Primetime Ratings: Steady ‘Voice’ Leads NBC

NBC took the top prize in Monday ratings, putting up a 1.6 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. Second place went to ABC at 1.1/4.

For NBC, The Voice did a flat 1.9 across two hours, before the premiere of Better Late Than Never posted a 1.1. Season one of Better Late Than Never closed at a 1.7.

On ABC, The Great Christmas Light Fight went up 9% to 1.2 and The Bachelor: Countdown to Arie tallied a 0.8.

CBS did a 0.9/3. Kevin Can Wait fell 8% to 1.1 and Man With a Plan slipped 9% to 1.0. Superior Donuts did a flat 0.9 and 9JKL was down 13% to 0.7, before Scorpion scored a flat 0.9.

Fox was at 0.8/3. Lucifer decreased 11% to 0.8 and The Gifted did a level 0.8.

Univision rated a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.4/1.

The CW rated a 0.2/1. A repeated Penn & Teller: Fool Us led into a new Valor at a flat 0.2.

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Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.