Monday Ratings: Big Day for ‘The Voice’ Good Start for ‘Smash’

 Its official the Voice is a BIG HIT FOR NBC. I absolutely adored it last night. Love the coaches, the blind auditions and IMO its a different show then Idol they both can co-exist but the Voice IMO is putting the nail in the X FACTOR COFFIN. Simon must be freaking out right now with the Voice so BUZZED. I hope NBC keeps the Voice a one season show. Don’t burn it out or ruin it.

 Smash all I will say is KATHARINE you did all us Idol fans so proud. IMO A STAR WAS BORN in LA DIVA MCPHEE. All I can remember is remember when Katharine did Come Rain or Come Shine on Idol or Over the Rainbow I always thought this girl had star power. She is amazing. Kat made US PROUD.

fingers crossed for katherine 

Not bad for the Voice considering these are preliminary figures.  I’m curious to see the updated ratings breakdown for both shows.

Good numbers. The Voice better stretch that audition round out as long as possible to keep those viewers! I remember thinking that the battle rounds were too slow (4 battles per week, 6 pairs each team, that’s 6 weeks! That can’t be right?!)

I’m happy for Kat and those Smash numbers. I hope it’s not too big of a deal that the show lost viewers the second half.

The Voice was great last night!

And Katharine, you were amazing in Smash!  Critics say the best is yet to come, so tune in for this incredible new show, Smash, featuring Katharine McPhee!

YYEESS!!!! I am so happy Smash had a good first night.

And yay for The Voice! I had fun watching it.

I am pleased this morning. :)

I will admit that The Voice is my favourite singing show.  Even though these contestants are experienced, they are so interesting to listen to and watch.  It’s not like I am watching Lady GaGa compete.  I have never heard of any of them but their expertise is one of the things that make this show great.  The other thing is the judges.  I love them all.  They help make the show.  I laugh so hard when I listen to them.  I am so happy that they are getting great ratings.

From the same link.  More info coming soon.

Updated: The Voice pulled a 6.6 adults 18-49 rating and Smash debuted to a 3.8 adults 18-49 rating.

Fox’s Masked Scheduler has tweeted “nailed it” regarding his prediction that The Voice would have a 4.8 in the 18-49 demo and Smash would have a 3.8.

Idol remains #1.

Smash is simply amazing and the production is great. Even if Katharine wasn’t starred on this show I would still watch it faithfully. And the fact that Katharine is in it playing a major role? HECK YESS! xD can’t wait for the rest of the season already!

Great numbers for Smash! So happy for NBC and the show! 

Interested for next weeks numbers, considering there were a ton of people who watched the pilot online and most likely didn’t tune in to this first episode last night.

Regardless, YAY!!!! Number one for the timeslot!

6.6 for the Voice? Wow.

@Joseph… I am convinced Idol and The Voice are not each other’s problem. The real show that should be worried about The Voice smashing would be XFactor IMO.

At 10,”Smash” (3/8/10 I 18-49, 11.5 million viewers overall at 10 p.m.)scored the highest 18-49 rating for any episode of a regular 10 p.m. drama on ABC, CBS or NBC on any night of the week so far this season.”Smash” delivered NBC’s top in-season 18-49 and total-viewer results in the time period since November 3, 2008 (SNL election special).”Smash” nearly quadrupled NBC’s season average in the slot (1.0).

The Voice‘s regular time slot premiere this Monday averaged a demo rating of 6.6, and more notably swelled with every half hour, starting at a 5.3 and ending at 7.7.All told, that’s markedly higher than last April’s well-received series opener, which scored a 5.1.Leading out of The Voice, Smash started off with a 4.2 demo rating, then slipped to a 3.4 come its second half-hour, averaging out to a 3.8. Relative to NBC’s three most recent drama premieres — Playboy Club (1.6), Prime Suspect (1.4) and The Firm (1.8) — the musical newbie more than doubled the best of ‘em.More to come…

He was right about Smash, but not about The Voice.

