Primetime Ratings: NBC’s ‘Voice’ Beats ABC’s ‘Idol’

NBC won the Monday ratings race, The Voice winning out over fellow singing competition show American Idol on ABC, as NBC posted a 1.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. That was a wee bit better than ABC’s 1.8/7. 

The Voice was down 4% for a 2.3 from 8-10 p.m. on NBC, and drama Good Girls was off 15% for a 1.1. 

On ABC, American Idol rated a 1.8 from 8 to 10, after premiering to a 2.3 the night before. The Good Doctor did a 1.8, up 38% over its last fresh airing last month. 

CBS and Fox were next at 0.8/3 apiece. On CBS, a Big Bang Theory repeat led into Man With a Plan at a flat 1.0. A Young Sheldon repeat followed, then Living Biblically scored a flat 0.7 and was followed by an NCIS repeat. 

On Fox, Lucifer did a level 0.7 and The Resident was down 11% for a 0.8. 

Univision rated a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/2. 

The CW scored a 0.3/1, as DC’s Legends of Tomorrow rated a 0.4 and iZombie a 0.2, both dramas flat with the previous week.  

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.