Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With ‘Voice’ Finale
A big night of The Voice paced NBC to a Tuesday win among broadcasters, the network tallying a 1.9 in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. ABC did a 1.4/5, CBS and The CW a 0.9/3 and Fox a 0.6/2.
After a Voice repeat, The Voice finale rated a 2.1 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m., up 17% from last week’s number.
On ABC, Fresh Off the Boat did a 1.2 and The Real O’Neals a 1.0, both up a tenth of a point, then the two-hour Dancing With the Stars finale a 1.6, down from the previous night’s 1.9, and well down from last fall's 2.4 finale.
A Price Is Right prime special on CBS did a 1.1, then a double run of Person of Interest a pair of 0.9s, down from last week’s 1.2.
The CW’s The Flash rated a 1.2, down a tenth, and Containment a flat 0.5.
On Fox, the premiere of Hotel Hell did a 0.8 and Coupled a 0.5, the latter consistent with last week’s performance.
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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.