"Elsbeth" & CBS Thursday Originals Returned Strong After College Men's Basketball TournamentCBS was the #1 network with the top three shows - "Young Sheldon," "Ghosts" and "Elsbeth"OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASENEWS PROVIDED BY CBS 5 April 2024 – On Thursday, CBS and ELSBETH double original episodes (at 9:00pm and 10:00pm) came back strong after two weeks off from originals due to College Men's Basketball Tournament. ELSBETH 9:00pm episode was up +18% from its Feb. 29 10:00pm premiere and last night's 10:00pm episode held 100% of its premiere audience from Feb. 29. CBS was the #1 network last night with the top three shows - YOUNG SHELDON, GHOSTS, ELSBETH. YOUNG SHELDON (8P)• #1 show of the night with 6.64m viewers, up +3% from its last first run GHOSTS (8:30P)• Up +6% from its last first run, averaged 5.81m viewers ELSBETH (9P)• Up +18% from its 10pm premiere on Feb. 29th, averaged 5.30m viewers ELSBETH (10P, second original episode)• Maintained 100% of its premiere audience from premiere on Feb 29, averaged 4.47m viewers LIVE STREAMINGLive streaming of all three originals on Paramount+ and CBS TVE (CBS.com / CBS App) posted double digit gains from their year ago audiences on an AMA basis: • YOUNG SHELDON was +21% from the comparable year ago episode. • GHOSTS was up +19% from the comparable year ago episode. • ELSBETH was up +21% from the season premiere. ON SOCIALCBS's Thursday primetime originals drove over 459m potential social impressions* last night. • YOUNG SHELDON amassed 149m potential social impressions last night. • GHOSTS drove 63m potential social impressions last night. • ELSBETH garnered 247m potential social impressions last night.
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April 8, 2024 10:30am ET by Newsdesk |