NCIS: Rating comparison between S10 and S11 (ongoing)
With so much wailing and gnashing of teeth about how horrible this season would be without She Who Will Not Be Named, I wondered how NCIS ratings this season compared to last season. Being a geek, I put them in an Excell spreadsheet. And because I'm even geekier than most, I posted the data. (Stop me before I do a statistical analysis. No, seriously, stop me. LOL)
The numbers for season 11 are from tvbythenumbers. I pulled the season 10 numbers from wiki, which in turn, got them from tvbythenumbers. I'm using final 1 day numbers, except where indicated. I'll update the preliminary numbers as the final numbers become available. As I understand it from the folks I know in the industry, these are the only numbers advertisers give a shit about...and what advertisers give a shit about is what studios give a shit about. Follow the money, as the saying goes.
US numbers only (see above re "give a shit about").
Legend:
Season 10
Season 11
Preliminary numbers
Note: Due to the increase in the number of first run episodes in the fall, S11's Christmas episode competes with the first episode after the holidays from S10. The first January episode has traditionally rated very highly.
Note the Second: I managed to screw up the table in the original post, so rather than spend any more time on this than necessary, I started clean with a new post. Do not ask me why tables in DW are so hard to delete. It is one of the mysteries of the universe.
Episode Title
Original Air Date
Final Same Day Ratings
Difference + or -
Extreme Prejudice
09/25/12
20.48
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
09/24/13
20.02
0.46
Recovery
10/02/12
18.87
Past, Present and Future
10/02/13
19.98
1.11
Phoenix
10/09/12
18.51
Under the Radar
10/08/13
18.33
0.18
Lost at Sea
10/23/12
17.78
Anonymouse Was a Woman
10/15/13
18.83
1.05
The Namesake
10/30/12
18.83
Once a Crook
10/22/13
18.99
0.16
Shell Shock (Part I)
11/13/12
17.05
Oil and Water
10/29/13
19.30
2.25
Shell Shock (Part II)
11/20/12
16.47
Better Angels
11/05/13
19.18
2.71
Gone
11/27/12
19.76
Alibi
11/12/13
19.37
0.39
Devil's Trifecta
12/11/12
17.65
Gut Check
11/19/13
19.66
2.01
You Better Watch Out
12/18/12
19.59
Devil's Triad
12/11/13
19.30
0.29
Shabbat Shalom
01/08/13
21.11
Homesick
12/17/13
19.65
1.46
Shiva
01/15/13
22.86
Kill Chain
01/07/14
20.84
2.02