RATINGS RECAP: 10/20/15

ABC
8:00 It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Viewers: 6.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
8:30 Toy Story of Terror!
Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
9:00 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5
10:00 Shark Tank (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8

CBS
8:00 NCIS
Viewers: 17.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2
9:00 NCIS: New Orleans
Viewers: 13.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
10:00 Limitless
Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

NBC
8:00 Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris
Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2
9:00 The Voice
Viewers: 11.3 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7
10:00 Chicago Fire
Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

FOX
8:00 Grandfathered
Viewers: 3.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
8:30 The Grinder
Viewers: 2.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9
9:00 Scream Queens
Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0

Tuesday night had the annual Halloween special It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown and recent special Toy Story of Terror! Charlie Brown was down a bit from last year's Wednesday airing, but it remains impressive. This is a special that will be 50 years old next year and it is readily available other places yet people still tune in as a tradition. Specials like this and Christmas ones like Rudolph and A Charlie Brown Christmas are truly timeless. The Toy Story special did decently as well and remains a good partner for Charlie Brown. At 9pm, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was up two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo despite being the only regularly scheduled show on ABC's Tuesday night lineup. CBS was up or even across the board. At 8pm, NCIS was up 1.2 million viewers and a tenth in the demo and NCIS: New Orleans was up half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo. After Limitless nearly went lower again in preliminaries, it ended up down a tenth in viewers but even in the demo.

On NBC, Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris was up three tenths in viewers and even in the demo. It's not being impressive, but it's surviving at 8pm. At 9pm, The Voice was up 1.2 million viewers and a tenth in the demo. The news wasn't as good at 10pm where Chicago Fire was up two tenths in viewers but down the same in the demo. So far, this has been a little underwhelming through two weeks and it would help Chicago Med if it could generate a little heat in the next couple weeks. It was the only show to drop in the demo from last week. FOX was up in viewers and even in the demo across the board. Grandfathered rose a tenth, The Grinder was up four tenths, and Scream Queens was up two tenths. I guess it's a positive that they didn't drop again, but that's a pretty optimistic view.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: NCIS (CBS)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Chicago Fire (NBC)