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It was a busy Tuesday night at CBS, which saw a trio of coronavirus-delayed season premieres kicking off with the Season 18 debut of NCIS, which delivered 0.9 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 10.06 million viewers. The popular procedural topped the night in viewership but was down from its Season 17 average…

The coronavirus pandemic cut short the 2019-20 seasons of most broadcast series as production shut down in mid-March. Now the continuing effects from the pandemic are altering the course of the 2020-21 season, with late launches and shorter runs for scripted series. CBS has trimmed the orders to its scripted series…

EXCLUSIVE: The latest crop of projects that are currently filming on location or have recently wrapped in greater Los Angeles includes five feature films, five TV dramas and seven reality shows, according to FilmLA, the city and county's film permit office. The five TV series are NCIS, Animal Kingdom, On the Verge…

CBS has set the first airdates for scripted series from its regular fall lineup. The network this morning announced November premiere dates for 10 scripted series — dramas NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: New Orleans, S.W.A.T and All Rise, and comedies Young Sheldon, The Neighborhood, Bob ♥ Abishola, new comedy B Posi…

EXCLUSIVE: CBS has topped primetime, daytime and late-night TV viewership for a second 52-week season in a row. While in a virtual dead-heat with NBC for overall total reach, the ViacomCBS-owned network averaged 6.32 million viewers in the highly valued 8-11 PM period for the 2019-2020 full-year season, says Nielsen…

EXCLUSIVE: Broadcast TV series are very slowly and cautiously heading back to production amid the coronavirus pandemic. I have learned that CBS drama stalwart NCIS and spinoff NCIS: Los Angeles have been assigned tentative dates to start production on their upcoming seasons under strict COVID-19 protocols — Sept. 9…

EXCLUSIVE: Maria Bello has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas. For the past three seasons, Bello has been starring opposite Mark Harmon on CBS’ long-running procedural drama series NCIS. The actress, who joined at the start of Season 15 with a three-year contract, will be leaving the show during the…

Everybody in TV knows that fortune in a fickle beast, but today is a good day to be Lachlan Murdoch. After eight long years without topping the rankings, the Masked Singer- and Super Bowl-injected Fox is poised to take first place among adults 18-49 for the 2019-20 television season. While the leaner Fox will score…

As part of a mass renewal of 15 scripted series, 18 overall, CBS this morning picked up its formidable NCIS franchise for next season. That includes flagship NCIS, the most watched drama on broadcast TV, for an 18th season, and spinoffs NCIS: Los Angeles for a 12th season and NCIS: New Orleans for a seventh. CBS and…

CBS has renewed 18 more series for 2020-21 including the majority of its drama lineup and a trio of comedies. The broadcaster has picked up dramas All Rise, Blue Bloods, Bull, FBI, FBI: Most Wanted, MacGyver, Magnum P.I., NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, NCIS: New Orleans, Seal Team and S.W.A.T., comedies Bob ♥ Abishola, The N…

Tuesday saw a couple of shows ending their seasons early led by NCIS on CBS, which slipped in the ratings but still managed to top primetime with a 1.2 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 13.18 million viewers, easily the night’s most watched program. NCIS was followed by two helpings of FBI: Most Wanted, with a…

CBS topped Tuesday with its crime dramas dominating viewership in primetime, highlighted by the biggest audience to watch NCIS in two years and the season finale of FBI, which hit a series high in viewers. NCIS led the charge, holding steady with last week and earning a 1.3 in the adults 18-49 demographic and 13.43…