Tuesday TV Ratings 10/14/25: NCIS: Origins Down in New Time Slot, NCIS: Sydney Flops, NCIS Premiere and Dancing with the Stars Steady [+ Analysis]

In its season premiere, CBS drama NCIS (0.31) matched its May finale rating (0.31), but NCIS: Origins (0.23) and Sydney (0.14) returned lower. On ABC, Dancing with the Stars (1.26, 0.00) tied last week's season high, but High Potential (0.33, -0.09) plummeted. The Voice (0.36, 0.00) held steady on NBC, while On Brand (0.17, +0.02) rose. Murder in a Small Town (0.16, 0.00) was stable on Fox, but Doc (0.15, -0.05) dealt with a sharp decline. WWE NXT (0.12, 0.00) was frozen at last week's rating on the CW. Key: (P) = premiere.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating	18-49 Share	Viewers (mil)	Network
8 PM	Dancing with the Stars	1.26	18	5.98	ABC
	The Voice	0.36	4	4.77	NBC
	NCIS (P)	0.31	5	5.33	CBS
	Murder in a Small Town	0.16	2	2.01	Fox
	WWE NXT	0.12	2	0.69	CW
9 PM	NCIS: Origins (P)	0.23	3	3.66	CBS
	Doc	0.15	2	2.14	Fox
10 PM	High Potential	0.33	6	4.15	ABC
	On Brand with Jimmy Fallon	0.17	3	1.64	NBC
	NCIS: Sydney (P)	0.14	2	2.81	CBS

Cable Highlights:

Show	Network	18-49 Viewers	Viewers (mil.)
MLB NLCS: Dodgers v. Brewers	TBS	1.16	5.04
Gutfeld!	Fox News	0.20	3.23
MLB NLCS: Dodgers v. Brewers	TruTV	0.20	1.01
Jesse Watters Primetime	Fox News	0.17	3.32
NHL: Lightning v. Capitals	ESPN	0.15	0.55
Hannity	Fox News	0.13	2.64
Real Housewives of Salt Lake City	Bravo	0.12	0.35
Baylen Out Loud	TLC	0.11	0.75
NewsNight	CNN	0.06	0.59
The Source with Kaitlan Collins	CNN	0.04	0.56
All In with Chris Hayes	MSNBC	0.04	0.89
Anderson Cooper 360	CNN	0.04	0.61
Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell	MSNBC	0.03	1.15
The Briefing with Jen Psaki	MSNBC	0.03	0.91
The Lowdown	FX	0.02	0.25
Futurama	FXX	0.01	0.06