TV Ratings: The Final Numbers (Finally) for 2024-25’s Top Network Shows (Exclusive)
The 2024-25 network TV season is pretty well in the rearview mirror — production on shows for 2025-26 is about to begin, after all — but in the long-tail, multi-platform world of audience measurement, ratings data is still trickling in.
The final 35-day, cross-platform numbers for the top network entertainment series are now available, and they continue to show that streaming is a major component of viewing. Over five weeks, streaming accounts for about 31 percent of the all-in total audience for the top 20 broadcast series. Among adults 18-49, however, two-thirds of the top shows’ total, on average, comes from streaming — making for another piece of evidence that streaming viewers are considerably younger than those who watch a show on-air or via DVR.
The total viewer tallies for the full season (Sept. 23, 2024-May 21, 2025) aren’t substantially different from earlier sets 35-day data released in May and June, with changes coming from the addition of the season’s final episodes of some series. CBS’ Tracker remains the No. 1 series among total viewers, averaging 17.34 million viewers across all platforms over 35 days. First-year hits High Potential (16.16 million viewers for ABC) and Matlock (15.72 million for CBS) rank second and third, well ahead of the rest of the top 20.
High Potential also led all network series (not including sports) among adults 18-49, scoring a 3.85 rating in the key ad-sales demographic over five weeks. That equates to about 5.15 million viewers in that age range. More than 80 percent of those people watched the show via streaming; High Potential’s linear 18-49 rating was only 0.71, equivalent to about 950,000 viewers.
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Fox’s animated standbys Bob’s Burgers and Family Guy also got more than 80 percent of their 18-49 ratings from streaming — vaulting them from well down the rankings in the linear ratings into the top 20 overall. ABC’s Abbott Elementary, The Rookie, Shifting Gears and 911 and NBC’s St. Denis Medical all had at least 70 percent of their demo ratings come from streaming as well. In fact, among the top 20 shows in adults 18-49, only two (Survivor and Chicago Med) accrued less than 50 percent of their total from streaming.
The top 20 network entertainment shows in cross-platform ratings for 2024-25 are below.