More info, same link:

Smash had a 4.2 adults 18-49 rating in its first half hour and dropped to a 3.4 in its second half hour. Here are some additional bullets via NBC

The regular-slot debut of “The Voice” (6.6/16 in 18-49, 17.7 million viewers overall from 8-10) is NBC’s highest 18-49 rating in slot excluding Olympics since Feb. 16, 2004

This is a jump of 29% versus last year’s 5.1 for the “Voice” series debut.

There was major growth through the half-hours…5.3, 6.2, 7.3, 7.7

It’s NBC’s first 18-49 win over regular, original in-season competition on ABC and CBS in this slot, excluding Olympics, since November 3, 2008 (Deal or No Deal, SNL special).

“The Voice” held up very well relative to other shows that had post-Super Bowl time periods.

First regular-slot telecasts after post-Super Bowl editions, last three years…
Program…Date…a1849…total viewers
Undercover Boss…2/14/10…5.2/13…15.446 million
Glee…………….…2/8/11…4.6/13…11.577 million
The Voice…………2/6/12…6.6/16…17.686 million
 
Smash
At 10, “Smash” (3/8/10 I 18-49, 11.5 million viewers overall at 10 p.m.) scored the highest 18-49 rating for any episode of a regular 10 p.m. drama on ABC, CBS or NBC on any night of the week so far this season.

“Smash” delivered NBC’s top in-season 18-49 and total-viewer results in the time period since November 3, 2008 (SNL election special).

“Smash” nearly quadrupled  NBC’s season average in the slot (1.0).

This is NBC’s first 18-49 win in the slot vs. regular, original in-season competition on ABC and CBS, excluding Olympics, since November 3, 2008 (SNL election special)

I’ll reserve my opinion until I see the final ratings.

Yay, I’m thrilled with Smash’s ratings. I hope it continues to do well.

Whoa. Smash had a serious drop in the second half hour.

FYI here is Sunday’s ratings adjustments in a table:

Time Net Show 18-49 Rating/Sh Viewers (Millions)

7:00
NBC **Super Bowl:  Patriots vs. Giants 6:31-9:58p 40.5/78 111.35
CBS Undercover Boss (R) 0.5/1 2.87
ABC America’s Funniest Home Videos (R) 0.5/1 2.62
FOX Bob’s Burgers (R) 0.3/1 0.91

7:30
FOX Napoleon Dynamite (R) 0.6/1 1.52

8:00
ABC America’s Funniest Home Videos (R) 0.8/1 2.95
FOX The Simpsons (R) 0.8/2 1.94
CBS 60 Minutes Presents: Three Remarkable Women 0.5/1 3.98

8:30
FOX The Cleveland Show (R) 0.8/1 1.80

9:00
FOX Family Guy (R) 1.1/2 2.41
CBS CSI: Miami (R) 0.6/1 3.13
ABC The Middle (R) 0.5/1 1.77

9:30
FOX American Dad (R) 1.0/2 2.22

10:00
ABC Modern Family (R) 1.1/2 2.87
CBS NCIS (R) 1.0/2 6.38

10:30
NBC The Voice (Season Premiere) 10:21-11:21p 16.3/37 37.61
ABC Modern Family (R) 1.1/3 3.00

The second half hour loss for Smash isn’t a good sign.  They started off with 4.2 in the 10:00 half hour, but fell to 3.4 in the second half of the hour.  That’s a big drop.  

The Voice growing every half hour is really good, especially the numbers that they were getting during the second hour.  That’s interesting, because last season their ratings would fall during each half hour.  Part of that was due to the bad decision to air the show at 10:00.   Maybe the show can escape the mistakes that they made last year.

Good numbers. The Voice better stretch that audition round out as long as possible to keep those viewers! I remember thinking that the battle rounds were too slow (4 battles per week, 6 pairs each team, that’s 6 weeks! That can’t be right?!) 

It looks like they’ve increased every round, since the judges will each have 12 contestants, instead of 8 like they did last season.  

Even though I hated the battle round, I think the real problem with that round and the subsequent ones is that we never had a chance to get to know the contestants.  We went from seeing them for a minute in auditions, to lose four the first week, and then four the next.  I just didn’t see how I was supposed to care about people that I didn’t know.  I think that lack of a connection with the contestants is another reason why the ratings would fall throughout the show’s hour(s).  

