Primetime Ratings: Stronger ‘Taken’ Helps NBC

NBC was tops among broadcasters Monday, scoring a 1.9 in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 7 share. NBC had The Voice at 2.3, down a tenth of a point from last week, while Taken grew 22% to 1.1.

ABC was next at 1.4/5 as Dancing With the Stars did a 1.6, down 20% from its premiere last week, and Quantico grew 14% to 0.8.

CBS did a 1.0/4, with a couple comedy repeats before a new Superior Donuts at 1.1, up a tenth, and Great Indoors at 0.9, down 36% from its last new airing, then a Scorpion repeat.

Fox had a 0.7/3 with 24: Legacy at 0.9, up a tenth, and APB at 0.6, down a tenth.

The CW weighed in at 0.5/2, as Supergirl did a 0.7 and Jane the Virgin a 0.4. Both were up a tenth of a point over last week.

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.