{"id":383541,"date":"2026-01-02T12:57:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383541\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T12:57:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T12:57:12","slug":"justin-hartleys-tracker-is-breaking-tv-records-biggest-accomplishments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/383541\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Hartley’s Tracker Is Breaking TV Records: Biggest Accomplishments"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to breaking TV records, there is no denying that Justin Hartley knows what America wants \u2014 just look at his hit show Tracker<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Based on Jeffery Deaver\u2018s novel<\/a> The Never Game, Tracker follows a survivalist named Colter (Hartley) who travels the country helping people and law enforcement tackle a variety of mysteries. As the series unfolds, viewers learn more about<\/a> how Colter\u2019s past shaped his current life as a lone wolf.<\/p>\n

Hartley, 48, serves as both the lead and an executive producer on the show, which found its audience as soon as it premiered in early 2024. As Tracker continued to set TV records and raise viewership numbers, the actor credited the storytelling.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the things I really love about Colter and the way we\u2019ve built him is that he doesn\u2019t apologize for his masculinity,\u201d he told Men\u2019s Journal in August 2025. \u201cI think that\u2019s what people are looking for. You\u2019re asking yourself, \u2018What kind of people do I want to hang out with?\u2019 And particularly: \u2018What kind of male friends do I have in my life that I really value?’\u201d<\/p>\n

Hartley was thrilled with the example they are able to set with Colter.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ve crafted a character that is so emotionally evolved, and he really does want to get to the root of why people do things,\u201d Hartley continued. \u201cThe facts are that [executive producer] Ken Olin and I set out to do a show that was in fact a throwback. We wanted a new spin on a procedural, meaning our character would evolve over time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hartley added: \u201cHe would not just remain the same exact person every single week. We were hopeful people would like it. People ended up loving it. I think there\u2019s a huge appetite for this kind of show.\u201d<\/p>\n

At the time, Hartley acknowledged that the idea<\/a> of a strong lead \u2014 both emotionally and physically \u2014 has become a trend.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not sure we\u2019re in a Renaissance period for these kinds of shows, but I think the proof is in the pudding,\u201d he noted. \u201cI mean, look at Reacher. It\u2019s more serialized, but it\u2019s the same kind of thing. People like a hero. They like to root for a hero, so I think there\u2019s a huge audience for that beyond just Tracker.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keep scrolling to see every accomplishment Tracker has achieved \u2014 so far:\n<\/p>\n

Series Premiere<\/p>\n

\"DidColin Bentley\/CBS<\/p>\n

After making its debut following the Super Bowl in February 2024, Tracker earned the most-watched broadcast premiere in three years. The show that previously held that title was NCIS\u2019 final episode with Mark Harmon in September 2021.<\/p>\n

The viewership only increased from there with CBS revealing in December 2024 that Tracker averaged 18.2 million viewers per episode according to their Paramount+ and broadcast measurements.<\/p>\n

Season 2 Premiere<\/p>\n

When the hit CBS series returned for a second season later in 2024, it brought in 8.3 million total viewers, which was nearly 10 percent up in viewership from the season 1 finale. The season 2 premiere also marked the show\u2019s highest audience since the series debuted after the Super Bowl.<\/a><\/p>\n

Most-Watched Telecasts of 2023<\/p>\n

\"Tracker\"Sergei Bachlakov\/CBS<\/p>\n

Tracker was the 2023-24 TV season\u2019s most-watched entertainment series, being ranked as the No. 1 show since Survivor premiered in 2000.<\/p>\n

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Most-Watched Telecasts of 2024<\/p>\n

Variety\u2018s annual list of the year\u2019s 100 most-watched primetime telecasts revealed that 15 of the slots belonged to Tracker.<\/a><\/p>\n

Most-Watched Telecasts of 2025<\/p>\n

\"SeeSergei Bachlakov\/CBS<\/p>\n

At the end of 2025, Tracker scored 19 episodes on the year\u2019s top 100 primetime telecasts ranker, which was more than anything outside of the NFL.<\/p>\n

Ruling the 2025 Season<\/p>\n

According to ratings from both ABC and CBS, High Potential and Tracker were virtually tied as the most-watched entertainment series \u2014 when not counting sports and news \u2014 on broadcast in the 2025 calendar year.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to breaking TV records, there is no denying that Justin Hartley knows what America wants…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383542,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,91,88,451,3,452,453,92],"class_list":["post-383541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-celebrity-news","tag-entertainment","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383541\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}