One month into the new TV season we’re getting a good look at the lift the new fall shows are getting from delayed viewing, up to seven days after the first airing.
For the week of Sept. 28-Oct. 4 NBC’s got the top gainer in its new show Blindspot. Its original airing on Sept. 28 was watched by 9.11 million viewers, but that jumped to 15.12 million by the end of a seven-day window. That’s an additional 6.01 million viewers or a 60 percent lift. The biggest percentage gainer is CBS’s Quantico with a 71 percent lift. CBS also had the most watched show in Live +SD viewing (NCIS) and Live +7 (Big Bang Theory) as well as the most shows in the Top 20, with 9:
| Show | Network | Live +SD | Live +7 | Viewer Lift | % Lift |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blindspot | NBC | 9.11 | 15.12 | 6.01 | 66% |
| Big Bang Theory | CBS | 15.23 | 20.78 | 5.55 | 36% |
| Empire | FOX | 13.74 | 19.27 | 5.53 | 40% |
| Blacklist | NBC | 7.77 | 13.24 | 5.47 | 70% |
| Quantico | ABC | 6.98 | 11.91 | 4.93 | 71% |
| Scandal | ABC | 9.12 | 13.63 | 4.51 | 49% |
| Modern Family | ABC | 8.72 | 13.06 | 4.34 | 50% |
| Scorpion | CBS | 9.50 | 13.82 | 4.32 | 45% |
| How to Get Away w/ Murder | ABC | 7.53 | 11.82 | 4.29 | 57% |
| Limitless | CBS | 9.73 | 13.84 | 4.11 | 42% |
| NCIS | CBS | 16.53 | 20.46 | 3.93 | 24% |
| Criminal Minds | CBS | 10.08 | 14.01 | 3.93 | 39% |
| Castle | ABC | 6.74 | 10.66 | 3.92 | 58% |
| Blue Bloods | CBS | 11.41 | 15.30 | 3.89 | 34% |
| NCIS: LA | CBS | 7.66 | 11.37 | 3.71 | 48% |
| Grey’s Anatomy | ABC | 8.58 | 12.24 | 3.66 | 43% |
| Code Black | CBS | 8.58 | 12.08 | 3.50 | 41% |
| Chicago PD | NBC | 6.65 | 9.93 | 3.28 | 49% |
| Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | 9.25 | 12.52 | 3.27 | 35% |
| Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D | ABC | 4.90 | 7.86 | 2.96 | 60% |
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