I don’t think that the audition round should be longer, they have to figure out a way to spotlight the contestants more during the middle rounds.  Let us see them sing more than once before they are eliminated.

Smash is right after The Voice, so I’m sure some people just kept on the channel to see what it was all about.  Dropping in ratings during the second half is not good news for the program, so I’ll be curious to see what happens next week regarding viewership.

Considering the exorbitant amount of money spent on ads for Smash (its marketing has been going on for months) it better perform.  NBC is gasping for air and they seem to be putting lots of eggs in The Voice and Smash baskets.  They haven’t had a hit show (outside of a few situation comedies) for quite sometime. 

Good numbers for both! But before we say “Idol is dead, the voice will beat it in ratings this year!”-just remember-The Voice still has superbowl momentum. I expect ratings to be back down next week and down even more when it’s facing competition with DWTS. This could also technically be considered the premiere, so ratings are usually highest for the premiere.

I wonder if a drop in ratings for second half of shows that start at 10:00 is common?  I know I consider 11:00 too late to go to bed on a work night.  I was loving Smash, but did not make it to the end.

Yes, the drop in ratings for Smash during the second half isn’t a good sign at all.  I love stage musicals, but I’m not sure what kind of television audience there is for the general theme of the show.  Is it possible that the free previews may have cut into the ratings?  It will be interesting to see how many viewers return next week.

I’ve been thinking about those battle rounds on The Voice, and what it is about them that makes the show just lose all its momentum. I think it’s such an abrupt shift that it’s jarring. The auditions are all feel-good and funny and focused on the judges’ chemistry together. In the battle rounds, the judges stop interacting and suddenly, contestants are pitted against each other and is stops being fun I think. It gets a little mean sorta? Contestants you like have to fight each other in a boxing ring and it’s awkward and weird.

I don’t know what they could do about this short of dropping the boxing ring idea all together. I would like to see more of each judge working with his/her contestants. Then maybe have everyone do a final performace and the judge picks 4. But that would probably be too much like XFactor so they won’t do it.

Good but not great numbers for both shows. Wonder why the drop for the 2nd half hour of Smash? 

NBC should move Smash to 9 another night.

I thought the 2nd half of Smash was better especially with Katherine McPhee’s 2 big numbers so too bad audience dropped and missed it. Takes awhile to introduce concept and characters in a new show but I liked the juxtaposition of rehearsal/audition with how it would play out a broadway production with lights, costume etc. .

Woo-hoo!!! that’s amazing for the voice. Big victory!!!

The Voice beat Idol week-on-week. Ouchie!

I’m not anti The Voice, and I expect it will do well this season, but it’s still riding high off of it’s post-Superbowl slot to some extent.  Ratings will stabilize. Beyond that, I do agree with the sentiment, that at least last season the auditions were the most interesting part.  After, that for me it just dissolved into a bit of a boring mess.  So it will be interesting to see if The Voice can keep it’s ratings momentum throughout the season or if the ratings drop once the novelty of the blind auditions are done and it just turns into every other music reality show. 

Smash ratings are actually pretty decent when you also consider it aired at 10pm and despite all the promotion, the behind the scenes world of Broadway doesn’t exactly have major mass appeal.  That said, I hope it can keep up the ratings because it’s a very expensive show to make, so the ratings have to warrant the cost to some extent.

Wooo! The Voice just demolished Idol! LOL…. Well, I’m not suprised.  It’s just a better and more entertaining show these days.  Sorta like what Idol was in the first 5 seasons – then it started it’s manipulations and arrogant ways and now it’s fighting to breath (yes, I know it’s still #1, but its headed south).  And I”m not surprised at Smash’s ratings (although the second half ratings dropped sharply) , since I read NBC has spent millions on promotion. Any less would have been shocking.

Smash is right after The Voice, so I’m sure some people just kept on the channel to see what it was all about. 

And the mass marketing had nothing to do with it? Commercials have been running non-stop and in NYC you cant escape a poster or billboard promoting it.

