Primetime Ratings: ‘Voice’ Leads NBC to Win

NBC was the broadcast winner Monday, the network riding The Voice to an overall 1.9 rating in adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 7 share. Two hours of The Voice did a 2.4 before Taken did a 1.0. Last week, The Voice did a 2.6 and Taken a 1.2. 

ABC was runner up at 1.6/6. The 24th premiere of Dancing With the Stars scored a 2.0 before Quantico did a 0.8, up 33%. Dancing’s fall finale did a 1.8.

CBS was third at 1.1/4. Kevin Can Wait did a 1.1, down 15%, and Man With a Plan a 1.0, off a tenth. Superior Donuts scored a 1.0, as did 2 Broke Girls—both were down a tenth—before drama Scorpion’s flat 1.1.

Fox was good for a 0.8/3, with 24: Legacy at 0.8, down from 1.0, and APB at a flat 0.7.

The CW tallied a 0.5/2, with Supergirl off 14% at 0.6 and Jane the Virgin at a flat 0.3.

Among Spanish-language players, Telemundo did a 0.6/2 while Univision did a 0.5/2.

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.