Primetime Ratings Monday: ‘The Voice’ Leads NBC to Win

The Voice
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NBC won the Monday ratings battle, with The Voice leading the way for the network. NBC got a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat ABC’s 0.7/4. 

The Voice got a level 1.0 from 8 to 10 p.m. and a Saturday Night Live special a 0.6. 

On ABC, Dancing with the Stars fell 30% to 0.7 from 8 to 10 p.m. and the season premiere of The Good Doctor rated a 0.6. The Good Doctor opened at 1.0 last year and 1.4 the season before. 

Univision was next at 0.4/2. Medicos had a 0.5 and Imperio de Mentiras a 0.4, the pair both up a tenth. Dulce Ambicion got a flat 0.3. 

CBS got a 0.3/2 and Fox a 0.3/1. On CBS, a The Price is Right prime special posted a 0.6 and was followed by reruns. 

Fox had L.A.’s Finest at 0.3 and Filthy Rich at 0.2, both off a tenth from last week. 

The CW and Telemundo both scored a 0.2/1. On CW, a Whose Line Is It Anyway? repeat led into Penn & Teller: Fool Us at a flat 0.2. 

Telemundo had El Domo del Dinero down a tenth for a 0.1 and Todo Por Mi Hija at a flat 0.3, then Falsa Identidad cut in half at 0.1. 

Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.