Ratings Review: NCIS: LA (Season Four)

It was another good season for NCIS: LA. The one-two punch of the two NCIS series has made for a strong night in the ratings for CBS. But, at some point, NCIS: LA will need to become the mentor to other new series and stop being the apprentice with NCIS as its lead in.

For the season, NCIS: LA drew and average of 14.43 million viewers and a 2.5 rating in Adults 18-49. The series had 32 airings, including eight repeats. We will see if having PERSON OF INTEREST will keep viewers around longer, thus pumping up the ratings for the series.

NCIS: LA (Tuesdays at 9 p.m., on CBS)

Date	Viewers*	A18-49	+/-
09/25/12	16.74	3.4
10/02/12	14.91	3.1	-11%
10/09/12	15.18	3.0	2%
10/16/12	8.10	1.4	-47%	R - 8 p.m.
10/23/12	16.53	2.8	104%
10/30/12	16.28	2.8	-2%
11/06/12	Preempted
11/13/12	15.77	2.8
11/20/12	15.13	2.8	-4%
11/27/12	14.49	2.9	-4%
12/04/12	Preempted
12/11/12	15.12	2.6
12/18/12	15.48	3.0	2%
12/25/12	8.62	1.5	-44%	R
01/01/13	9.39	1.4	9%	R
01/08/13	17.90	3.0	91%
01/15/13	17.63	2.7	-2%
01/22/13	11.93	1.7	-32%	R
01/29/13	17.30	3.1	45%
02/05/13	16.67	3.1	-4%
02/12/13	9.23	1.5	-45%	R - 8 p.m.
02/19/13	16.27	2.7	76%
02/26/13	17.02	2.9	5%
03/05/13	16.24	2.8	-45%
03/12/13	11.95	1.9	-27%	R
03/19/13	16.84	2.9	41%
03/26/13	14.53	2.6	-14%
04/02/13	10.16	1.6	-30%	R
04/09/13	14.10	2.7	39%
04/16/13	9.39	1.3	-33%	R - 8 p.m.
04/23/13	14.22	2.7	51%
04/30/13	13.07	2.2	-8%
05/07/13	13.18	2.4	1%
05/14/13	13.52	2.5	3%