Ratings: ‘The Voice’ Season 20 Premiere Pushes ABC and ‘The Bachelor’ to 3rd Place

NBC’s “Debris” debuts to 4.4 million viewers

The Voice Season 20 premiere
Photo by: Trae Patton/NBC

“The Voice” is back, and that’s bad news for “The Bachelor.” NBC (and Fox, to be fair) dropped ABC into third place in the key ratings demo on Monday, when new drama “Debris” debuted. Last week’s hometown dates episode of “The Bachelor” led ABC to a primetime win among adults 18-49. But there’s a new reality competition in town now.

NBC and Fox tied for first in ratings, both with a 0.9 rating/6 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic. NBC was first in total viewers with an average of 6.6 million, according to preliminary numbers. Fox was second with 5.7 million total viewers.

For NBC, the Season 20 premiere of “The Voice” from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. averaged a 1.1/7 and 7.7 million total viewers. At 10, “Debris” drew a 0.6/4 and 4.4 million total viewers. For Fox, “9-1-1” at 8 earned a 1.0/6 and 6.2 million total viewers. Spinoff “9-1-1: Lone Star” at 9 landed a 0.8/5 and 5.2 million total viewers. Fox, like The CW, programs a national primetime lineup from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. The other broadcast networks — CBS, NBC, ABC, Univision and Telemundo — all nationally program the 10 o’clock hour too, which is included in their primetime averages. ABC was third in ratings with a 0.8/5 and in total viewers with 3.6 million. “The Bachelor” from 8-10 averaged a 1.1/7 and 4.5 million total viewers. A rerun of “The Good Doctor” followed. Univision was fourth in ratings with a 0.4/2 and in total viewers with 1.4 million. The 10 o’clock season finale of telenovela “Dulce Ambición” received a 0.4/3 and 1.4 million total viewers.

CBS and Telemundo tied for fifth in ratings, both with a 0.3/2. CBS was fourth in total total viewers with 2.9 million, Telemundo was sixth with 960,000 total viewers.

CBS scheduled all repeats on Monday, airing encores of “The Neghborhood,” “Bob Hearts Abishola,” “All Rise” and “Bull” episodes.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.2/1 and in total viewers with 579,000. “All American” at 8 had a 0.2/2 and 743,000 total viewers. At 9, “Black Lightning” got a 0.1/1 and 414,000 total viewers.

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