ABC is staying on high, it appears, as Nielsen’s scores for the September to Could broadcast season overlaying 2024-2025 reveal the community helms the highest 5 broadcast sequence, together with the very best scores for brand new comedies and dramas with Shifting Gears and Excessive Potential.
Among the many high 5 broadcast reveals amongst Adults 18-49 in multiplatform rankings had been Excessive Potential with a 3.85 ranking, Abbott Elementary with a 3.25 ranking, The Rookie with 2.49 ranking, Shifting Gears with a 2.39 ranking, and 9-1-1 with a 2.38 ranking.
General, the community owned seven of the highest 20 reveals among the many demo, with the addition of Will Trent and Gray’s Anatomy, coming in with scores of 1.64 and 1.62, respectively. General, ABC has probably the most highly-rated reveals, adopted by CBS with six, Fox with 4, and NBC with three.
Excessive Potential got here in at primary within the new drama class, the Kaitlin Olson-led sequence greater than doubling its closest new aggressive drama, CBS’s in style Matlock, starring Kathy Bates, which ranks with a 1.75 ranking. In the meantime, Shifting Gears outpaced its closest competitor, CBS’s Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage, which got here in at a 1.79 ranking.
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ABC additionally claimed the highest spot for a returning drama with The Rookie, beating CBS’s Tracker, which got here in with a 2.15 ranking. As for the highest returning comedy, Abbott stays a favourite, edging out CBS’s different in style comedy, Ghosts.
In different phrases, ABC is holding a maintain on the lead, and such was the case with Excessive Potential, which stood because the primary drama amongst complete viewers, with 16.41 million, and primary new present amongst adults 18-49. The present’s streaming efficiency on Hulu and Hulu on Disney+ additionally greater than doubled the following highest aggressive drama, Tracker.
The present grew by over 50 % in Multiplatform+7 scores via 35 days of viewing, and for the season, together with encores, the present logged early 13 billion minutes-watched on linear and streaming platforms.
What do you consider these ranking outcomes? Weigh in on the feedback part under, and keep tuned to search out out which reveals personal the sector as we head into the 2025-2026 season.