Below are full 7-day multiplatform viewership figures for almost all fall 2025 premieres across ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX, followed by a analysis of highlights. Data is courtesy of Nielsen as first reported by The Wrap and CBS. Let us know what you think in the comments!
ABC
ABC's 10 pm drama High Potential catapults into first place when MP+7 viewership is factored in, adding 7.56 million viewers for its Season 2 premiere for a combined total of 11.9 million viewers. That number rises to 15.9 million viewers when encore airings are included, as ABC did in their own multi-platform press release. ABC's other fall dramas, 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Nashville, and Grey's Anatomy, all add roughly 4 million viewers. That's a 97% gain for 9-1-1, a 109% gain for its spinoff, and a 153% gain for Grey's Anatomy. Sitcoms Abbott Elementary (3.81 million, +135%) and Shifting Gears (3.20 million, +73%) as well as reality juggernaut Dancing with the Stars (3.79 million) lag slightly behind those dramas, but well ahead of Wednesday's unscripted offerings in The Golden Bachelor and Shark Tank.
CBS
The Season 3 premiere of CBS's Tracker leads MP+7 viewership overall with 12.97 viewers, but its 4.94 million added viewers from L+SD is only enough for fourth place, and its 62% lift is only enough to tie for 13th on CBS. Leading in gains was the time slot premiere of Matlock, up 125% from its L+SD viewership to 9.5 million viewers, adding 5.30 million to its total. Boston Blue led new shows in overall viewership and came in 3rd place overall on CBS, yet its modest 62% gain was behind that of Sheriff Country (76%) and DMV (68%). While Watson (102%) and The Amazing Race (112%) were among the leaders in gains on CBS, their overall viewership (5.1 million and 4.3 million, respectively) were not enough to lift them past the bottom echelons of CBS shows. Also clocking in toward the bottom are The Road (4.5 million viewers, +40%), 48 Hours (2.6 million viewers, +38%), and The Neighborhood (5.1 million viewers, +32%). Notably missing from both CBS's press release and The Wrap's reported data is NCIS: Sydney.
NBC
NBC has little to offer on their early fall schedule beyond The Voice, Dick Wolf, SNL, and sports, and it's easy to see why. The three Chicagos led overall MP+7 viewership, with Saturday Night Live joining them above 8 million viewers. Notably, the season premiere of 8 pm drama Chicago Med goes from the most-watched Chicago in L+SD (5.36 million viewers) to the least-watched in MP+7 (8.13 million viewers). The youngest Chicago's 52% gain in MP+7 is also the lowest for an NBC scripted show, adding 2.77 million viewers from its L+SD count. Brilliant Minds is the only NBC show that more than doubles its L+SD viewership in MP+7, but still clocks in with far less viewers than the next-least-watched NBC scripted show. That would be the original Law & Order, which is a distant 7th behind a two-way tie between The Voice and Law & Order: SVU. Original recipe also has a far smaller lift than SVU (66% vs 98%). Coming in last place across the board is the series premiere of On Brand with Jimmy Fallon, although its 45% viewership gain was almost enough to match that of The Voice.
FOX
Sure, the Season 2 premiere of Doc was inflated by the NFL in L+SD viewership, but it still gained 2.66 million viewers (+64%) in MP+7, and totaled 10.8 million viewers with viewing from subsequent weeks factored in. The rest of FOX is in dire straights, with their remaining five scripted shows combining for roughly 8.7 million viewers in MP+7. Murder in a Small Town came in third on FOX overall with 3.7 million viewers, lower than everything on the competing networks except On Brand, Shark Tank, and 48 Hours. Filling up the bottom four spots are FOX's Sunday adult animated shows. A broadcast-leading 202% gain isn't enough to lift Bob's Burgers past fourth-to-last place overall, with a once-dominant Simpsons coming in slightly under it with a measly 45% gain. Krapopolis' premiere finishes in dead last with just 730,000 viewers in MP+7, gaining 190,000 viewers from its L+SD performance. It comes in below Universal Basic Guys, which rose only 16% in MP+7 viewership from its L+SD levels.
Note: A previous version of this article misinterpreted Doc's 10.8 million overall multi-platform viewership for its 7-day multi-platform viewership.