Tracker turned a right away hit for CBS when it premiered early within the 2024 TV schedule, with Justin Hartley rapidly proving himself as a number one man after the tip of his time as one of many Pearsons of This Is Us. There was no saying whether or not the drama would be capable to maintain its stellar scores into its second season, although, particularly when the community modified the time slot during which it airs. Now, forward of the 2025 TV schedule selecting up, the numbers are in to indicate that a few of CBS’ greatest exhibits dipped within the scores… however Tracker wasn’t one in all them.
Justin Hartley’s drama ranks as broadcast tv’s most-watched scripted sequence and #1 rated drama once more, in accordance with TVLine, citing the full dimension of the viewers after seven days of viewing (Stay+7) and the ranking within the 18-49 age demographic. Tracker‘s Stay+7 common viewers for Season 2 to date is 11.4 million viewers, with a ranking of 0.82. Now, even if you cannot make heads or tails of these numbers, it is value noting that Tracker‘s viewers grew by 6% from Season 1 after altering Sunday time slots to air at 8 p.m. ET forward of The Equalizer as an alternative of after. The Equalizer dropped by 18% with the time slot swap.
No sophomore droop for Justin Hartley! Whereas it won’t appear shocking {that a} present that was a smash hit in Season 1 continues to be a smash hit in Season 2, a number of others of CBS’ heavy hitters skilled scores drops within the fall portion of the 2024-2025 TV schedule. NCIS is down 21% from final season regardless of being a community mainstay for greater than twenty years now, whereas FBI: Most Needed and Max Thieriot’s Hearth Nation are each 12% down. (All of those exhibits and extra can be found streaming with a Paramount+ subscription.)
As for freshman exhibits inside present franchises, Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage has a smaller viewers than Younger Sheldon by 14%, whereas NCIS: Origins has a decrease retention out of NCIS than NCIS: Hawai’i did previous to its cancellation, though solely by 1%. Carrie Preston’s Elsbeth is the one different returning scripted present famous by TVLine to have elevated from the earlier season, with a progress of 4%. And relating to the TV present that introduced Kathy Bates to TV, Matlock is crushing all different CBS competitors except for Tracker.
All in all, the swap from 9 p.m. ET to eight p.m. ET on Sundays hasn’t harm Tracker all through its second season, and the present is retaining that slot as soon as it returns with the winter premiere within the new 12 months. A change is coming to CBS Sundays, although, with Morris Chestnut’s Watson – a medical drama with a Sherlock Holmes-esque slant – airing between Tracker and The Equalizer after its premiere on January 26. I would not be shocked if Watson is a breakout hit of the winter premiere season like Tracker was, though maybe not fairly reaching the identical scores highs as when Hartley was recent off of the fan-favorite This Is Us.
Tracker followers can actually have fun that not solely is the present persevering with to crush within the scores, however it additionally averted any viewers dimension dips that stricken another CBS exhibits within the fall. Justin Hartley’s sequence will probably be again in primetime with the winter premiere on Sunday, February 16 at 8 p.m. ET on CBS. Within the meantime, you possibly can at all times revisit earlier episodes streaming by way of Paramount+.