‘Survivor’ Season 45 Boasts Renewed Ratings Success For CBS As Younger Audiences Flock To Long-Running Competition Series

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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.