Behind the premiere of the heavily touted singing competition The Voice, NBC was able to
grab the Tuesday ratings victory, scoring a 4.3 rating/11 share in the
18-49 demo, according to Nielsen overnight numbers.
TheVoice premiered to 11.8 million viewers during the 9-11 p.m. slot.
The new reality competition featuring Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green and
Christina Aguilera premiered to 11.8 million viewers and gave NBC a 5.1 rating, the
highest premiere for any network since CBS' Undercover Boss last February.
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Compared to last year's big NBC premiere The Marriage Ref,which bowed in February of 2010, The Voice premiere was up 4%. Its 8 p.m. lead-in The Biggest Loser: Couples was up 17% to a 2.7.
Coming in second was Fox with a 3.0/8. A 90-minute edition of Glee was down 8% to a 3.4. Raising Hope, airing a half-hour later than last week, was down 14% to 1.9.
ABC came in third at 2.7/7, thought it won the night in total viewership. A two-hour Dancing With The Stars results show netted a 3.0 for the 8-10 p.m. slot, up a tenth from last week's one-hour episode. Body of Proof fell a tenth to a 2.3.
CBS aired all repeats for a 1.9/5.
The CW rounded out the evening with a 0.6/2. One Tree Hill was steady with another 0.7 and Hellcats was down a tenth to a 0.4.
