Large 'NCIS' forces CBS on Tuesday

Striking nearly 21 million audiences, CBS drama vet ''NCIS'' powered the web with a demo victory on Tuesday, while ABC's comedy newcomer ''Work It'' stood a sluggish showing within the second week at the office.In compliance to preliminary national estimations from Nielsen, ''NCIS'' centered the night's opening hour , and appeared to become easily Tuesday's No. 1 program overall , getting a 4.1 rating/11 participate grownups 18-49 and 20.9 million total audiences. The web then ongoing to become on top at 9 p.m. with ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' (3.5/8 in 18-49, 17.millions of audiences overall), and 10 p.m. rookie drama ''Unforgettable'' (2.2/6 in 18-49, 11.2 million audiences overall) tumbled in demos week to week but ongoing to become the broadcast leader due to its hour.CBS won the evening by 2 shares in grownups 18-49 by 5 shares in grownups 25-54. In general audiences, it beat the combined tune-by ABC, NBC and Fox. NBC placed second round the evening among teens, as ''The Finest 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 in the series low of the other day to place second among the tv producers for your 10 p.m. hour in grownups 18-49.At ABC, ''Last Guy Standing'' matched up up its least expensive score so far leading in the evening (2.2/6 in 18-49, 7.9 million audiences overall), and ''Work It'' adopted getting a soft 1.6/5 in 18-49 and 5.millions of audiences overall , lower 20% from last week's 2. inside the demo. No matter the lighter lead-in, ''Celebrity Wife Swap'' (2.1/5 in 18-49, 5.2 million audiences overall) matched up up its score from the other day and 10 p.m. drama ''Body of Proof'' (1.6/4 in 18-49, 6.9 million audiences overall) was up a tick in the series low in the previous week.Fox, which returns to originals inside a couple of days, broadcast encores of Tuesday regulars ''Glee'' (1.1/3 in 18-49, 3.millions of 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 your evening: CBS, 3.2/8 NBC, 2.2/6 ABC, 1.9/5 Univision, 1.4/4 Fox, 1.1/3 CW, .3/1.In general audiences: CBS, 16.3 million ABC, 6.2 million NBC, 6. million Univision, 3.3 million Fox, 3.millions of CW, .7 million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com