What Do ‘NCIS: New York’s Ratings Suggest About a Season 2?

NCIS: New York has gotten off to a promising start for CBS. It seems like the all-NCIS night is continuing to work, and the newest spinoff in the hit franchise has slotted right in and is keeping people watching.

The series that brought LL COOL J back as Sam Hanna, now partnered with Scott Caan‘s Nick Schaeffer, got off to a strong start, with all three shows in the franchise the top three most-watched scripted broadcast programs for Tuesday, October 6. New York was the night’s second most watched-scripted broadcast program, with an average of 5.62 million viewers. That number was up 53% to last year’s NCIS: Origins time period premiere and 50% from Origins‘ year-ago season average.

Then, when looking at Nielsen live plus 7-days of multiplatform viewership for the premiere, 10.25 million had tuned in, an increase of 58% from Origins last year. That’s also the most viewers across that period for fall’s new shows (except for Newlyweds, for which that data was not yet available).

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In general, numbers seem to be steady for NCIS: New York, averaging about a 0.37 rating among adults 18-49 and 5.18 million viewers across the first three episodes. It’s been one of the most-watched shows on Tuesdays, and it seems likely that those numbers won’t fluctuate too much.

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The NCIS spinoff has already gotten a 20-episode order, meaning that it already has a full season — NBC just gave Line of Fire a pickup for just that — and the only announcement about its future would be a renewal. It seems likely it will get a second season unless there are any major changes to the ratings over the next few months. But NCIS in general seems to do well for the network, especially the three-show night on Tuesdays now, so chances are looking good.

But what do you think? Do you think NCIS: New York will get a second season? Let us know in the comments section below.

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