Primetime Ratings Monday: ‘The Voice’ Leads NBC to Win

The Voice
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NBC won the Monday ratings battle, with The Voice leading the way for the network. NBC got a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat ABC’s 0.7/4. 

The Voice got a level 1.0 from 8 to 10 p.m. and a Saturday Night Live special a 0.6. 

On ABC, Dancing with the Stars fell 30% to 0.7 from 8 to 10 p.m. and the season premiere of The Good Doctor rated a 0.6. The Good Doctor opened at 1.0 last year and 1.4 the season before. 

Univision was next at 0.4/2. Medicos had a 0.5 and Imperio de Mentiras a 0.4, the pair both up a tenth. Dulce Ambicion got a flat 0.3. 

CBS got a 0.3/2 and Fox a 0.3/1. On CBS, a The Price is Right prime special posted a 0.6 and was followed by reruns. 

Fox had L.A.’s Finest at 0.3 and Filthy Rich at 0.2, both off a tenth from last week. 

The CW and Telemundo both scored a 0.2/1. On CW, a Whose Line Is It Anyway? repeat led into Penn & Teller: Fool Us at a flat 0.2. 

Telemundo had El Domo del Dinero down a tenth for a 0.1 and Todo Por Mi Hija at a flat 0.3, then Falsa Identidad cut in half at 0.1. 

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.