Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Potent ‘Voice’
NBC was top scorer in Monday prime ratings thanks to a strong The Voice, the net posting a 2.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. That beat the 1.2/5 that Fox put up.
NBC had The Voice from 8 to 10 p.m. at 2.0, level with the previous week’s premiere, then Manifest fell 18% to 1.8.
Fox had a 1.2/5. The Resident did a 1.0 and 9-1-1 a 1.5. Both lost a tenth of a point.
ABC and CBS both rated a 1.0/4. On ABC, Dancing with the Stars slipped 18% to a 0.9 from 8 to 10 p.m. before The Good Doctor was down 14% at 1.2.
On CBS, The Neighborhood premiered to a 1.3 and Happy Together started with a 1.0. Magnum P.I. fell 25% to 0.9 and Bull dropped 11% to 0.8.
Telemundo scored a 0.5/2 and Univision a 0.4/2.
The CW was at 0.2/1. The Penn & Teller: Fool Us finale grew 50% to 0.3 and Whose Line Is It Anyway did a flat 0.2, and was followed by a Whose Line repeat.
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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.