Each Sunday, CBS exhibits Tracker and The Street are scheduled to air at a sure time but are all the time delayed — however what has brought on the constant change?
Viewers have tuned in weekly to see Justin Hartley clear up a brand new thriller at 8 p.m. with Watson following up at 9 p.m. after which Queen Latifah on The Equalizer at 10 p.m. Now Tracker is paired with Blake Shelton and Keith City‘s musical competitors sequence.
The timing, nevertheless, is all the time pushed as a result of CBS is dwelling to soccer broadcasts. Since NFL video games often run lengthy, this impacts the 60 Minutes particular that all the time follows. Consequently, every part else will get pushed again and, nicely, you get the concept.
Tracker was plagued with delays throughout its first season, because of reside occasions like March Insanity and the CMT Music Awards. The present nonetheless discovered a technique to be coined the most-watched broadcast premiere since NCIS‘ closing episode with Mark Harmon in September 2021. Its common viewership was reported to be 18.2 million per episode, in line with Paramount+ and broadcast measurements.
Selection‘s annual record of the yr’s 100 most-watched primetime telecasts revealed that Tracker episodes earned 15 high spots. Regardless of making Us wait 11 weeks for brand new episodes, the second season dominated viewership with the season 2 premiere bringing in 8.3 million whole viewers — a virtually 10 p.c enhance in viewership from the season 1 finale. The season 2 premiere additionally marked the present’s highest viewers because the sequence debuted in February 2024 after the Tremendous Bowl.
Tracker, which premiered in February 2024, is centered round a survivalist named Colter (Hartley) who travels the nation serving to to resolve quite a lot of mysteries. Hartley, 48, just lately spoke about how Tracker’s success has paved the way in which for extra alternatives.
“It’s actually the cool present now, proper? So, we really obtained actually fortunate. I really feel like I blinked, unexpectedly awoke and it’s been 20 years. However I’ve been on this enterprise lengthy sufficient to have developed these relationships,” he advised The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month. “Once you see the folks on our present which can be acquainted faces and actors you realize, like Jensen Ackles and my spouse [Sofia Pernas], these are relationships I’ve had for a very long time. I used to be actually grateful I used to be ready to try this.”
He continued: “I believe they trusted me figuring out I’m not going to name them and ask them to do one thing, or invite them to do one thing until I believe it’s actually cool and enjoyable and could be good for them as nicely. So we begin off on that foot, after which this present turned what it’s. It’s big. Individuals assume it’s cool and need to be part of it, which can be good as a result of it permits you to get an even bigger pool of expertise.”
Forward of the present’s season finale, Hartley promised to ship some surprises.
“You’ll get the final 5 episodes in a row. So, you’re getting 5 separate motion pictures. We name them little motion pictures. As we’re inching nearer to the tip of the season, we creep nearer and nearer to the thriller of what the hell occurred to Colter’s father,” he teased. “How did he die? Was there in truth one other man within the woods? Did he get pushed? Did he get killed? Was it an accident? What the hell is happening with that?”
Hartley confirmed there was already a potential story deliberate for season 3, including, “Now we’re in new territory. Now we have a few concepts. One in all these is that Colter has all of those expertise — he’s a survivalist and he is aware of the way to be alone, and he is aware of the way to discover folks and he’s gifted in that regard. He’s an excellent listener.”
The actor concluded: “However it might be fascinating, I believe, to see him be arrange. In different phrases, to see him utilizing all these expertise to run from the authorities, since you’ve been arrange for no matter cause. I’d like to have all that tie into the household background, the federal government. So, we’ll see. We’ve been kicking that concept round. Now we have quite a lot of completely different stuff that we’re speaking about. Now we have the underlying theme of what we’re going to do subsequent yr, whereas not likely altering the path of the place our story goes.”
Tracker airs on CBS Sundays at 8 p.m. ET whereas The Street follows at 9 p.m. ET. New episodes stream the subsequent day on Paramount+.
