TV Ratings Report: NCIS Hits New Series Low
Carissa Pavlica at .CBS discovered the magical formula of former NCIS vet Michael Weatherly sandwiched in between NCIS shows is not the key to the kingdom.
After a week off, NCIS, once THE biggest show on the air, returned down 0.3 to a new series low of 1.3.
That, in turn, left Bull hanging with its own series low of 1.1 dropping two-tenths.
NCIS: New Orleans, though, became the sole success of the CBS lineup by ticking up a tenth to a 1.1.
Do you think CBS is rethinking their schedule going into fall of 2017?
At ABC, The Middle was down one-tenth to 1.2 and American Housewife up one-tenth to 1.2. Fresh Off the Boat was down was down one-tenth to 1.0 and Imaginary Mary gained one-tenth to 0.9.
I did not know Imaginary Mary had started. Why? Hearst Broadcasting cut off my ABC on Dish Network at the beginning of March.
Marvel's Agents of Shield delivered a powerful episode and gained a tenth for a 0.8.
Over on NBC, it was another two-hour edition of The Voice, gaining momentum in the 9-10 hour. From 8-9 the rating was 1.7 and 9-10 it was 1.8.
The hour-long finale of Trial & Error at 10 dwindled a bit. The 10pm airing remained steady from last week with a 0.9 and the 10:30 airing lost some viewers, down two-tenths from the previous week and the first episode of the night with a 0.7.
Fox aired Brooklyn Nine-Nine at 8pm holding steady with a 0.7, followed by a repeat of The Mick with a 0.5, down three-tenths from a new episode last week, finishing off at 9pm with a new episode of Prison Break, down two-tenths from last week at 0.9.
Fox must be regretting the sure-thing revivals they banked on for Spring.
Over on The CW, The Flash was a repeat at 8pm with a 0.3, up a tenth, and iZombie remained steady with the same.
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