The regular-slot debut of “The Voice” (6.6/16 in 18-49, 17.7 million viewers overall from 8-10) is NBC’s highest 18-49 rating in slot excluding Olympics since Feb. 16, 2004 

Kickass!

The best part about The Voice is it actually GREW in it’s second hour pretty dramatically. It means people are liking what they see.

Yeah…except it didnt.

American Idol premiered this season to a 7.5 and 21 million viewers. Greater than the Voice’s 6.6 and 16 million…

I agree.  The second half of Smash was better than the first half, but fewer viewers saw it.  I think that moving the show to an earlier time would help a lot.

Like I said before I expect The Voice to have great ratings this year. They have a lot of buzz. They were after the highest rated Super Bowl in history & I think they retained some of those viewers because they were entertained with the show. I think Idol & The Voice have the same level of talent for their contestants. I think what helps The Voice is it’s an entertaining show with entertaining judges. People might hate certain judges, but they are definitely more entertaining than Randy, Steven, & J-Lo. Idol has decreased in viewership & it’s auditions were boring so that helps The Voice, too. The judges on Idol aren’t interesting or entertaining this year. And this is coming from a big Idol fan. 

People keep saying why would The Voice ratings be so much higher than last year when their winner isn’t successful. People don’t care. What they want is an entertaining show. Idol is not as entertaining as before & people do have other options now. I’m not saying they can have 2 or 3 years with no contestants having success. They can’t. But right not people just want to be entertained & that’s what the show does.

There’s room for both The Voice & Idol to have great ratings. But Idol needs to be careful because The Voice is quickly becoming the show that people want to watch more than Idol. IMO what will hurt The Voice is the battle rounds (the worst rated parts of the season) & whether they improved it & it’s competition with DWTS coming soon.

Interesting that if idol gets these numbers it’s “terrible” and “almost dead” but when the voice gets these it’s “fantastic.”

 I’m also not understanding the assumption that this is what The Voice ratings are likely to hold at.  Again, I’m not saying the show is going to be unsuccessful, but it’s normal for a show that received a post Superbowl bump, let alone a Superbowl as watched as this one, to carry that bump over into the next airing of said show.  Especially when said show is on again only one day after the Superbowl.  Though I would agree that the fact that show was building throughout the airing was a good sign.  But I do expect ratings to go down a bit from here to the next airing.

Here is last night’s ratings breakdown in a table from tvbythenumbers.

The first Monday of February sweeps of course saw original
programming on all of the broadcast networks. On the heels of a record
breaking Super Bowl and great post-Super Bowl turnout for The Voice, would Monday’s time period debut of The Voice and the premiere of Smash take a bite out of the competition’s ratings? In a word, yes.

NBC won the night with adults 18-49 and total viewers with The Voice pulling a 6.6 adults 18-49 rating from 8-10p, 29% higher than last year’s premiere. Smash debuted to a 3.8 adults 18-49 rating (the half hour breakout was a 4.2 dropping to a 3.4).

Time Net Show 18-49 Rating Viewers (Millions)

8:00
NBC The Voice 5.6/15 16.08
CBS How I Met Your Mother 4.0/11 9.99
ABC The Bachelor 2.5/7 8.06
FOX House 2.4/6 7.16
CW Gossip Girl 0.6/2 1.28

8:30
CBS 2 Broke Girls 4.3/11 11.42

9:00
NBC The Voice 7.3/18 19.30
CBS Two and a Half Men 4.2/10 12.90
ABC The Bachelor 2.6/6 8.43
FOX Alcatraz 2.2/5 6.78
CW Hart Of Dixie 0.6/1 1.50

9:30
CBS Mike & Molly 3.4/8 11.02

10:00
NBC Smash (Series Premiere) 3.8/10 11.50
CBS Hawaii Five-0 2.7/7 9.80
ABC Castle 2.0/5 8.72

I’m not saying it’ll hold it’s numbers. With DWTS coming soon, it probably won’t. But there were many people doubting it could even get numbers over 14 million total viewers because it had an unsuccessful winner & while their ratings were decent last year as the season progressed it declined. Their finale was the worst ratings for the season. 

