As humans in a changing world we crave continuity, reliability. “NCIS,” for Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is a theoretically inexhaustible series about an elevated team of military police investigating cases involving military personnel; you might think that is too shallow a drawer to fill several series over many years, but you would be wrong, especially given how thin the writers …
Iain Armitage in CBS’ “Young Sheldon,” which led prime-time programs for the second time in three weeks. NBC’s “Chicago Fire” was the top non-CBS program, finishing fifth, averaging 6.715 million viewers, a week after finishing first when CBS aired a rerun of “Young Sheldon,” averaging 6.993 million viewers. “American Idol” was ABC’s ratings leader for the third time in the …