Primetime Ratings, Tuesday, 3/19/13

After a few Tuesdays off, CBS reclaimed the top spot in both demos and total viewers.

NCIS took a steep three tenths drop, but still won 8pm. NCIS: LA matched its last new episode. Golden Boy rose two tenths to a 1.7. Unlike FOX's failed diving special Stars in Danger, ABC's Splash premiered to a 2.6 demo and almost 9 million viewers. This makes it ABC's best rated unscripted series debut in over two years. A Dancing With The Stars season preview special rose 5% from a similar special that aired in March 2012. Body of Proof rose 25% to a season high 1.5 demo, although that still won't probably be won't be enough to get it renewed.

FOX's Hell's Kitchen fell a single tenth. As did New Girl. The Mindy Project its last new airing. With the competition back, Betty White's Off Their Rockers dropped right back to a 1.0 and 0.9 for its two new episodes. America loves Betty, but seemingly not enough to watch this show. The rest of NBC's night was in free-fall, with Go On, The New Normal and Smash all hitting series lows. Wow. Maybe NBC should just stop being a network. A Justin Timberlake album release special did even worse for the CW than Hart of Dixie usually does. JT certainly didn't bring the ratings back.

Key: Broadcast Network - Show Name - 18-49 Rating - 18-49 Share - Total Viewers In Millions

8PM

CBS - NCIS (N) - 3.1 - 10 - 19.09

ABC - Splash (Series Premiere) - 2.6 - 8 - 8.80

FOX - Hell's Kitchen (N) - 2.0 - 6 - 4.85

NBC - Betty White's Off Their Rockers (N)- 1.0 - 3 - 3.71

CW - The iHeartRadio Album Release Party With Justin Timberlake - 0.4 - 1 - 1.08

8:30PM

NBC - Betty White's Off Their Rockers (N) - 1.1 - 3 - 3.70

9PM

CBS - NCIS: Los Angeles (N) - 2.8 - 8 - 16.59

FOX - New Girl (N) - 2.2 - 6 - 4.20

ABC - Dancing With The Stars Special (N) - 2.1 - 6 - 9.58

NBC - Go On (N) - 1.0 - 3 - 2.86

CW - Beauty and the Beast (R) - 0.2 - 0 - 0.53

9:30PM

FOX - The Mindy Project (N) - 1.7 - 4 - 3.16

NBC - The New Normal (N) - 0.7 - 2 - 2.10

10PM

CBS - Golden Boy (N) - 1.7 - 5 - 9.26

ABC - Body Of Proof (N) - 1.5 - 4 - 8.25

NBC - Smash (N) - 0.8 - 2 - 2.65

Source: Nielsen Media Research