The ratings for NCIS dropped last season but the series remained the most-watched TV show on network television. While there seems to be no chance of NCIS being cancelled, shows do get more expensive the longer they’re on the air and this one’s been around a long time. Could this be the final season or is a 13th season renewal all-but guaranteed? Stay tuned.
On NCIS, Jethro Gibbs (Mark Harmon) and his team of special agents continue to investigate crimes that involve the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Co-stars are Emily Wickersham, Michael Weatherly, Sean Murray, David McCallum, Pauley Perrette, Rocky Carroll, and Brian Dietzen.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings (particularly the 18-49 demo), the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available — usually the next day, around 11:30am EST/8:30am PST. Refresh to see the latest.
5/11 update: To no surprise, CBS has renewed NCIS for a 13th season.
Final season averages: 2.43 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 17.26 million total viewers.
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Due to a Nielsen glitch, some of the early ratings of the 2014-15 season were revised a few weeks later.
For comparisons: The 11th season of NCIS averaged a 2.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic with 18.5 million total viewers.
Note: Note: These are the Live + Same Day Ratings which include “live” viewing plus delayed DVR viewing, up until 3am local time that same night. Ratings marked with an “*” are the fast affiliate ratings and will be updated with the Live+SD numbers when they are made available. Typically, networks get paid for C+3 ratings which includes DVR viewing within three days of the original airing when commercials are watched. Those numbers are rarely released to the press.
What do you think? Do you still like the NCIS TV series? Do you think it should be cancelled or be renewed for a 13th season? How long should it continue?
series low is 2.1 just about there now. what will the ratings be in spring when it typically loses a few more tenths of its demo
Still love NCIS .Still best show going and I hope Ziva comes back but if she don`t I will still watch it .All other shows out there are terrible ,besides the NCIS group …ie LA and New Orleans .
I don’t watch NCIS enough to know the show as others or follow it. I’ve seen some eps that don’t add up to a WHOLE season so..I don’t like Kate enough but don’t dislike her either..As for siva..HATE HER! I found her character to be too FORCED and her ‘characters’ ignorance to the whole ‘AMERICA’ lingo thing is NOT cute which I KNOW most to all FIND “cute,” is just really bad/forced acting on HER part. As for the NEW girl..I saw her for a couple of minutes when she first appeared.. No comment..Just..WTH is with her odd mannerism, is… Read more »
Oh. HOW can I forget about “Ducky”..LOVE, LOVE HIM!!
Palmer’s cool..Ducky’s asst..That’s his name right..Hate that ‘AA/Black’ dir man thou..URGH! That red head was pretty bad but at least she was doing a better job then that ass.
The first Dir.Morrow, has to BE THY BEST out of the 3?? Is it still 3??
The Bishop character is the first female character that Gary Glasburg created as a producer. Kate came from the mind of the original series producer, and Ziva arrived in season 3, again before Glasburg. Bishop has no personality. Creating strong female characters may not be among his strong points. So far, I’m also not sold on the ladies on ncis New Orleans, his spinoff. Maybe it’s in the backstory, but the actress has to be strong as well, and I am just tolerating Bishop’s presence now.
the clips I have seen of the two junior agents on NOLA seem to have them reenacting the tony/kate brother/sister dynamic from early ncis seasons
I still love the show, but I do miss ziva. tony is lost without her.
I enjoy NCIS. Let’s have Ziva back.
the after Ziva ratings decline continues.
still the best show! And so much better without cote. It’s said how people don’t give emily(bishop) a chance. Everyone of the cast are amazingly talented and this show will go on into a 13th season!!!
People have given her a chance. her character stinks and her acting is bad. and the ratings going DOWN confirms it.
Bishop just doesn’t fit. They keep trying and the latest episode where she says he has been overly nice to her, shows they know it chemistry is wrong. I am not one that wants to hold on to Ziva, Cote left the show. But they need a better fit than Bishop. For the first time in 12 season’s the chemistry is broken.
I don’t watch NCIS anymore, I only watch old episodes. It isn’t only that I miss Ziva, and Bishop is terrible, but I feel that nothing is the same. Stories and characters are weaker, I don’t know if the problem is a bad work of the writers, and the producer that have made a very bad choice, but I feel that nothing is the same. I watched a few weeks of season 11 and from time to time I watch to see if anythin has changed, but no. NCIS used to be my favorite show in TV. I feel very… Read more »
It seems like they concentrated on launching NOLA and left the mothership to founder as they just make so so episodes they can sell into syndication.
Loos like NCIS will be in the low 2s by Chirstmas and hitting series lows in the spring,i.e. high 1s
Look guys, I don’t care if Ziva comes back or not, Cote made her decision and that’s final, we get it. Kate or Zivy I don’t care which of them are superior than one another, But we all know one thing is clear. Both of them are much better than Bishop! So can we please please please get rid of bishop, kill her off in the show or whatever and get another female lead please? Seriously I can’t take it any longer. Her character is a wishy washy weirdo wallflower and even the actress is terrible too. I don’t care… Read more »
I agree with everything you said! Even a zombie Kate would be better than what’s-her-face.
I liked both Kate and Ziva for different reasons, but the character of Bishop is just too wishy-washy and no substance. I’ve watched every episode of NCIS and bought the boxed sets, yet sadly by the end of the 11th season, I just didn’t care enough any more. I honestly don’t know if I’ll watch season 12. I’m going to miss it, but the storylines just don’t hold together for me like they used to.
We’re still watching the show, and I never like Ziva! She couldn’t compare w/the beautiful Kate~!
I love NCIS ..however they need a strong female lead and I have a suggestion for one… Tricia Helfer, who played Texas Ranger Molly Parker on the now defunct Killer Women. By the way she’s a redhead! How good is that! Are you listening Mr Bellisario?? Mark Harmon are you listening?? She’s perfect!! She good looking and can play tough. Get it through your heads Cote is not coming back so stop yer whining.. The new nerdy girl isn’t cutting it.. there are already 2 nerds on the show, McGee and Abby. They don’t need a third. The fact that… Read more »
its funny how you tell the ziva lovers to stop whining and then say exactly what they say, bishop sucks.
and no I don’t give a crap if one character is on a show or not.
I agree with Nemo. I could care less if Ziva is on the show or not. I tolerated the character but would not say I liked or disliked her. The problem with NCIS are the lame plot lines. You can only do so much after so many years.
They had all kinds of time. Mr. Moonves said in an article that they had no excuse for being unprepared as they knew beforehand what was likely to happen. They just don’t care. As long as the ratings are high they don’t care how bad the show is.
Just my opinion, but the ratings dropped because Cote De Pablo (Ziva David) was no longer on the show. The producers need to find a way to get her back on the show and once again the ratings will go up.
Maybe ratings dropped because Cote de Pablo left. But thats not the only reason. When Sasha Alexander left and Kate died i said i would never watch NCIS again, but they managed to implement Cotes character quite well and i even liked her better. They just didn´t with Bishop. She is just flat. And in general the plot is just flat. It already started in season 10.
Mark Harmon is a nice guy, but I am just getting tired of the same old, unbelieveable story lines. Last night’s show was quite easy to figure out and a laugher.
I guess they broke the SR71 Blackbird out of mothballs to get Tony to the Finnish/Russian border in less than an hour and a half. Set up a faraday cage(?) to isolate a computer and then run a power cord to it. Really dumb, especially since it was a laptop and didn’t need the power cord. I’m supposed to be scared of the big bad Sergei, you mean the guy Gibbs outsmarted half a dozen times already. Why not steal the jeep instead of blowing it up? the list of stupid plot holes is endless.