Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Powerful ‘Voice’

NBC won the prime ratings prize Monday, as The Voice led the network to a 1.6 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That topped the 1.3/5 that ABC put up.

The Voice did a flat 1.9 across two hours, while Good Girls grew 11% for a 1.0.

On ABC, American Idol ticked up 7% to 1.5 from 8 to 10 p.m. Drama The Crossing lost 20% from its premiere to come in at 0.8.

CBS scored a 0.8/3, as Kevin Can Wait rated a 0.9 and Man With a Plan a 0.9., both comedies flat. Superior Donuts did a level 0.8 and Living Biblically slid 25% to 0.6, then Scorpion dropped 13% to 0.7.

Telemundo and Univision both scored a 0.5/2.

Fox rated a 0.4/1 with repeats of Lucifer and The Resident.

The CW did a 0.3/1. The DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season finale rated a 0.4 and iZombie a 0.2, both shows flat.

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.