The sixth season boasts some of the highest-rated episodes for the show so far, with a then-new series high set with " The Bakersfield Expedition ", with 20 million viewers, a first for the series, which along with NCIS, made CBS the first network to have two scripted series reach that large an audience in the same week since 2007. In the sixth season, the show became the highest rated and viewed scripted show in the 18–49 demographic, trailing only the live regular NBC Sunday Night Football coverage, and was third in total viewers, trailing NCIS and Sunday Night Football. Season seven of the series opened strong, continuing the success gained in season six, with the second episode of the premiere, " The Deception Verification ", setting the new series high in viewers with 20.44 million.