NCIS

Years after the rise of Netflix and YouTube, traditional television is thriving. Americans are watching more broadcast and cable television than ever — five hours a day — and they are simply adding more time with videos by watching online.

CBS’s position as the network with the most viewers is amplified in a new poll that has four of its shows topping the list of America’s favorites. Based on the Harris poll of nearly 2,300 adults, The Big Bang Theory, NCIS, Criminal Minds and CSI lead the rundown.

On Wednesday, CBS confirmed that Cote de Pablo is not coming back for the 11th season of the network’s hit drama NCIS this fall, although she will appear long enough for her character Ziva David to finish out her storyline. CBS and producer CBS TV Studios said in a joint statement that the decision was de Pablo’s to end her eight-year  run on the show.

A ratings bockbuster for CBS, NCIS — which airs Tuesdays at 8 p.m. — has been television’s top scripted drama since the 2009-2010 season. In its current 10th season, the program has been averaging a 4.2 rating/12 share in the 18-49 demographic most important to advertisers, and 21.5 million total viewers, a 7% increase over last year.

McCallum is one of four original cast members whose contracts are up at the end of this season, along with Michael Weatherly, Pauley Perrette and Sean Murray.

Which TV show is No. 1 these days in broadcast TV? Increasingly, it depends on your point of view: popularity, advertising-wise, or something in between.

NCIS celebrates its success as No. 1 and its unusual longevity with a special 200th episode tonight that its producers and publicists have been planning since last spring.

CBS surged again last night, pulling ahead of usual Tuesday winner Fox on the strength of NCIS, the evening’s highest-rated program. CBS averaged a 3.3 adults 18-49 rating and 9 share, 14% ahead of No. 2 Fox with a 2.9/8. It marked CBS’s second straight nightly win, coming after its sitcom lineup saw gains on Monday night.

It’s amazing what not having to face American Idol can do for a show’s ratings. The season finale of CBS’s NCIS grew 15% last night compared to last year, when it faced Idol, which has since moved from Tuesday to Wednesday. NCIS averaged a 3.8 adults 18-49 rating at 8 p.m., and also beat the other hit show in the timeslot, Fox’s Glee, which averaged a 3.5. CBS’s other dramas also saw their season finales grow compared to last year.

Though CBS had its regular lineup in place, it wasn’t the network’s strongest night. The 9 p.m. drama NCIS: Los Angeles tied a series low with a 3.2 rating, and NCIS, the night’s highest-rated show with a 3.8 at 8 p.m., was flat to its last original episode despite facing a rerun of Glee, Fox’s top scripted show.

CBS’s NCIS finished ahead of Fox’s Glee in the 8 p.m. timeslot for the first time this month last night, and that helped CBS to its first Tuesday night win of this February sweeps. NCIS posted a 4.4 rating among viewers 18-49 last night, up 19% from a 3.7 last week and pushing just ahead of Glee‘s 4.3. For the night CBS averaged a 3.4 overnight rating and 9 share, up 13% from a 3.0/8 last week.

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NCIS is proving quite the juggernaut this year. The eighth-year CBS drama rose to a series high for the second time in three weeks last night, drawing a record 22.7 million total viewers in the 8 p.m. timeslot. That bettered its previous record, set Jan. 11, by 800,000 viewers. Last night’s episode also hit a season high among adults 18-49, averaging a 4.6, up 0.1 from its former best.