Global's powerhouse series NCIS continues to own Tuesday night with 2.3M viewers

NCIS: New Orleans Clocks In with 1.9M Viewers

For additional photography and press kit material visit: http://www.shawmedia.ca/Media and follow us on Twitter at @shawmediaTV_PR / @GlobalTV_PR

TORONTO, Feb. 25, 2014 /CNW/ - There was nothing covert about the audiences Global drew on Tuesday night for another exciting night of the blockbuster NCIS franchise. NCIS was the #1 show of the night, with a whopping 2.3 million (2+) and 710,000 (25-54) Canadians joining Gibbs in his race to figure out who activated his old undercover alias and, more importantly, how that person wound up dead. Sprinkle in some of NCIS' trademark humour and this blast-from-the-past episode had audiences glued to their screens. Not to be outdone, NCIS: New Orleans earned nearly 1.9 million viewers (2+), making it a non-stop night of NCIS action.

DATA HIGHLIGHTS

• NCIS wins the night with 2.3 million viewers (2+), besting CTV's MasterChef Junior finale by 56% (2+)
• NCIS wins the night with 710,000 viewers (25-54), besting CTV's MasterChef Junior finale  by 6% (25-54)

NCIS airs Tuesdays at 8 pm ET/PT on Global.

Source:
Numeris (BBM Canada) PPM Overnight Data, Feb 24/15, Total Canada

SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS:

Twitter:
@Global_TV
@ShawMediaTV_PR

Facebook:
Facebook.com/globaltelevision

Global is a Shaw Media Network.

About Shaw Communications Inc.
Shaw is a diversified communications and media company, providing consumers with broadband cable television, High-Speed Internet, Home Phone, telecommunications services (through Shaw Business), satellite direct-to-home services (through Shaw Direct) and eng aging programming content (through Shaw Media). Shaw serves 3.3 million customers, through a reliable and extensive fibre network. Shaw Media operates one of the largest conventional television networks in Canada, Global Television, and 19 specialty networks including HGTV Canada, Food Network Canada, HISTORY® and Showcase. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX – SJR.B, NYSE – SJR). For more information about Shaw, please visit www.shaw.ca.

SOURCE Global Television

For media inquiries, please contact: Ashley Applebaum, Senior Publicist, Global Television, 416-934-8481, [email protected]; Jessica Gold, Publicity Manager, Global Television and Dramatic Channels, 416-966-7543, [email protected]