Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With ‘Voice’

NBC seized the Monday broadcast ratings crown with a 2.2 number in people 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 7 share. CBS took runner up at 1.5/5, then ABC at 1.3/4, Fox at 0.6/2 and CW, in repeats, at 0.3/1. The Voice did a 2.8 on NBC, down a tick from last week’s 2.9, followed by a sneak preview at comedy Telenovela, which posted a 1.4, with 5.4 million total viewers, and a second episode at 0.8.

Eva Longoria stars as a soap actress in Telenovela. A week before, a preview of NBC comedy Superstore did a 2.2.

On CBS, Supergirl showed a 1.5, down 6% from last week, then Scorpion a 1.7, flat with its last airing, and NCIS: Los Angeles up 17% to 1.4.

ABC went seasonal with two hours of The Great Christmas Light Fight at 1.3, the same number it closed to a year ago, then The Great Holiday Baking Show down 8% at 1.1.

On Fox, TV’s Funniest Animated Stars, featuring the likes of Bart Simpson, Charlie Brown and Beavis & Butthead, rated a 0.6.

The CW aired repeats.

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.