Primetime Ratings: ‘The Voice’, ‘The Brave’ Up as NBC Wins
NBC was the top ratings grabber in Monday’s prime contest, putting up a 1.6 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. Second was ABC at 1.2/5.
ABC won the previous Monday’s race.
The Voice ticked up 5% to a 2.0 for NBC, then The Brave grew 25% to 1.0.
On ABC, Dancing with the Stars dropped 7% to 1.4 before the special Luke Bryan: Living Every Day did a 1.0.
Fox scored a 1.0/4, with Lucifer climbing 25% to 1.0 and The Gifted at a flat 1.1.
CBS was at 0.9/3. Kevin Can Wait scored a flat 1.2 and was followed by a Big Bang Theory repeat. A new Superior Donuts jumped 25% from its premiere to 1.0 and 9JKL rated a level 0.8, before Scorpion did a 0.8, up a tenth of a point.
Telemundo scored a 0.7/3, with Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso at 0.8. Univision rated a 0.6/2.
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The CW did a 0.4/1, with Supergirl at a flat 0.5 and Valor up 50% to a 0.3.
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.