NBC's THE VOICE is No. 1 Show of Monday Night; Dominates Competition
By: Caryn Robbins
Monday Primetime Results (Note that NBC carried NFL football in the Cincinnati market and CW carried the game in Houston):
NBC ranks #1 for Monday night among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49 and all other key demographics, with "The Voice" and "Blindspot" dominating six of six half-hours among ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in 18-49 and ranking as the #1 and #2 shows of the night on those nets. It's the 16th Monday in a row that NBC has ranked #1 or tied for #1 among ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in 18-49."Blindspot" (2.3/7 in 18-49, 8.2 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET):
· Is currently delivering five-week highs in 18-49and total viewers (best since Oct. 12, 2.5 in 18-49, 8.4 million viewers overall), pending updates. · Is close to rounding up to a 2.4 (currently reporting a 2.345). · Is the #2 show of the night on the Big 4 in adults 18-49, as well as #1 scripted series and the #1 first-year series. · Currently ranks #1 in the slot among the ABC , CBS and NBC in every key measure, pending updates.
· Is currently up +7% versus the comparable telecast in the spring (3.1 vs. 2.9 for the second Monday live telecast of the Spring on April 13) and +5% in total viewers (11.533 million vs. 11.035 million), pending updates. · Is the #1 program of the night on the Big 4 in adults 18-49 and most other key demos. · Is currently retaining 97% of last week's rating in 18-49 (3.1 vs. 3.2), pending updates. · Wins the time period among the Big 4 in every key demo. · Will add substantial viewership via time-shifting and VOD - last week's "Voice" increased by +22% in 18-49 rating going from "live plus same day" to "live plus three day" Nielsens (from a 3.23 rating to a 3.93) and by 2.0 viewers overall (from 12.0 million to 14.0 million). · Upscale: Monday's "Voice" is delivering a solidly upscale audience, indexing at a 115 among adults 18-49 living in homes with $100K+ incomes ("most current," including L+3, 100 represents an average concentration of those homes). The prior week's telecast was the night's most upscale show on the Big 4 (107 index, L+SD). In Late-Night Metered Markets Monday Night: · In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 2.7/7; "Late Show with Stephen Colbert," 2.6/7; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 2.0/5.
· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.0/5; "Late Show," 0.6/3; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.6/3.
· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.4/5 in metered-market households and a 0.3/2 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters. · From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.4/5 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show" (1.1/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.5/4 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.3/2). · At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.8/4 in metered-market households and a 0.3/3 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.
For the Week: · NBC has taken the primetime ratings week of Nov. 9-15 among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49 and all other key demographics, paced by the #1 show of the week in 18-49, "Sunday Night Football," and three top 10 ratings from "The Voice."
· NBC has now won seven of the season's first eight weeks in 18-49 and finished #1 or tied for #1 for 18 of the last 19 weeks, trailing over that span only FOX the week it aired five WORLD SERIES games.
· NBC's "Sunday Night Football" ranked #1 for the week of Nov. 9-15 among primetime shows on ABC, CBS, NBC and FOX in adults 18-49, total viewers, adults 25-54, adults 18-34, all key adult-male demos, teens 12-17 and kids 2-11. Also finishing in the week's top 10 were telecasts of "The Voice" on Monday (#5), Tuesday (tied for #6) and Wednesday (#8, rankings exclude sports pre- and post-game shows).
· Joining Sunday's Cardinals-Seahawks NFL game and the three "Voice" telecasts among the week's Top 20 primetime shows on the Big 4 were Monday's "Blindspot" (tied for #10), Tuesday's "Chicago Fire" (tied for #15) and Wednesday's "Law & Order: SVU" (tied for #15).
· According to "live plus same day" viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research, NBC averaged a 2.3 rating, 8 share in adults 18-49 and 8.3 million viewers overall for the week. It's NBC's most-watched week since Oct. 12-18 (8.4 million).
· Through the opening eight weeks of the 2015-16 season, NBC ranks #1 among the Big 4 networks in adults 18-49 and every other key demo (including a tie for #1 in women 18-34) and is #2 in total viewers.
· NBC is running within a tenth of a rating point of its year-ago season average in adults 18-49 (2.8 vs. 2.9, "most current"), is virtually matching its year-ago total viewership (9.698 million vs. 9.742 million) and is up versus last season in men 18-49 (2.8 vs. 2.7) and men 25-54 (3.4 vs. 3.3).
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