Overview
- The Tuesday premieres on Oct. 6 delivered a No. 1 broadcast finish for CBS, averaging 5.49 million viewers and rising 39% from the same night last year.
- The flagship NCIS Season 24 premiere led the night with about 6.45 million viewers, its biggest audience in more than two years and up roughly 21% year‑over‑year.
- NCIS: New York debuted to roughly 5.62 million viewers in the 9 p.m. hour, marking about a 50–53% gain versus the comparable prior premiere time period.
- NCIS: Origins’ Season 3 premiere drew about 4.39 million viewers in the 10 p.m. hour, a near 20% increase from its year‑ago premiere and a large gain versus last year’s show in that slot.
- CBS paired casting returns (Michael Weatherly, Mark Harmon, LL Cool J and Scott Caan) with schedule moves and next‑day Paramount+ availability to rebuild linear viewership and position the franchise for sustained ratings and streaming engagement.