Primetime Ratings: NBC Rides ‘Voice’ to Win

NBC seized the Monday ratings title, riding The Voice to a 1.9 score in viewers 18-49, and a 7 share. That easily beat the 1.0/4 put up by ABC.

The Voice went up 5% to 2.0 from 8 to 10, and the premiere of Ellen’s Game of Games did a 1.7.

On ABC, The Great Christmas Light Fight fell 17% to 1.0 across two hours, before The Year in Memoriam did a 0.9.

CBS was at 0.8/3, as Kevin Can Wait rated a flat 1.1 and Man With a Plan dropped 10% to 0.9. Superior Donuts slipped 11% to 0.8 and 9JKL rated a level 0.7. Scorpion fell 11% to 0.8.

Univision did a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/1, both same as last week.  

Fox scored a 0.4/1 with repeats.

On The CW, Popstar’s Best of 2017 rated a 0.2 and The Hollywood Walk of Fame Honors did a 0.1. The network was at 0.1/0.

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.