Earlier this week, Matlock became the first new series to be renewed for just two episodes for the 2024-25 broadcast season. The Kathy Bates-starring drama confirmed CBS’ early vote of confidence with another strong showing. In its third broadcast last night, and second in its usual Thursday 9pm slot, Matlock drew 6.479 million viewers on Live+Same Day, according to Nielsen, an increase of 1.5% from last week.
Expected to join Matlock’s early renewal list is Georgie and Mandy’s first wedding, which was down just 2.4% from last week’s premiere, which averaged 6.403 million viewers. The Young Sheldon spin-off and Matlock were once again the most-watched shows of the night at Photofinish, this time with the courtroom drama taking the lead.
The two shows racked up another 7 million+ L+SD streams (7.46 million) on Sunday, second only to CBS’ heavyweight tracker, which effectively confirmed their season 3 renewal. It continues to be the second and third most watched series in SD linear.
CBS once again had the four most-watched shows of the night, with “Ghost” (5.546 million) in third place and “Elsbeth” (4.446) in fourth place, down 0.4% and 6.5% from last week, respectively. did. After Ghost tied for No. 1 in adults 18-49 last week, Georgie and Mandy’s First Marriage earned a 0.53 rating and jumped 13% in the demo to take full No. 1 spot. I did. (Also remained #1 among adults 25-54 (0.9, +8%).
Thursday entertainment benefited from not facing the baseball playoffs this week after having to face both the NFL and MLB last Thursday, with ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy (2.172 million) and Several other shows aired, including NBC’s Law & Order (3.332 million). : SVU (3.435 million) and Found (2.116 million) — linear weekly viewership increases.
Elsewhere Thursday, ABC’s 9-1-1 (3.977 million) was the night’s most-watched non-CBS show. Its leadout, the new medical drama “Doctor Odyssey,” continued to decline, with the number of L+SD viewers in the fifth episode reaching 2.595 million, marking the fifth consecutive decline (the first episode had a viewership of 4.226 million). people).
