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[09/30/14 - 08:52 AM]
"The Voice" Maintains 100% of Its Premiere-Week Rating and Retains 98% in Total Viewers
NBC spins the numbers for Monday, September 29.

[via press release from NBC]

Monday Results (Note that ABC carried NFL football in the Philadelphia and Kansas City markets):

NBC won Monday among the Big 4 in adults 18-49 by a +21% margin (with a 3.5 rating vs. a 2.9 for #2 CBS), up from last week's +6% margin (3.7 vs. 3.5 for CBS).

· "The Voice" (3.9/11 in 18-49, 12.7 million viewers overall from 8-10 p.m. ET) maintained 100% of its premiere-week rating (3.9 vs. 3.9) and retained 98% in total viewers (12.740 million vs. 12.948 million), pending updates.

· "The Voice" matched the show's highest Monday 18-49 rating since March 17 and has this week and last week generated the show's two biggest Monday overall audiences since March 24.

· "The Voice" won its highly competitive two-hour time period in adults 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 and other key demos. From its first half-hour to its fourth, last night's telecast increased by +34% or 1.1 rating points in 18-49 (to a 4.3 from a 3.2) and grew by 2.6 million persons or +24% in total viewers (13.7 million vs. 11.1 million).

· Note that last night's 8-9 p.m. ET competition was up by 50% on CBS and 27% on Fox versus the same night last year, with CBS growing thanks to "The Big Bang Theory" (3.9 vs. the year-ago 2.6) and Fox up with "Gotham" (2.8 vs. the year-ago 2.2).

· "The Blacklist" (2.8/8 in 18-49, 10.7 million viewers overall from 10-11 p.m. ET) won the time period convincingly versus season premieres of ABC's "Castle" (2.4, pending updates with NFL preemptions in Boston and Kansas City) and CBS's "NCIS: LA" (1.9). "The Blacklist" beat "Castle" in 18-49 by +17% (pending updates) and "NCIS: LA" by a +47% margin.

· L+3: Note that last week's "Blacklist" grew in L+3 ratings by 1.49 rating points or +44% in 18-49 and by 5.3 million viewers overall.

· Last night's "Blacklist" is up +8% versus what the show was averaging at the end of last season through the May sweep in 18-49 (2.8 vs. 2.6).

In Late-Night Metered Markets Monday night:

· In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 3.2/8; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.2/6; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 2.1/6.

· In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.2/6; "Late Show," 0.4/2; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.6/3.

· From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 1.3/4 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 with Craig Ferguson" (1.2/4). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.6/4 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.

NOTE: All ratings are "live plus same day" from Nielsen Media Research unless otherwise indicated. Season figures are averages of "live plus seven day" data except for the two most recent weeks, which are "live plus same day."





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· BIG BANG THEORY, THE (CBS)
· BLACKLIST, THE (NBC)
· CASTLE (ABC)
· GOTHAM (FOX)
· NCIS: LOS ANGELES (CBS)
· VOICE, THE (NBC)





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