The Super Bowl bump does not happen for all shows. Glee had only about 11 million people tune in to the episode after the Super Bowl & their episode was 2 days later. Their Super Bowl episode ratings had 26 million total viewers. So The Voice’s Super Bowl episode did help retain more viewers than some other Super Bowl lead-in shows.

Wellllll, because for Idol, it’s ratings this year have never been lower since it started 11 years ago.  That’s why it’s “terrible”.  For The Voice, it’s ratings have never been higher, so that’s why it’s “fantastic”. 

Oh the Voice’s ratings are not likely to hold here, but they don’t have to for a successful season. I think the auditions will stay in the high5s and 6s, and from there if they keep it to, say, the 5s and no lower than the high 4s (especially once DWTS comes back) then to me that is a great year. They will have improved on last season by a lot.

And I know I sound like a broken record on this, but I don’t think The Voice and Idol threaten each other too much They air different nights and are shooting for completely different types of audiences. There is room for both to do well IMO.

If idol had the superbowl momentum, it would have been way higher :)

Wooo! The Voice just demolished Idol

What are you basing that on?  The first episode of AI had a 7.5 rating in the demo, and drew 21.9 million people.  It’s easy to compare AI’s ratings for last Thursday to the Voice’s on Sunday or Monday, but that’s really not a true apples to apples comparison.  Even last Thursday AI had an adult rating of 6.5, The Voice was 6.6 yesterday.  Last Thursday AI drew 17.141 million viewers, while The Voice drew 17.7.

I don’t think people are taking into consideration the Voice is on NBC. Networks like FOX and CBS are highly respected and two channels most people always have on. NBC has been doing terrible for years. 4 to 5 million to them is a success. For the Voice to draw in what they are could easily be 19+ million on FOX or CBS. Idol move over.

 The big test with Smash will be its viewer retention over the season. I will be staying with it for now. It’s a quality show.

As for the Voice,  I like the blind auditions segment , but I lose interest when the show gets underway. I like the coaches on the Voice better than the contestants, but I like the contestants better than the judges on Idol.

For all the marketing The Voice has been getting and for all the money spent promoting it and for the fact it isn’t slotted against any real competition…Monday night is pretty meh in the TV world and DWTS has started…they are doing very well.  Idol, on the otherhand, hasn’t had the promo it has had in years past and is pretty much resting on its rep to draw the viewers back…like most 10 year old shows have a tendency to do…and it is up against some rating winners on both Wednesday and Thursday.

It will be interesting to see how the season develops and if either show can end up being number 1 for the year.  It’s like the old, punch groggy fighter against the fit and trim and hungry young-um (heck, that would make a good movie premise LOL). 

I think the competition element is dog-gum fun and will make the next couple of months interesting.

Those are really good number for the Voice, they carried over enough people from the Superbowl broadcast to have a very good second season.

I would be a little less enthusiastic about Smash, it did well but the retention out of the second hour of the Voice is around 50%.

Fox isn’t too respected.  Some still see it as a netlet, especially since they don’t air a 10pm show.  But worse than that, before NBC’s recent problems, AI was the only reason why Fox wasn’t in last place.  

So on demo, both Smash and The Voice beat Idol?

I think Glee is just a hard comparison though because IMO Glee was never going to be a show with that sort of universal appeal.  Don’t get me wrong in that it’s ridiculously popular, but I think Glee was always going to be a bit of a hard sell to the post-football crowd whereas I think a show like The Voice at least captured the curiosity of folks, whether they ultimately stick with it or not.

It should be interesting when DWTS returns because while their ratings were also declining last season, I almost wonder if they will benefit by simply NOT being another competitive reality show looking for a recording artist.  What some people were worn out on last season might hold some more appeal in the wake of so many music reality competitions.

Monday night is not all THAT meh. CBS has a solid block of comedies there that all do well in the demo (except Mike and Molly I think), and Two and a Half Men is always a big ratings grabber. Once The Voice has to face those AND DWTS (and the auditions are over) I think it will see a decrease in ratings. Still, hopefully, it will continue to pull good demo numbers. Fingers crossed.

ETA: @itsalleternal: No, not at all.

