That’s a lot — even for CBS
It probably comes as no surprise that CBS is the oldest-skewing broadcast TV network this season. What might be a bit jarring though is just how many of CBS’ series make Nielsen’s list of shows with the oldest median age.
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CBS claims 24 of the 25 shows with the most geriatric audience, or 96%.
Below is a list of the 25 broadcast television shows with the oldest median age per viewer. (A viewer’s median age is the number all the way to the right, so for example, the median age of “Madam Secretary” viewers is 67.3 years old.)
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One of these things is not like the others. We’ll let readers find the lone non-CBS series — consider it an early Easter egg hunt that pasodobles onto the list toward the end.
1. “Blue Bloods” encores (CBS): 69.0
2. “NCIS” encores (CBS): 68.2
3. “Blue Bloods” (CBS): 67.5
4. “Madam Secretary” (CBS): 67.3
5. “60 Minutes Presents” (CBS): 67.2
6. “Bull” encores (CBS): 67.0
7. “Tommy” (CBS): 66.9
8. “Hawaii Five-0” encores (CBS): 66.4
9. “Magnum P.I.” encores (CBS): 66.3
10. “Crimetime Saturday,” 8 p.m. (CBS): 65.9
11. (tie) “Bull” (CBS): 65.4
(tie) “FBI” (CBS): 65.4
13. (tie) “NCIS” (CBS): 65.3
(tie) “NCIS: New Orleans” encores (CBS): 65.3
15. “60 Minutes” (CBS): 65.2
16. “Crimetime Saturday,” 9 p.m. (CBS): 64.9
17. “NCIS: New Orleans” (CBS): 64.8
18. “NCIS: Los Angeles” (CBS): 64.7
19. “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC): 64.5
20. “Hawaii Five-0” (CBS): 64.4
21. “God Friended Me” (CBS): 64.3
22. (tie) “FBI: Most Wanted” (CBS): 64.2
(tie) “Magnum P.I.” (CBS): 64.2
24. “All Rise” (CBS): 64.1
25. “All Rise” encores (CBS): 64.0
“Blue Bloods” and blue hair, am I right?
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CBS’ youngest-skewing series this season is “Survivor,” which has a median viewer age of 57.3 years old. In terms of scripted fare, the network’s youngest-skewing show is “Evil,” which has a median viewer age of 59.7 years old.
The youngest-skewing series on all of broadcast TV is Fox’s “Bob’s Burgers,” with a median-age viewer of 43.5 years old. Fox’s “Family Guy” and “LEGO Masters” are the next youngest-skewing shows, with median viewer ages of 43.7 and 44.5, respectively.
At this same point last season, CBS claimed 21 of the 25 oldest-skewing series.
12 Lowest-Rated Broadcast TV Shows of Summer 2019 (Photos)
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When the sun rises on Monday, Summer 2019 will officially be over. The hottest season of the year was one to forget for series like "Reef Break" and "First Responders Live" -- but neither of them were the lowest-rated show of the summer. TheWrap ranked the Big 4 broadcast networks' Bottom 12 summer series by their average 18-49 ratings, according to the "most current" data from Nielsen. Scroll through the gallery to see how they stacked up.
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CBS
Rank: 9 (tie) Show: "Blood & Treasure" Net: CBS 18-49 Rating: 0.6
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CBS
Rank: 9 (tie) Show: "Love Island" (Friday) Net: CBS 18-49 Rating: 0.6
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CBS
Rank: 9 (tie) Show: "Love Island" (Monday) Net: CBS 18-49 Rating: 0.6
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Fox
Rank: 9 (tie) Show: "Paradise Hotel" Net: Fox 18-49 Rating: 0.6
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Fox
Rank: 9 (tie) Show: "Spin the Wheel" Net: Fox 18-49 Rating: 0.6
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CBS
Rank: 5 (tie) Show: "Instinct" Net: ABC 18-49 Rating: 0.5
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ABC
Rank: 5 (tie) Show: "Family Food Fight" Net: ABC 18-49 Rating: 0.5
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ABC
Rank: 5 (tie) Show: "What Would You Do?" Net: ABC 18-49 Rating: 0.5
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Fox
Rank: 5 (tie) Show: "First Responders Live" Net: Fox 18-49 Rating: 0.5
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CBS
Rank: 2 (tie) Show: "48 Hours: NCIS" Net: CBS 18-49 Rating: 0.4
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ABC
Rank: 2 (tie) Show: "Reef Break" Net: ABC 18-49 Rating: 0.4
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Fox
Rank: 1 Show: "What Just Happened??! With Fred Savage" Net: Fox 18-49 Rating: 0.2
Perhaps that ”Love Island“ thing didn’t translate as well as CBS hoped
When the sun rises on Monday, Summer 2019 will officially be over. The hottest season of the year was one to forget for series like "Reef Break" and "First Responders Live" -- but neither of them were the lowest-rated show of the summer. TheWrap ranked the Big 4 broadcast networks' Bottom 12 summer series by their average 18-49 ratings, according to the "most current" data from Nielsen. Scroll through the gallery to see how they stacked up.
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Tony Maglio
TV Editor • tony.maglio@thewrap.com • Twitter: @tonymaglio