“The Voice” blind auditions and “The Bachelor” semifinals finished to a draw last night in ratings, and so did their networks. NBC and its singing competition finished first in total viewers. Consider that a tiebreaker.
NBC and ABC tied for first in ratings, both with a 1.7 rating/7 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic. NBC was first in total viewers with an average of 9 million, according to preliminary numbers. ABC was second with 7.1 million viewers.
For NBC, “The Voice” from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. posted a 2.0/9 and 10.9 million viewers. “The Enemy Within” at 10 had a 0.9/4 and 5.4 million viewers.
For ABC, “The Bachelor” from 8-10 put up a 2.0/8 and 7.2 million viewers. “The Good Doctor” at 10 got a 1.1/5 and 6.7 million viewers.
Fox was third in ratings with a 0.9 and fourth in viewers with 4.3 million. “The Resident” at 8 received a 1.0 and 5.1 million viewers. “The Passage” at 9 had a 0.8 and 3.4 million viewers.
CBS was fourth in ratings with a 0.6 and third in viewers with 5 million. Between reruns, “Man With a Plan” at 8:30 got a 0.7/3 and 4.9 million viewers. At 9, “Magnum P.I.” got a 0.6/3 and 5.5 million viewers.
Univision and Telemundo tied for fifth in ratings, both with a 0.4/2. Univision was fifth in total viewers with 1.4 million, Telemundo was sixth with 1.2 million.
The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.2/1 and in viewers with 841,000. “Arrow” at 8 had a 0.2/1 and 904,000 viewers. “Black Lightning” at 9 got a 0.2/1 and 777,000 viewers.