Primetime Ratings: ABC’s ‘Dancing’ Opens Down

Despite a double digit dip for The Voice, NBC grabbed the Monday ratings crown with a 2.3 score in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, along with an 8 share. Next up was ABC at 1.6/5, then CBS at 1.4/5, Fox at 1.2/4 and The CW at 0.3/1.

The Voice was down 10% at 2.7, and Blindspot fell 6% to 1.6.

ABC had the return of Dancing With the Stars at 1.8 and Castle at a flat 1.1. The last season of Dancing wrapped in November at 2.4, after opening to a 2.1 in September—the latter 14% better than the March 21 premiere.

On CBS, Supergirl posted a 1.3 and Scorpion a 1.5, before NCIS: Los Angeles did a 1.3; all three ratings were flat.

Fox had Gotham at 1.3 and Lucifer at 1.2, both scores level with last week.

On CW, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend rated a 0.2, down 33%, and Jane the Virgin was a flat 0.3.

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.