Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With ‘Voice’ Finale
The finale of The Voice led NBC to the ratings title Tuesday. NBC scored a 1.2 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. In second was CBS at 0.9.5.
The Voice took up all of NBC’s prime. The penultimate episode did a 1.0 before the finale got a 1.3. Last week’s episode did a 1.2.
CBS had its crime block. NCIS got a 1.0 and FBI a 0.8, both down a tenth, before NCIS: New Orleans grew 13% to 0.9.
ABC got a 0.8/4 and Fox a 0.7/4.
ABC had seasonal fare. A Charlie Brown Christmas did a 1.1 and Olaf’s Frozen Adventure a 0.8. Shrek the Halls got a 0.7.
Fox had The Resident and Empire both at 0.7. The Resident lost a tenth and Empire was flat.
Univision got a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1. For Univision, Ringo did a 0.5 and it was 0.4s for La Rosa de Guadalupe and El Dragon. Ringo was up a tenth and the other two were flat.
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On Telemundo, El Sultan dropped 33% for a 0.2 and Decisiones: Unos Ganan, Otros Pierden posted a 0.3, before El Senor de los Cielos got a 0.4. The latter two stayed level.
The CW scored a 0.1/1. Special Dogs of the Year put up a 0.2 and an Arrow repeat followed.
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.