These Two CBS Dramas Topped TV Scores Over the Weekend

CBS’ Fire Country and Blue Bloods gained numerous consideration with their newest episodes, which aired on Friday, November 22. Per TVLine, the previous, which noticed Jared Padalecki proceed his guest-starring position as Camden, drew 4.7 million viewers with a 0.4 demo ranking. Alternatively, the latter was unsurprisingly Friday’s most-watched program, with 5.1 million viewers and a 0.3 demo ranking, additionally the perfect demo variety of the autumn.

Fire Country’s rankings tied with that of CBS’ S.W.A.T., which attained 4.6 million whole viewers and a 0.4 demo ranking, becoming a member of the opposite applications with season highs. It additionally marked Padalecki’s second guest-starring episode of three, with the present set to return on Friday, December 6, with the “False Alarm” episode. As for Blue Bloods, the particular episode “Blue Bloods: Celebrating a Household Legacy” airs on Friday, November 29, earlier than rounding up with its two closing episodes that arrive on December 6 and December 13.

Fire Country and Blue Bloods are solely totally different exhibits, however they’re each dramas and share the identical community, CBS. Created by Max Thieriot, Tony Phelan, and Joan Rater, Hearth Nation is an motion drama sequence that debuted on October 7, 2022. It was then renewed for a second season on January 6, 2023, which premiered on February 16, 2024, comprising ten episodes, decrease than Season 1’s twenty-two episodes. The procedural drama is at present in its third chapter, which arrived on October 18, 2024, and stars Thieriot, Kevin Alejandro, Jordan Calloway, Stephanie Arcila, Jules Latimer, Billy Burke, Diane Farr, Leven Rambin, Padalecki, Michael Trucco, Rafael de la Fuente and Alix West Lefler.

In distinction, Blue Bloods is much older and debuted on CBS on September 24, 2010. The police procedural sequence, now on its final run, was renewed for a fourteenth season on March 29, 2023, and premiered on February 16, 2024, because of the delay brought on by the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike. Earlier than then, Season 14 was announced as the series’ final chapter, that includes eighteen episodes. Starring on this acclaimed sequence are Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes and Len Cariou for all 14 seasons. Equally, Marisa Ramirez has been a daily since Season 4 and Vanessa Ray since Season 5, whereas Amy Carlson starred in Seasons 1–7 and Sami Gayle in Seasons 1–10.

Hearth Nation and Blue Bloods air on Fridays on CBS.