‘Tracker’ Returns Strong As Season 2 Premiere Of Justin Hartley Series Draws 8.3M Viewers On CBS

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CBS‘ Tracker is starting the 2024-25 season the way it ended the 2023-24 one — on top of the broadcast program rankings. The Season 2 premiere of the procedural drama starring Justin Hartley drew 8.3M Live+Same Day linear viewers Sept.

13 in its new Sunday 8 PM time period, according to Nielsen data. That is Tracker’s most watched episode since its post-Super Bowl debut, with the 20th TV-produced series ranking as the #1 entertainment program of the week across broadcast and cable in total viewers.

It is also the most-watched linear premiere of the 2024-25 broadcast season so far, edging CBS’ hot newcomer, Matlock (7.7M), which launched with a “sneak peak” in the same Sunday 8 PM slot coming out of 60 Minutes three weeks ago.

Both series faced NBC’s Sunday Night Football, Tracker, which built onto its 60 Minutes viewership lead-in by 13%, also aired against MLB playoff coverage on Fox.