Trending Now - Survivor 50' and 'scrubs' Revival Boost CBS Ratings

WHO:

CBS (network)

ABC (network)

Mike White (creator of The White Lotus, participant in Survivor 50)

Jenna Lewis-Dougherty (participant in Survivor 50, first voted out)

Colby Donaldson (participant in Survivor 50, winner of Season 48)

Stephenie Lagrossa Kendrick, Cirie Fields, Ozzy Lusth, Benjamin Wade, Aubry Bracco, Chrissy Hofbeck, Christian Hubicki, Angelina Keeley, Rick Devens, Jonathan Young, Dee Valladares, Emily Flippen, Q Burdette, Tiffany Ervin, Charlie Davis, Genevieve Mushaluk, Kamilla Karthigesu, Kyle Fraser, Joseph Hunter, Savannah Louie, Rizo Velovic (participants in Survivor 50)

Mark Burnett, Jeff Probst, Matt VanWagenen, Kahaia Pearson, Jesse Jensen (executive producers of Survivor)

WHAT:

Survivor 50 premiered with an average of 5.06 million viewers over three hours.

Survivor 50 had a 0.95 rating among adults 18-49 (approximately 1.29 million people).

Survivor 50 had a 1.22 rating among adults 25-54 (approximately 1.53 million viewers).

Scrubs revival premiered with two episodes, the first episode attracting 4.41 million viewers and a 0.66 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

The second episode of Scrubs averaged 3.52 million viewers and a 0.55 rating among adults 18-49.

The premiere of Survivor 50 was up 26% from its fall 2025 premiere and up 19% from its spring 2025 premiere.

CBS's total viewership on the night was 81% higher than NBC's.

WHERE:

Fiji (location of Survivor 50)

WHEN:

Survivor 50 premiered on March 1, 2026.

The finale of Season 42 of Survivor aired on May 25, 2022.

The last episode of Scrubs aired in 2010.

WHY:

The planning for Survivor 50 had been in the works for over two years.

HOW:

Survivor 50 maintained at least 90% of its audience each subsequent half-hour after its premiere.

Scrubs aired its episodes in a regular time period, excluding post-NFL premieres for other shows.

Today marks the premiere of Survivor 50, which captivated an average of 5.06 million viewers over its three-hour debut, significantly up from previous seasons. The show, filmed in Fiji, also achieved a 0.95 rating among adults 18-49, while CBS's overall viewership for the night was 81% higher than NBC's. In contrast, the revival of Scrubs premiered with two episodes, attracting 4.41 million viewers for the first episode and 3.52 million for the second, both airing in a regular time slot.