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THE NCIS TEAM EXPOSES TWO CON ARTISTS WHO BOUNCE BETWEEN RETIREMENT HOMES RUNNING SCAMS ON THE ELDERLY, ON “NCIS: LOS ANGELES,” SUNDAY, MARCH 5
Debra Jo Rupp and Martin Mull Guest Star as Con Artists Ginger and Edward O’Boyle “Old Tricks” – After a retirement home resident is kidnapped, the NCIS team uncovers a pair of con artists: Ginger and Edward O’Boyle (Debra Jo Rupp and Martin Mull), who hop from home to home scamming the elderly out of their money. Also, Callen confronts his father on his illegal activity and the danger it places on their family, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Sunday, March 5 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. CHEAT TWEET: .@NCISLA cracks down on con artists (guest stars #DebraJoRupp & #MartinM...
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WHILE THE NCIS TEAM IS UNDER INVESTIGATION BY THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, ONE OF THEIR OWN IS SEVERELY INJURED DURING A MISSION IN SYRIA, ON A REBROADCAST OF THE SPECIAL TWO-HOUR EIGHTH SEASON PREMIERE OF “NCIS: LOS ANGELES,” SUNDAY, FEB. 26
“High-Value Target” and “Belly of the Beast” – After NCIS fails to locate a mole in the department, Under Secretary of Defense Corbin Duggan (Jackson Hurst) insists on new leadership and takes over the Los Angeles unit from Hetty and Granger. Also, the team travels to Syria to apprehend a high value target, and one team member is severely injured when the mission goes awry, on a rebroadcast of the special two-hour eighth season premiere of NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Sunday, Feb. 26 (9:00-11:00 PM, ET) on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 9/25/2016.) CHEAT TWEET: 2 HOUR SEASON 8...
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CBS WINS THE WEEK IN VIEWERS AND ADULTS 25-54
Network Has the Top 4 Programs of the Week and 8 of the Top 10 “NCIS,” With Its Largest Audience of the Season is #1; “NCIS: Los Angeles” and “NCIS: New Orleans” Also Place in the Top 10 CBS won the week in viewers and adults 25-54 (tie) with the top four programs, eight of the top 10 and 14 of the top 20, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Jan. 29. NCIS was the week’s most watched program while NCIS: LOS ANGELES (#3) and NCIS: NEW ORLEANS (#8) also finished in the top 10. 2 BROKE GIRLS delivered a season high audience for the second consecutive w...
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AN NCIS AGENT DISCOVERS HE WAS BETRAYED BY SOMEONE HE LEAST EXPECTED, AND ANOTHER IS TORTURED BY THE MOLE, ON “NCIS: LOS ANGELES,” SUNDAY, FEB. 19
“Payback” – Emotions run high for the team as one agent is held in an unknown location and tortured by the mole, while another discovers he was betrayed by someone he least expected, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Sunday, Feb. 19 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. CHEAT TWEET: Will @NCISLA team finally apprehend the mole that has haunted them for months? Find out tonight! 2/19 9PM #CBS http://bit.ly/2jWw47C REGULAR CAST: Chris O’Donnell (Special Agent G. Callen) LL COOL J (Special Agent Sam Hanna) Linda Hunt...
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CBS WINS THE WEEK IN VIEWERS
Network Scores with Six of the Top 10 Broadcasts, More than All the Other Networks Combined CBS Also Has Eight of the Top 10 Scripted Broadcasts CBS won the week in viewers with six of the top 10 broadcasts and 13 of the top 20, more than all of the other networks combined, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Jan. 15. CBS also had eight of the week's top 10 scripted broadcasts – BLUE BLOODS, THE BIG BANG THEORY ENCORE (R), NCIS ENCORE (R), HAWAII FIVE-0, NCIS: LOS ANGELES, THE BIG BANG THEORY MONDAY 8PM SPECIAL (R) (S), MACGYVER and CRIMINAL MINDS....
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THE TEAM INVESTIGATES THE MURDER OF A TECH ENTREPRENEUR TURNED VENTURE CAPITALIST WHO SECRETLY DEVELOPED A COMPUTER PROGRAM THAT ALLOWS FOR UNDETECTABLE DATA COLLECTION, ON A REBROADCAST OF “NCIS: LOS ANGELES,” SUNDAY, FEB. 5
“Angels & Daemons” – The team investigates the murder of tech entrepreneur turned venture capitalist who secretly developed a daemon, a background computer program that allows for undetectable data collection, on a rebroadcast of NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Sunday, Feb. 5 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT), on the CBS Television Network. (Originally broadcast 1/18/16.) CHEAT TWEET: How safe is your personal data stored on social media sites? #NCISLA 10pm 2/5 #CBS http://bit.ly/2j6Gr7o REGULAR CAST: Chris O’Donnell (NCIS Special Agent G. Callen) LL COOL J (NCIS...
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THE ELUSIVE MOLE KIDNAPS ONE OF THE NCIS AGENTS AND HETTY GOES ROGUE, ON “NCIS: LOS ANGELES,” SUNDAY, JAN. 29
“Under Siege” – Hetty goes rogue, leaving the NCIS team completely in the dark, and the mole kidnaps one of the agents, on NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Sunday, Jan. 29 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. CHEAT TWEET: The @NCISLA mole kidnaps one of the agents and Hetty goes rogue! 1/29 8 PM ET/PT #CBS http://bit.ly/2jABWpT REGULAR CAST: Chris O’Donnell (Special Agent G. Callen) LL COOL J (Special Agent Sam Hanna) Linda Hunt (Henrietta “Hetty” Lange) Daniela Ruah (Special Ag...
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CBS’ ENTERTAINMENT SERIES DELIVERING MORE VIEWERS THAN 16 YEARS AGO
CBS’ prime time entertainment series are averaging more viewers across multiple platforms this season than during the comparable period 16 years ago, when only live viewing was measured. Through the first six weeks of the 2016-2017 season, CBS’ prime time entertainment series are averaging a live + 35 day audience of 12.62 million viewers, compared to 12.61m in the 2000-2001 season. The live +35 day multi-platform average includes viewing on TV, DVR, VOD and streaming. THE BIG BANG THEORY (22.23m) and NCIS (20.51m) are both averaging more than 20 million viewers, with freshman drama BUL...
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CBS HEADS INTO SECOND HALF OF SEASON WITH THE #1 SERIES ON TELEVISION, “THE BIG BANG THEORY,” AND MORE TOP 25 SHOWS THAN ANY OTHER NETWORK
CBS will ring in the new year and the second half of the 2016-2017 season with the most watched show on television, THE BIG BANG THEORY, and more Top 25 shows than any other network. CBS has six of the Top 10 programs and 12 of the Top 25, through 12/25/16. Top 25 Most Watched Prime Time Series for 2016-2017 Season (9/19/16-12/25/16): Rank Program Network (000) # of TC 1 THE BIG BANG THEORY CBS 19,475 11 2 NBC SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL NBC 19,439 14 3 NCIS CBS 18,341 ...