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TV Ratings: ‘NCIS,’ ‘911,’ ‘Chicago PD’ Lead Premiere Week Seven-Day Gains
A trio of dramas — 'NCIS,' '911' and 'Chicago PD' — posted the largest seven-day viewing gains in the first week of the TV season.

TV Ratings: ‘NCIS,’ ‘911,’ ‘Chicago PD’ Lead Premiere Week Seven-Day Gains

Ryan Guzman and Aisha Hinds in ‘911.’Courtesy of Jack Zeman /Fox

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CBS’ NCIS had the biggest seven-day jump in viewers in the opening frame of the TV season, but it fell a bit short of becoming the most watched network series for premiere week. Three other shows — Fox’s 911, NBC’s Chicago PD and CBS’ Survivor — performed best among adults 18-49.

NCIS added 3.43 million viewers via DVR use in the seven days after its Sept. 19 premiere, going from an all-time same-day low of 5.82 million to 9.25 million. The seven-day total was good for third place among all non-sports primetime shows in premiere week, behind fellow CBS drama FBI (9.59 million, up 2.78 million from its same-day total) and NBC’s Chicago Fire (9.54 million, up 2.79 million).

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In the key ad demographic of adults 18-49, 911, Chicago Fire and Survivor had the top seven-day ratings of 1.2 (equivalent to about 1.57 million people in that age group). The two dramas added half a point to their same-day ratings, while Survivor grew by 0.4.

Only two new network series aired during the Sept. 19-25 period. NBC’s Quantum Leap update added 2.17 million viewers over seven days, growing to 5.52 million. The time period premiere of Fox’s Monarch went from 1.72 million to 3.17 million viewers, a gain of 1.45 million.

The seven-day Nielsen figures do not include streaming, which makes up a sizable portion of the total audience for entertainment programming. The second-season premiere of ABC’s Abbott Elementary, for instance, delivered 4.3 million viewers over seven days in Nielsen’s linear measurements. Adding streaming and other digital platforms, according to ABC, brought the show’s full seven-day tally to 7 million — meaning streaming made up almost 39 percent of the full viewership.

The top 10 broadcast shows (including ties) in the seven-day ratings for Sept. 19-25 are below.

Total Viewers

ShowNetworkLive +7 viewers
(000s)
Change from
live + SD
% change from
live + SD
Sunday Night FootballNBC17,893901%
Monday Night FootballABC12,948891%
FBICBS9,5892,78341%
Chicago FireNBC9,5362,79041%
NCISCBS9,2523,43359%
Chicago MedNBC9,0252,44037%
Chicago PDNBC8,7313,24959%
NCIS: Hawai’iCBS8,3943,08258%
FBI: Most WantedCBS8,2022,93556%
The Voice – MondayNBC7,7141,59726%

Adults 18-49

ShowNetworkLive +7
18-49 rating
Change from
live + SD
% change from
live + SD
Sunday Night FootballNBC5.10.12%
Monday Night FootballABC3.8even0%
The SimpsonsFox1.50.17%
911Fox1.20.571%
Chicago PDNBC1.20.571%
SurvivorCBS1.20.450%
Chicago FireNBC1.10.457%
Chicago MedNBC1.10.457%
The BacheloretteABC1.10.222%
The Masked SingerFox1.00.467%
Law & Order: Organized CrimeNBC1.00.467%
Law & Order: SVUNBC1.00.343%
The Voice — TuesdayNBC1.00.343%
Big Brother — SundayCBS1.00.225%

Source: Nielsen

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