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‘Matlock’ Off To Strong Start With 7.73M Viewers, Sets 5-Year Non-Super Bowl Premiere High For CBS
The sneak peak premiere of CBS' Matlcok starring Kathy Bates averaged 7.73 million viewers Sunday in time adjusted Fast National L+SD Nielsen ratings.
The Oscar-winning veteran’s return to broadcast TV with CBS ‘ Matlock delivered Live+Same Day linear viewership numbers we rarely see anymore. The “sneak peak” premiere of Jennie Snyder Uraman’s reimagening of the Andy Griffin classic with Bates as the eponymous attorney averaged 7.73 million viewers Sunday in time adjusted Fast National L+SD Nielsen ratings. The CBS Studios-produced series also has been embraced by fans who have flooded social media with positive — and shocked — reactions, approving of the pilot episode’s surprise twist, which Urman dissected in an interview with Deadline.
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