I agree. I like The Voice judges/coaches more than Idol. Both shows have talented contestants. But I usually like the contestants on Idol more than The Voice. 

NBC is in the toilet for sure, but I would never say Fox is a respected network.  Far from it.

The networks are all cyclical anyway. NBC was also in the toilet during the late 70′s and early 80′s until a little show called The Cosby Show came along and changed all that and put NBC back on top. The tides will change.

I agree it’s not a respected network compared to CBS or ABC. However, it has started getting better because of good shows like House, Fringe, Bones, etc. I don’t think it will ever be respected because their highest rated shows are talent competitions. If that changes & they get great dramas or sitcoms that have great ratings, then maybe the way people see the network will change.

So on demo, both Smash and The Voice beat Idol?

The tv week is from Monday to Sunday, so AI hasn’t aired yet this week.  The Sunday episode of The Voice did beat AI’s ratings from last week.  Will have to wait until Thursday to see if the Monday episodes of The Voice and Smash will beat AI.For comparison, last Wednesday’s AI had a 6.0 in the demo, and 18.48 million viewers.

Politically they’re not very respected but in terms of viewer loyalty they are a solid network. House, Bones, Glee, Family Guy and so on. They clearly have the respect of their audience. That’s way more than what NBC has.

Monday night is not a meh night, unless you are one of those people who likes crime dramas. At 7:00, there is How I Met Your Mother (the season Barney gets married and Lily has a baby) and the final season of House. For the younger viewers, there is Gossip Girl and Pretty Little Liars. Then at 8:00, you have Two and a Half Men.

Monday night has become impossible for me. I dropped off HIMYM since that will be easy to catch on repeats or Demand. I recorded two shows in one room and flipped back and forth between two others in another room.

Congrats to both of these shows! Smash was really enjoyable. There are some big names and then some newcomers who were captivating from this first episode, Kat being one of them!

I can’t wait to see where the Voice’s ratings are in its 11th season :)

What does it matter? AI was a first and it has been the only show in town for 9 years. It should have built up a huge, dedicated following.

The Voice is something new, but it isn’t the first of its kind and it has two shows to compete against. With all that in mind, I would say these ratings are impressive and a good start to this season.

The Voice may not even be around in five years, but I intend to enjoy it this season and take it for what it is. The Voice is entertaining NOW and that’s when I am watching it- in the present. I don’t care if it is even around 10 years from now!

I think when the dust is settled for the season, American Idol will average more viewers but The Voice will have better ratings (18-49). They’re both singing competition shows, difference is Idol is skewing older & Voice younger. This isn’t about Voice vs Idol, it’s just the facts.

The Voice half hours
8:00 p.m. – Viewers: 15.38 million, A18-49: 5.3/15

8:30 p.m. – Viewers: 16.77 million, A18-49: 6.2/15

9:00 p.m. – Viewers: 19.19 million, A18-49: 7.3/17

9:30 p.m. – Viewers: 19.39 million, A18-49: 7.7/18

If we were comparing it to the hour long idol shows at 8, the ratings would have been less. The 8-9 hour is less that what idol has been getting this season.

Great start for The Voice in its new timeslot and solid start for Smash. Hopefully retention for Smash is strong. I’m also interested in seeing what kind of retention The Voice gets. I haven’t been too impressed with any of their singers so far but then again I don’t think The Voice’s ratings depend so much on the talent. 

I also feel like there’s a lesson for the networks to take out of Smash’s marketing: making videos of your show available online will not kill your ratings. I’m not saying they should be allowed online before the fact like the Smash premiere was but availability after the fact is a good thing and a show like AI feels behind the times for not having it. 

i think The Voice is still being bumped by the super bowl hype. wait until a couple weeks. it will be at 10M

Here are last night’s final adjusted ratings w/table.

‘The Voice,’ ‘Alcatraz,’ ‘House,’ and ‘Two and a Half Men’ were all adjusted up a tenth with adults 18-49 versus Monday’s preliminary ratings. There were no other adjustments with adults 18-49.

