‘Survivor’ Season 45 Boasts Renewed Ratings Success For CBS As Younger Audiences Flock To Long-Running Competition Series
20.12.2023 - 16:01
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After 45 seasons, Survivor is anything but a castaway for CBS.
The latest season concludes Wednesday night, and the broadcaster is breathing a sigh of relief knowing that its new 90-minute episode strategy for both Survivor and The Amazing Race paid off. CBS’ Wednesday primetime audience is up 19% year-over-year.
For the first time since 2014, CBS is topping Wednesdays, thanks in part to the 25-54 demo that remains committed to its reality competition programming.
Based on Nielsen’s most current data, Survivor is averaging 6.59M viewers and 1.6 rating among adults 25-54 per Season 45 episode. That marks a 4% audience increase year-over-year.
As Nielsen records declining levels of persons using television, CBS is calling this a win. And it is. While under 7M viewers may have seemed fairly low even a few years ago, attracting that kind of audience on linear TV is becoming increasingly rare as more people cut the cord and lean into streaming. In 2017, Season 35 of Survivor managed about 7.9M viewers during the fall broadcast window. So, retaining more than 80% of its audience over the last six years isn’t too bad.
The 2023/2024 broadcast season marks the fifth time that Survivor has been No. 1 among adults 25-54 since it debuted in 2000. The series reclaimed that title in the 2021/2022 broadcast season for the first time since 2001/2002. Survivor also continues to be Top 5 in total viewers among non-sports programming, and it comes in behind The Voice (both Monday and Tuesday airings) to be the No. 3 unscripted entertainment program.
CBS has previously reserved the 90-minute episode of Survivor for special events. However, this season, it a gamble by deciding to commit to that episode length each week. While it may
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