If You Haven't Seen It, It's New To You: CBS Wins Tuesday with All Repeats

CBS easily won Tuesday night in total viewers, averaging 12.13 million (7.8/12 in households) - an impressive feat considering the fact that the net’s lineup was entirely in reruns. However in adults 18-49, CBS (the old fogey of broadcast nets) actually came in fourth with a 2.4/6. ABC was second both in total viewers (10.72 million and a 6.6/11 in households) and in 18-49 (2.6/7). NBC averaged 8.446 million viewers over the course of the evening (5.2/8), yet placed first in 18-49 with a 3.1/8. FOX came in fourth in total viewers (6.5 million and 4.0/6) and third in adults 18-49 (2.5/6). The CW, also in repeats last night, barely registered a blip on the Nielsen radar. The netlet only averaged 1.13 million viewers and a 0.5/1 18-49 rating.

NCIS claimed first place for CBS – and solidified its position as the most watched show in America -- with a solid 16.1 million viewers and a 10.0/16 in households for the 8pm hour. NBC’s The Biggest Loser was way behind with 9.3 million viewers (5.7/9). ABC’s traditional October broadcast of It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown scared up 8.9 million viewers (5.0/7), beating the 6.8 million for So You Think You Can Dance (4.3/7) over on FOX. A rerun of 90210 could only muster up 1.4 million viewers and a 1.0/1 household rating.

At 9pm, Dancing with the Stars helped ABC waltz into first place with a 14.7 million viewers and a 9.3/14 in households. CBS’s rerun of NCIS: Los Angeles dipped to 11.1 million viewers (7.2/11), and The Biggest Loser gained a few more sets of eyes to average 10.2 million (6.0/9) for the hour. So You Think You Can Dance slipped to 6.2 million viewers (3.8/6) and a repeat of Melrose Place didn’t even snag a million viewers (844,000; 0.6/1) for The CW.

CBS regained the lead at 10pm with a rerun of The Good Wife, which scored 9.3 million viewers (6.3/11). On ABC, The Forgotten continued to live up to its title. The new drama lost over 40% of its DWTS lead in to average only 8.6 million viewers (5.7/10). NBC’s The Jay Leno Show came in third with 5.9 million viewers and a 3.8/6 in households, which actually was a gain of over 28% in its total audience compared to Monday night.