Large 'NCIS' forces CBS on Tuesday

Striking nearly 21 million audiences, CBS drama vet ''NCIS'' powered the internet to some demo victory on Tuesday, while ABC's comedy newcomer ''Work It'' were built with a sluggish showing in the second week at work.In accordance to preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, ''NCIS'' centered the night's opening hour , and seemed to be easily Tuesday's No. 1 program overall , having a 4.1 rating/11 be part of grown ups 18-49 and 20.9 million total audiences. The internet then continued to be on the top at 9 p.m. with ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' (3.5/8 in 18-49, 17.a million audiences overall), and 10 p.m. rookie drama ''Unforgettable'' (2.2/6 in 18-49, 11.two million audiences overall) tumbled in demos week to week but continued to be the broadcast leader because of its hour.CBS won the evening by 2 shares in grown ups 18-49 by 5 shares in grown ups 25-54. As a whole audiences, it beat the combined tune-by ABC, NBC and Fox. NBC placed second around the evening among teenagers, as ''The Greatest Loser'' held steady week to week (2.4/6 in 18-49, 6.7 million audiences overall) and ''Parenthood'' (1.8/5 in 18-49, 4.8 million audiences overall) edged up from the series low of a week ago to put second one of the tv stations for that 10 p.m. hour in grown ups 18-49.At ABC, ''Last Guy Standing'' matched up its cheapest score up to now leading from the evening (2.2/6 in 18-49, 7.9 million audiences overall), and ''Work It'' adopted having a soft 1.6/5 in 18-49 and 5.a million audiences overall , lower 20% from last week's 2. within the demo. Regardless of the lighter lead-in, ''Celebrity Wife Swap'' (2.1/5 in 18-49, 5.two million audiences overall) matched up its score from a week ago and 10 p.m. drama ''Body of Proof'' (1.6/4 in 18-49, 6.9 million audiences overall) was up a tick from the series low from the previous week.Fox, which returns to originals in a few days, broadcast encores of Tuesday regulars ''Glee'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 3.a million audiences overall), ''New Girl'' (1.3/3 in 18-49, 3.3 million audiences overall) and ''Raising Hope'' (1./3 in 18-49, 2.8 million audiences overall).Preliminary 18-49 earnings for that evening: CBS, 3.2/8 NBC, 2.2/6 ABC, 1.9/5 Univision, 1.4/4 Fox, 1.1/3 CW, .3/1.As a whole audiences: CBS, 16.3 million ABC, 6.two million NBC, 6. million Univision, 3.3 million Fox, 3.a million CW, .7 million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com