,’ ‘Bluey’ and a Big Scripted Deficit: Hidden Numbers of the 2023-24 TV Season
It was the season of TV that wasn’t actually a full season for a host of shows. It was a season when an Australian blue heeler became the biggest thing in streaming, when women’s sports (basketball in particular) took a big leap, when Jon Stewart got back behind a desk, and when the NFL ruled […]
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‘Tracker’ Renewed for Season 2 at CBS
CBS has found its first series renewal for the 2024-25 broadcast season. The network has renewed Tracker, its Justin Hartley-led drama, for a second season. The series launched Feb. 11 in TV’s best time slot — after the Super Bowl — and now ranks as the No. 1 show, according to Nielsen’s most current data, […]
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TV Ratings: ‘True Detective: Night Country’ Ends With Season High
The finale of True Detective: Night Country drew the season’s largest first-night audience, ending well above where the season began. On broadcast Sunday, Tracker fit seamlessly into CBS’ lineup in the first episode after its post-Super Bowl premiere. Sunday’s closing episode of Night Country brought in 3.2 million cross-platform viewers (for the first airing on […]
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TV Ratings: Super Bowl LVIII Sets All-Time Record With 123M Viewers
The second overtime game in Super Bowl history delivered a gigantic audience on Sunday — the biggest one in the history of total-viewer ratings, in fact. The Kansas City Chiefs’ 25-22 victory over the San Francisco 49ers averaged 120.25 million viewers on CBS, by itself the largest telecast on record. Simulcasts on Nickelodeon, Univision, Paramount+ and […]
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Justin Hartley Talks TV Return With ‘Tracker’ and Keeping in Touch With His ‘This Is Us’ Family
For actor Justin Hartley, Super Bowl Sunday brought an extra level of excitement beyond being the biggest night in professional sports. Hartley, spending the weekend in Las Vegas leading up to the big game, was debating whether his favorite football team, The Chicago Bears, should keep their current quarterback, Justin Fields, or use their No. […]
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‘Tracker’ Review: Justin Hartley Plays a Gig-Economy Jack Reacher in CBS’ Fast-Moving but Bland Thriller
Jeffrey Deaver's reward-seeking loner leaps to the small screen in a new procedural that launches in the coveted post-Super Bowl slot.
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