Primetime Ratings: ‘Jane’, 'Crazy Ex’ Premiere Soft

The numbers were not quite what The CW was hoping for in its season premiere of Jane the Virgin, which scored a 0.4 in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen overnights, down from the 0.5 it departed to last May. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, the much promoted rookie musical comedy, came out to a surely disappointing 0.3.

NBC won the night on the strength of The Voice and Blindspot. The broadcast nets were up against post-season baseball and NFL on cable.

The CW tallied a 0.4/1 share for the night in 18-49.

NBC won the night with 3.0/9 share, ahead of CBS’ 1.9/6, ABC’s 1.6/5 and Fox’s 1.1/3.

The Voice did a 3.2 in 18-49 for NBC, flat with last week, while Blindspot showed a 2.5—also level with last Monday’s showing.

On CBS, The Big Bang Theory had a 3.8, up a tick from last week’s 3.7, while Life in Pieces posted a 1.9, flat with last Monday. The drama Scorpion stayed flat week over week with a 1.8 while NCIS: Los Angeles scored a 1.1, down 9% from last week.

On ABC, Dancing With the Stars, with some standout moves from Alexa PenaVega, waltzed to a 1.7, flat with a week ago, while Castle in the 10 p.m. slot too was flat with a 1.2.

Over Fox’s way, Gotham posted a flat 1.5, while Minority Report rated a lowly 0.7—also level with the previous week.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.