Primetime Ratings: ‘Voice’ Return Boosts NBC

NBC won the broadcast ratings battle Monday, the return of The Voice pacing the Peacock to a 2.8 in viewers 18-49, with a 9 share. The Voice did a 3.4, up 15% from its fall season finale.

ABC was runner-up at 2.0/7, then CBS and Fox at 1.4/4. The CW posted a 0.3/1.

NBC’s return of Blindspot was down 5% from its last airing in the fall, at 1.8.

ABC had The Bachelor up 4% at 2.5, then Castle flat at 1.1.

CBS’ Supergirl was down 7% at 1.4 while Scorpion fell 12% at 1.5, then NCIS: Los Angeles was off 8% at 1.2.

On Fox, Gotham rated a 1.5, down a tenth from its last airing, while Lucifer slid 13% to 1.3.  

The CW had Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Jane the Virgin, both at 0.3. Crazy Ex fell 25% from last week while Jane was flat.

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.