TV Ratings: Great Week For CBS

Worldwide viewership of Oprah Winfrey’s interview with British royals Prince Harry and Meghan is up to nearly 50 million people — and counting — as CBS quickly scheduled a Friday night rerun for anyone who missed it the first time.

The Associated Press reports the estimate of 49.1 million viewers in 17 countries is sure to rise. Not all of the ratings are in, and CBS licensed the interview to air in more than 80 territories, the network said.

In the United States, the interview was seen by 17.8 million people on CBS, the Nielsen company said. It aired a night later in Britain, where ITV said it had 13.3 million viewers, a huge number for a smaller country.

CBS said the interview will be shown again Friday, from 8 to 10 p.m.

Powered by Winfrey and royals, CBS won the week with an average of 6 million viewers in prime time. ABC had 3.5 million, NBC had 3.2 million, Fox had 2.5 million, Univision had 1.3 million, Ion Television had 1.1 million and Telemundo had 1 million.

👉Top 20 Prime-time shows (Total Viewers):

1. “Oprah with Meghan & Harry,” CBS, 17.81 million.

2. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 10.04 million.

3. “NCIS,” CBS, 9.61 million.

4. “The Voice” (Monday), NBC, 7.9 million.

5. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 7.71 million.

6. “FBI,” CBS, 7.37 million.

7. “911,” Fox, 6.41 million.

8. “The Voice” (Tuesday), NBC, 6.36 million.

9. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 6.3 million.

10. “Equalizer,” CBS, 5.87 million.

11. “FBI: Most Wanted,” CBS, 5.74 million.

12. “Celebrity Wheel of Fortune,” ABC, 5.72 million.

13. “Magnum, P.I.,” CBS, 5.63 million.

14. “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” ABC, 5.59 million.

15. “911: Lone Star,” Fox, 5.34 million.

16. “American Idol,” ABC, 5.29 million.

17. “Mom,” CBS, 5.28 million.

18. “B Positive,” CBS, 5.07 million.

19. “The Bachelor,” ABC, 4.74 million.

20. NBA Basketball: NBA All-Star Game, TNT, 4.67 million.

ABC’s “World News Tonight” won the evening news ratings race with an average of 9.3 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly News” had 7.5 million and the “CBS Evening News” had 5.5 million.

Fox News Channel led the cable networks, averaging 2.37 million viewers in prime time. MSNBC had 1.88 million, TNT had 1.41 million, CNN had 1.25 million and HGTV had 1.11 million.

👉Basic Cable TV Total Viewers:

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