Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Powerful ‘Voice’

NBC took the Monday broadcast ratings crown with The Voice showing a 2.2 in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, pacing NBC to a 1.9 in that key demographic, and a 6 share. ABC had a 1.4/5, CBS had a 1.3/4, Fox a 1.2/4 and The CW a 0.4/1.

The Voice’s rating was flat with last week’s. Blindspot was down 7% at 1.3.

ABC’s Dancing with the Stars did a 1.6 across two hours, down 6%, while Castle slid 9% to a 1.0.

On CBS, the Supergirl finale rated a 1.2, down 8%, Scorpion a 1.5, down 6%, and NCIS: Los Angeles slid 8% to 1.2.

Fox’s Gotham rated a 1.2 and Lucifer a 1.3, both scores flat with a week ago.  

On CW, the finale of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend did a 0.3, down 25%, and Jane the Virgin a 0.4, down 20%.

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.