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‘Marshals’ & ‘Tracker’ Among Most-Popular Shows on Broadcast & Streaming

Marshals is the most-watched show on broadcast TV by a long shot. In Nielsen’s 35-day multi-platform viewing (through April 12), CBS’s Yellowstone spinoff, as well as Tracker, are among the most-viewed shows across broadcast and streaming. Of the Top 25 shows on broadcast and streaming, CBS shows are eight of the most-watched programs.

CBS revealed the ratings on May 28, a few days after the 2025-2026 broadcast TV season came to a close. Among the eight CBS shows on the Top 25 are Marshals (No. 3), Tracker (No. 7), Matlock (No. 13), Sheriff Country (No. 15), Ghosts (No. 17), NCIS (No. 20), Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage (No. 22), and Survivor 50 (No. 25). The top two are Netflix’s Stranger Things at No. 1 with 32.9 million and His & Hers at No. 2 with 25.6 million. Marshals amassed a broadcast and streaming audience of 20.7 million across CBS and Paramount+. Tracker came in with 16.4 million.

Netflix has the most shows in the Top 10 with five. CBS/Paramount+ has two. Paramount+ (solo), ABC/Disney, and HBO Max each have one. Rounding out the Top 10 are Sean Combs: The Reckoning (No. 4), Landman (No. 5), Bridgerton (No. 6), High Potential (No. 8), The Pitt (No. 9), and Monster: The Ed Gein Story (No. 10). You can check out the full broadcast and streaming Top 25 in the graphic below.

CBS has the most Top 25 series of any streaming or broadcast competitor and twice as many as its closest broadcast competitor, including six series with 10+ million viewers.

CBS

When you’re only looking at broadcast numbers, CBS has the most shows in the Top 25 with 13. CBS also leads broadcast rankings in 35-day multi-platform viewership:

  • #1 series: Marshals

  • #1 comedy: Ghosts

  • #1 news program: 60 Minutes

  • Top four new series:

See the broadcast-only chart below.

CBS

Boston Blue, the Blue Bloods spinoff, made it into the Top 25 for broadcast shows, as did 60 MinutesElsbethCIA, and FBIThe Rookie and Will Trent are in the Top 10 for ABC, along with High Potential.

NBC’s One Chicago franchise made the list as well, as did Law & Order: SVU, the Scrubs reboot, RJ Decker, 9-1-1, 9-1-1: Nashville, and Dancing With the Stars.

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This article first appeared on TV Insider and was syndicated with permission.

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