and Adults 25-54

CBS Wins the Night By Nearly +4.5 Million More Viewers Ahead of

Closest Competitor

NCIS was Tuesday’s most watched program while NCIS: LOS ANGELES and PERSON OF INTEREST both won their time periods in viewers and adults 25-54, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for March 4.

NCIS was #1 in viewers (17.68m) and second in both adults 25-54 (3.7/10) and adults 18-49 (2.4/07).  Compared to last week, NCIS added +650,000 viewers (from 17.03m, +4%).  NCIS was the night's number one program in viewers.

NCIS: LOS ANGELES was #1 in viewers (14.29m), adults 25-54 (3.3/08) and second in adults 18-49 (2.1/06).  Compared to last week, NCIS: LOS ANGELES was up  +3% in adults 25-54 (from 3.2/08) and added +1.13m viewers (from 13.16m, +9%). 

At 10PM, PERSON OF INTEREST was #1 in viewers (10.59m), adults 25-54 (2.5/07) and second in adults 18-49 (1.7/05).  

For the night, CBS was #1 in viewers (14.19m) by nearly +4.5 million ahead of its closest competitor and second in both adults 25-54 (3.2/08) and adults 18-49 (2.1/06). 

Updated Tuesday ratings will be available later today.

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