Primetime Ratings Monday: ‘Voice’ Leads NBC to Title
By Michael Malone published
‘The Bachelorette’ drops on ABC

NBC had the winning score in Monday prime, with The Voice pacing the network to the win. NBC posted a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That barely beat ABC at 0.8/4.
The Voice shot up 25% to a 1.0 across two hours and Nurses grew 50% from premiere for a 0.6.
ABC had Monday Night Football the week before.
On ABC Dec. 14, The Bachelorette got a 1.0 and 0.9 from 8 to 10 p.m., down 18%, and a 20/20 special about the vaccine a 0.4.
CBS rated a 0.5/3. The Neighborhood lost 14% for a 0.6 and Bob Hearts Abishola dropped 17% to 0.5. All Rise and Bull both got a 0.4, All Rise flat and Bull down a tenth.
Univision did a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/2. Univision had Vencer El Desamor at 0.5 and Imperio de Mentiras at 0.3. Dulce Ambicion also got a 0.3. All three were level with last week.
On Telemundo El Domo del Dinero posted a 0.2. Todo Por Mi Hija got a 0.4 and Falsa Identidad a 0.2. All three were flat.
Fox got a 0.2/1. LA’s Finest did a level 0.3 and a Cosmos: Possible Worlds rerun followed.
The CW rated a 0.1/1 with IHeartRadio Jingle Ball and a Whose Line Is It Anyway? rerun.
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.
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