With delayed playback factored in, NCIS: Hawai’i leads this fall’s freshman class with 8.3 million total viewers, followed by FBI: International‘s 8.2 mil.
Trailing NBC’s La Brea, Ghosts lands at No. 4 with 7.8 mil, while CSI: Vegas (7.1 mil) rounds out the Top 5.
Not only has Ghosts‘ “live” audience been trending up in recent weeks, but it is tacking on a considerable 2.4 million viewers with delayed playback.
The single-camera freshman is also noteworthy since it was “a little outside the box for us, not a typical sitcom.