'NCIS' Franchise Rating Come Out Swinging For CBS Tuesday Premiere Night
Deadline • • entertainment
Key Points:
- CBS's Tuesday night lineup, led by the NCIS franchise, averaged 5.49 million viewers, marking a 39% increase from last year's premiere Tuesday.
- The new series NCIS: New York premiered to 5.62 million viewers at 9 p.m., a 53% year-over-year increase in that time slot previously held by NCIS: Origins.
- The original NCIS Season 24 debut attracted 6.45 million viewers, its highest audience in over two years and up 21% from the previous year.
- NCIS: Origins Season 3 premiere drew 4.39 million viewers at 10 p.m., up 20% from its last premiere and 56% from the prior year's NCIS: Sydney premiere in the same time slot.
