'NCIS,' 'New Girl' top Tuesday

The 3rd Tuesday from the year looked nearly the same as the very first two, with CBS vet ''NCIS'' steamrolling your competition within the opening hour and Fox's ''New Girl'' shining at 9 o'clock and standing because the night's top show among teenagers. Fox won for any third straight Tuesday in grown ups 18-49, while CBS ruled among grown ups 25-54 and total audiences. Based on preliminary excellent from Nielsen, CBS opened up the evening a champion with ''NCIS'' (4.1 rating/12 be part of grown ups 18-49, 18.9 million audiences overall), lower slightly week to week but winning its hour in 18-49 and again Tuesday's top dog both in 25-54 (5.4/14) and total audiences. The internet then fell off some at 9 p.m. with ''NCIS: Los Angeles'' (3.4/8 in 18-49, 14.7 million audiences overall), second in 18-49 and first in 25-54, and more at 10 p.m. with rookie ''Unforgettable'' (2.4/6 in 18-49, 11.3 million audiences overall), which again brought its hour but dipped another tick in 18-49. At Fox, ''Glee'' (3.5/10 in 18-49, 8.3 million audiences overall) rated second in 18-49 for that 8 o'clock hour, lower a little from a week ago, but comedy ''New Girl'' again built on its lead-directly into win at 9 o'clock among teenagers (4.3/11 in 18-49, 8.six million audiences overall) though lower slightly from a week ago, the Zooey Deschanel-fronted comedy was again Tuesday's No. 1 show in 18-49 and was especially dominant in 18-34 (4.9/14). And also at 9:30 p.m., ''Raising Hope'' held steady (2.9/7 in 18-49, 6.5 million audiences overall), tying for second in 18-49. ABC opened up having a ''Dancing Using the Stars'' special (1.7/5 in 18-49, 9.a million audiences overall), then the ''Dancing'' results show at 9 (2.8/7 in 18-49, 14.8 million audiences overall), that was roughly on componen with a week ago. And also at 10, ''Body of Proof'' edged up (2.1/5 in 18-49, 10.2 million audiences overall) inside a competitive timeslot, rising over the net's showing within the hour this past year with ''Detroit 1-8-7.'' Tuesday remains an OK but hardly spectacular evening for NBC, as ''The Greatest Loser'' dipped further (2./5 in 18-49, 5.six million audiences overall) and ''Parenthood'' also was lower a little (2./5 in 18-49, 5. million audiences overall), although it continued to be within 1 share from the 18-49 lead. At CW, new Sarah Michelle Gellar drama ''Ringer'' delivered week to week (.6/2 in 18-49, 1.5 million audiences overall), as did its ''90210'' lead-in (.6/2 in 18-49, 1.3 million audiences overall). In CW's target demo of grown ups 18-34, ''Ringer'' handled b .6 from b .8 for ''90210.'' Preliminary 18-49 earnings for that evening: Fox, 3.6/9 CBS, 3.3/9 ABC, 2.2/6 NBC, 2./5 Univision, 1.5/4 CW, .6/2. As a whole audiences: CBS, 15. million ABC, 11.4 million Fox, 7.9 million NBC, 5.4 million Univision, 3.3 million CW, 1.4 million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com