Time Net Show 18-49 Rating Viewers (Millions)

8:00
NBC The Voice (8-10p) 6.7/17 17.84
CBS How I Met Your Mother 4.0/11 9.98
ABC The Bachelor (8-10p) 2.6/7 8.35
FOX House 2.5/6 7.09
CW Gossip Girl 0.6/2 1.25

8:30
CBS 2 Broke Girls 4.3/11 11.47

9:00
CBS Two and a Half Men 4.3/10 13.00
FOX Alcatraz 2.3/5 6.91
CW Hart Of Dixie 0.6/1 1.52

9:30
CBS Mike & Molly 3.4/8 10.95

10:00
NBC Smash (Series Premiere) 3.8/10 11.44
CBS Hawaii Five-0 2.7/7 9.97
ABC Castle 2.0/5 8.70

I also feel like there’s a lesson for the networks to take out of
Smash’s marketing: making videos of your show available online will not
kill your ratings. I’m not saying they should be allowed online before
the fact like the Smash premiere was but availability after the fact is a
good thing and a show like AI feels behind the times for not having it.

At least AI leaves uploaded performances on You Tube. NBC has been aggressively taking down The Voice videos, which is really annoying.

I’ve tried twice to post the final ratings, but my post keeps getting flagged.

Monday Final Ratings: ‘The Voice,’ ‘Alcatraz,’ ‘House,’ ‘Two and a Half Men’ Adjusted Up

Monday night is not a “meh” in terms of TV viewing, there seems to be something on for every age group on one of the major networks.

Monday night is a ratings grabber for CBS and their comedies. Two and A Half Men always scores high in the ratings and How I met your Mother is a viewer and critics’ darling! (Two Broke Girls and Mike and Molly are good shows too!)

House on Fox stil retains some of the viewers from its glory days and all the older viewers like DWTS.

I think the comedies will be the ones who battle it out for ratings with The voice over the long haul.

The judges on the voice seem more natural and less hung-up on the process (hello JLo). The banter is not forced and I feel they are ‘fun’ and not taking themselves too seriously, again like JLo. And there is not a constant irritant like Randy on their panal. As far as the contestants…on Idol, they get very personal and we get to know the contestant…not so with The Voice and perhaps they need to work on that. I do see a talent gap this year with the (Spoiler!) top 24 Idol and those who thus far made it on The Voice….Voice singers seem stronger and more polished, for the most part. 

I do see a talent gap this year with the (Spoiler!) top 24 Idol and those who thus far made it on The Voice

I disagree, I know somebody who was there for one of the rounds, The Voice has nothing on idol’s talent this year :)

But I guess we will really find out soon enough, right?

I saw the spoilers for Idol this year, too. Like all seasons, there are talented contestants. It comes down to whether they can step up during the top 24 & for the rest of the season to make us want to watch. For example, Adam was barely noticed by many people before the semi-finals. But he stepped it up once the semi-finals & the rest of the season progressed. Same with Haley, David Cook, & other contestants over the years. It’s not what you do during the auditions or Hollywood week, but what you do during the live shows & for the rest of the season for us to take notice & keep watching. 

I agree The Voice contestants are more polished. The only problem is The Voice needs to market their contestants better after the show. This is one of the biggest negatives about the show. I don’t think the contestants are any less talented than Idol contestants. They just need better marketing from the show & from the record labels.

I think The Voice will do well this year in the ratings. The show is more entertaining to me then AI is. I am not so sure about how well Smash will do. I just did not like the show at all.

nvm

I think the Voice will have trouble past the audition phase.  Unless they change they stupid battle rounds.  That was the worst part of the show.  

I really enjoyed The Voice yesterday.  I had a smile on my face because of the talent and the judges antics. I think these judges are hitting their groove with season 2.

Oh and happy that Smash did well.  :)

If you watch the entire pilot online –  it’s an EXCELLENT show.  Karen, the director, the producer, Ivy and Karen’s boyfriend are particularly strong.  (McPhee is an acting revelation here — i was not a big fan on idol but I am now).

  The problem is the first 15-20 minutes were rather weak because of awkward dialogue and stagey performances by Brian d’arcy James, the assistant, and frankly Messing herself.  They should’ve just scrapped those first several scenes!

But the show builds and is just riveting by the end.