Monday Overnights: Clean Sweep for NBC; CBS Freshman Sitcoms Lose Steam

MONDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2018

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 6.0/10, ABC: 5.0/ 8, CBS: 4.3/ 7, Fox: 4.0/ 6, CW: 0.5/ 1

-Percent Change from the Year-Ago Evening:
Fox: +48, NBC: + 3, CBS: – 4, ABC: -23, CW: -55

-Ratings Breakdown:
It was another Monday household overnight sweep for NBC with its combination of “The Voice” (#1 for the night: 6.5 rating/10 share from 8 p.m.) and episode three of new drama “Manifest” (5.1/ 9 at 10 p.m.). Comparably, “Manifest” was 59 percent above failed year-ago time period drama “The Brave” (3.2/ 5 on 10/09/17), and it bested competing “The Good Doctor” on ABC (#2: 4.8/ 9) and “Bull” on CBS (#3: 4.7/ 8) by 6 and 9 percent, respectively. Once the adult 18-49 data is released, expect a significantly greater advantage for “Manifest” in the demo.

Comparably, this sophomore season of “The Good Doctor” has lost noticeable steam, dropping by 30 percent from the 6.9/12 on the year-ago evening. “Bull” on CBS, meanwhile, was 38 percent above the 3.4/ 6 for year-ago time period occupant “Scorpion.”

“The Voice,” additionally, bested ABC’s competing “Dancing With the Stars” (5.0/ 8 from 8-10 p.m.) by 30 percent.

In week two news, CBS 8-9 p.m. comedies “The Neighborhood” (#3: 4.5/ 7) and “Happy Together” (#4: 3.4/ 5) decreased by 20 percent and 17 percent, respectively, from their week-ago openers. Particularly concerning is “Happy Together,” which was 24 percent below the 4.5/ 7 for failed sitcom “9JKL” on the year-ago evening (4.5/ 7 on 10/09/17 out of a Monday 8 p.m. edition of “The Big Bang Theory”).

With minimal lead-in support, week three of the reboot of the Eye net’s “Magnum P.I.” dipped to a fourth-place 4.3/ 7 in the 9 p.m. hour, which was 4 percent below the 4.5/ 7 one week earlier. That 4.5 overnight rating translated into 8.31 million viewers and a 1.3 rating in adults 18-49 (based on the Live+3 day data). In other words, CBS needs to revamp Monday.

Elsewhere, Ryan Murphy Fox drama “9-1-1” (#3: 4.4/ 7 at 9 p.m.) built by 19 percent out of lead-in medical drama “The Resident” (#4: 3.7/ 6 at 8 p.m.). The two dramas, on average, increased by 48 percent over Fox’s year-ago Monday pairing of “Lucifer” and “The Gifted.” And The CW populated the evening with night 2 of the “iHeart Radio Music Festival,” which barely registered with a 0.5/ 1 from 8-10 p.m.

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Monday, October 8 broken out by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”: 5.3/ 9 (#2)
CBS – “The Neighborhood”: 4.5/ 7 (#3)
NBC – “The Voice”: 6.2/10 (#1)
Fox – “The Resident”: 3.7/ 6 (#4)
CW – “iHeart Radio Music Festival,” part 2: 0.6/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”: 5.0/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Happy Together”: 3.4/ 5 (#4)
NBC – “The Voice”: 6.5/10 (#1)
Fox – “The Resident”: 3.7/ 6 (#3)
CW – “iHeart Radio Music Festival,” part 2: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”: 4.9/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Magnum PI”: 4.2/ 7 (#4)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 6.6/10 (#1)
Fox – “9-1-1”: 4.4/ 7 (#3)
CW – “iHeart Radio Music Festival,” part 2: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”: 4.9/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Magnum PI”: 4.3/ 7 (#3t)
NBC – “America’s Got Talent”: 6.5/10 (#1)
Fox – “9-1-1”: 4.3/ 7 (#3t)
CW – “iHeart Radio Music Festival,” part 2: 0.4/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Good Doctor”: 5.0/ 8 (#2)
CBS – “Bull”: 4.7/ 8 (#3)
NBC – “Manifest”: 5.3/ 9 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Good Doctor”: 4.7/ 9 (#2)
CBS – “Bull”: 4.6/ 8 (#3)
NBC – “Manifest”: 4.8/ 9 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research