Tuesday TV Ratings: CBS Dominates Night With ‘NCIS’ & ‘FBI’ Ratings Power

CBS once again took the lead in a big way Tuesday night with the top 18-49 demo and total viewers winner, NCIS. The series, currently in its 17th season, hit a season high — in an episode directed by cast member Rocky Carroll — in total viewers with 13.44 million, a slight uptick from last week’s 13.22 million.

Coming in second in both categories was the show airing after Gibbs and Company, FBI, whose crossover with Chicago P.D. helped it climb a bit from last week’s total viewers (10.67 million) for not only a season high but its highest viewership in its two-season run. Spinoff FBI: Most Wanted fell from last week’s series high (9.49 million) but still won the 10 pm hour in both 18-49 and total viewers.

Here’s the breakdown for Tuesday, March 31, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):

Time	Show	Adults 18-49 rating	Viewers (millions)
8 p.m.	NCIS (CBS)	1.3	13.43
	The Conners – R (ABC)	0.6	4.13
	Ellen’s Game of Games – R (NBC)	1.0	4.82
	The Resident – R  (Fox)	0.5	2.19
	The Flash – R (CW)	0.1	564,000
8:30 p.m.	Bless This Mess – R (CBS)	0.4	2.61
9 p.m.	New Amsterdam – R (NBC)	0.5	2.92
	FBI  (CBS)	1.2	10.81
	Empire (FOX)	0.6	2.58
	mixed-ish – R (ABC)	0.4	2.30
	DC’s Legends of Tomorrow -R  (CW)	0.1	359,000
9:30 p.m.	black-ish – R (ABC)	0.4	2.10
10 p.m.	FBI: Most Wanted (CBS)	0.9	8.18
	NBC News Special (NBC)	0.6	3.56
	For Life (ABC)	0.6	2.38