NBC Tops First Monday of the New Season

[socialpoll id=”2388584″]

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Household Rating/Share
NBC: 7.1/11, CBS: 6.7/11, ABC: 6.1/10, Fox: 2.9/ 4, CW: 0.7/ 1

Percent Change From Saturday 7/04/15:
Fox: + 4, CBS and NBC:- 8 each, ABC: -10, CW: -12

—–

-Winners:
“The Big Bang Theory” (CBS), “The Voice” (NBC), “Dancing With the Stars” (ABC)

-Solid Sampling:
“Kevin Can Wait” (CBS), “The Good Place” (NBC)

-Losers (excluding repeats):
“Gotham” (Fox), “The Match Game” (ABC)

—–

-Ratings Analysis:
On your mark, get so, go…it is the start of the new television season. Each of the Big 3 networks had something positive to say on this opening night Monday.

NBC topped the evening care it its combination of the season-premiere of “The Voice” (#1 overall: 8.0/12 in the household overnights from 8-10 p.m.) and the two-episode premiere/preview of sitcom “The Good Place” (10 p.m.: #1, 6.0/10; 10:30 p.m.: #2, 4.7/ 8). Comparably, “The Voice” was on par from the year-ago season opener, which translated into 12.37 million viewers and a 3.5 rating/11 share in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data. And “The Voice” bested competing “Dancing With the Stars” on ABC (7.6/12 from 8-10 p.m.) by five percent in households.

One year earlier, “Dancing With the Stars” scored an almost identical 7.9/12 in the household overnights, which resulted in 11.46 million viewers and a 1.8/ 6 in adults 18-49. In other words, both “The Voice” and “Dancing With the Stars” should have no trouble maintaining year-ago levels this season.

With solid lead-in support, NBC sitcom “The Good Place” was certainly sampled. But overnight slippage for the 10 p.m. premiere was 27 percent below the 9:30 p.m. portion of “The Voice” (8.2/13). And erosion for the 10:30 p.m. episode was 22 percent (6.0/10 to 4.7/ 8). “The Good Place” debuts in its regularly scheduled Thursday 8:30 p.m. time period out of the season-premiere of “Superstore” this week.

Also on ABC last night was the season-finale of “The Match Game” at a third-place 3.2/ 6 in the overnights at 10 p.m.

Top-rated for the evening, of course, was the 10th season-premiere of CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” with a 10.6/17 at 8 p.m. Comparably, this was nine percent below the 11.6/18 for the year-ago season-opener, which translated into 18.20 million viewers and a 4.7/ 7 in adults 18-49, based on the Live + Same Day data.

Leading out of “The Big Bang Theory” was the series-premiere of Kevin James sitcom “Kevin Can Wait” at a third-place 7.1/11 at 8:30 p.m., which was right on par with the series-premiere of “Life in Pieces” one year earlier (7.2/11 on 9/21/15). That 7.2 in the overnights for “Life in Pieces” translated into 11.28 million viewers and a 2.6/ 8 in adults 18-49. Comparably, overnight retention for “Kevin Can Wait” out of “The Big Bang Theory” was an expected 67 percent.

Next on CBS was the conclusion of two-part “The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey” at a comfortable 5.6/ 9 in the household overnights from 9-11 p.m.

Over at Fox, season three of “Gotham” opened at a sluggish 2.8/ 4 in the overnights from 8-9 p.m., which was 12 percent below the 3.2/ 5 for the year-ago season-premiere. That 3.2 in the overnights translated into 4.57 million viewers and a 1.6/ 5 in adults 18-49 (based on the Live + Same Day data).

The season two premiere of lead-out “Lucifer” perked up by one-tenth of a household rating point with a 2.9/ 5 from 9-10 p.m. Comparably, and of positive note, that was 26 percent above the series-premiere of failed year-ago time period occupant “Minority Report.”

The CW, which is basically sitting out this week, populated the evening with two repeat episodes of “Supergirl” at an average 0.7/ 1 on the household overnights from 8-10 p.m.

Here is the half-hour breakdown:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”: 7.6/12 (#2)
CBS – “The Big Bang Theory” (season premiere): 10.6/17 (#1)
NBC – “The Voice” (season premiere): 7.4/12 (#3)
Fox – “Gotham” (season premiere): 2.8/ 4 (#4)
CW – “Supergirl” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”: 7.9/12 (#1)
CBS – “Kevin Can Wait” (series premiere): 7.1/11 (#3)
NBC – “The Voice” (season premiere): 7.7/12 (#2)
Fox – “Gotham” (season premiere): 2.8/ 4 (#4)
CW – “Supergirl” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”: 7.8/12 (#2)
CBS – “The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey”: 5.3/ 8 (#3)
NBC – “The Voice” (season premiere): 8.6/13 (#1)
Fox – “Lucifer” (season premiere): 2.9/ 4 (#4)
CW – “Supergirl” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “Dancing With the Stars”: 7.4/11 (#2)
CBS – “The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey”: 5.1/ 8 (#3)
NBC – “The Voice” (season premiere): 8.2/13 (#1)
Fox – “Lucifer” (season premiere): 3.0/ 5 (#4)
CW – “Supergirl” (R): 0.7/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Match Game” (season finale): 3.4/ 6 (#3)
CBS – “The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey”: 5.9/10 (#2)
NBC – “The Good Place” (series premiere/preview): 6.0/10 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Match Game” (season finale): 2.9/ 5 (#3)
CBS – “The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey”: 6.0/11 (#1)
NBC – “The Good Place”: 4.7/ 8 (#3)

Source: Nielsen Media Research