Primetime Ratings: ‘Voice’ Stays Strong to Pace NBC

NBC snagged top broadcast ratings Monday, with The Voice scoring a flat 2.1 in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and Blindspot a 1.4, up 17%. That gave NBC a 1.9 for the night, and a 6 share. Next up was ABC at 1.5/5, CBS at 1.3/5, Fox at 0.9/3 and The CW at 0.3/1.

ABC had Dancing With the Stars at 1.7, down a tenth, and Castle at 1.1, up a tenth.

CBS aired a double run of Mike & Molly at 1.6 and 1.7, up 23% and 21%, respectively, then a Big Bang Theory repeat, then The Odd Couple at a flat 1.3. At 10 p.m., Person of Interest rated a 1.0, down 17% from what it did on a different night in its season premiere.

On Fox, Gotham rated a flat 1.2 and Houdini & Doyle a 0.6, down a tenth from its premiere.

CW’s Reign rated a 0.3, as did Jane the Virgin; both were 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.