CBS’ ‘NCIS’ Moves Ahead of ‘Sunday Night Football’ in Live+3 As The Week’s #1 Program

16 Oct 2015

With live + 3-day viewing added, NCIS (19.84m) moved ahead of “Sunday Night Football” (19.64m) as Week Three’s #1 program, according to Nielsen live plus 3-day ratings for the week of Oct. 5-11.

CBS had eight of the top 10 scripted broadcasts with THE BIG BANG THEORY (19.57m) #2 behind only NCIS. CBS’s Friday dramas, BLUE BLOODS (13.78m) and HAWAII FIVE-0 (11.31m), also continue to score impressive playback lifts.  The L +3-day audience for the veteran crime dramas deliver more viewers than “The Blacklist” (10.92m), “How to Get Away with Murder” (10.50m) and “Quantico” (9.79m).

 

Top 50 L+3 Rankings and Lifts for Week 3:

 

Primetime Weekly Rank – Live+3 vs. Live+SD – TOTAL VIEWERS
Source: Nielsen NPM,   LIVE+SD, LIVE+3 (10/05/2015 – 10/11/2015)
Live+SD Rank	Live+3 Rank	Program Title	Network	LIVE+SD PER2+ (000)	LIVE+3 PER2+ (000)	Percent Lift	Actual Lift (000)
2	1	NCIS	CBS	16,865	19,838	18%	2,973
1	2	NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL	NBC	19,586	19,636	0%	50
4	3	BIG BANG THEORY, THE	CBS	15,396	19,573	27%	4,177
8	4	EMPIRE	FOX	13,101	17,013	30%	3,912
6	5	NCIS: NEW ORLEANS	CBS	14,181	16,408	16%	2,227
3	6	60 MINUTES	CBS	15,409	15,854	3%	445
5	7	CBS+NFLN THU NT FOOTBALL	CBS	15,075	15,158	1%	83
7	8	SUNDAY NIGHT NFL PRE-KICK	NBC	13,937	13,978	0%	41
9	9	VOICE	NBC	12,152	13,955	15%	1,803
12	10	BLUE BLOODS	CBS	10,737	13,781	28%	3,044
18	11	BLINDSPOT	NBC	9,062	13,391	48%	4,329
10	12	DANCING WITH THE STARS	ABC	11,819	13,236	12%	1,417
11	13	MADAM SECRETARY	CBS	11,152	13,031	17%	1,879
14	14	SCORPION	CBS	9,952	13,029	31%	3,077
15	15	LIMITLESS	CBS	9,574	12,175	27%	2,601
16	16	CRIMINAL MINDS	CBS	9,081	12,016	32%	2,935
23	17	SCANDAL	ABC	8,760	11,970	37%	3,210
27	18	MODERN FAMILY	ABC	7,987	11,382	43%	3,395
19	19	HAWAII FIVE-0	CBS	8,969	11,314	26%	2,345
17	20	SURVIVOR	CBS	9,067	10,960	21%	1,893
32	21	BLACKLIST	NBC	7,019	10,917	56%	3,898
25	22	GREY’S ANATOMY	ABC	8,124	10,857	34%	2,733
22	23	GOOD WIFE, THE	CBS	8,815	10,815	23%	2,000
26	24	NCIS: LOS ANGELES	CBS	7,995	10,620	33%	2,625
13	25	FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 3	NBC	10,565	10,584	0%	19
29	26	HOW TO GET AWAY W/MURDER	ABC	7,217	10,497	45%	3,280
20	27	LIFE IN PIECES	CBS	8,909	10,417	17%	1,508
46	28	QUANTICO	ABC	5,747	9,788	70%	4,041
36	29	CASTLE	ABC	6,760	9,687	43%	2,927
21	30	VOICE-TUE	NBC	8,875	9,591	8%	716
33	31	LAW AND ORDER:SVU	NBC	7,003	9,371	34%	2,368
35	32	CODE BLACK	CBS	6,832	9,121	34%	2,289
38	33	CHICAGO PD	NBC	6,485	8,992	39%	2,507
28	34	MIDDLE, THE	ABC	7,304	8,903	22%	1,599
24	35	CBS+NFLN THU NT PRE-KICK	CBS	8,577	8,587	0%	10
30	36	MYSTERIES OF LAURA	NBC	7,196	8,538	19%	1,342
37	37	GOLDBERGS, THE	ABC	6,600	8,380	27%	1,780
40	38	CSI: CYBER	CBS	6,048	8,083	34%	2,035
43	39	BLACK-ISH	ABC	5,857	7,999	37%	2,142
39	40	LAST MAN STANDING	ABC	6,345	7,680	21%	1,335
42	41	BONES	FOX	5,896	7,630	29%	1,734
41	42	AMAZING RACE	CBS	5,923	7,488	26%	1,565
49	43	ONCE UPON A TIME	ABC	5,276	7,212	37%	1,936
31	44	FOOTBALL NT AMERICA PT 2	NBC	7,157	7,176	0%	19
44	45	SHARK TANK	ABC	5,844	7,066	21%	1,222
47	46	DR. KEN	ABC	5,716	6,926	21%	1,210
34	47	CBS+NFLN THU NT KICK-OFF2	CBS	6,902	6,902	0%	0
45	48	ROSEWOOD	FOX	5,751	6,891	20%	1,140
60	49	MARVEL AGENTS S.H.I.E.L.D	ABC	4,318	6,415	49%	2,097
51	50	FRESH OFF THE BOAT	ABC	4,849	6,343	31%	1,494