Monday Ratings: The Voice, DWTS, Smash Hit Series Lows

By On 04/17/2012 · 40 Comments · In Dancing with the Stars, Ratings, Smash, The Voice

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Ratings are in from TVByTheNumbers

NBC notched the nightly win with the advertiser coveted adults 18-49, even as The Voice dipped 10% to a season low (and series low for a performance show) 3.6 adults 18-49 rating, vs. a 4.0 rating last week. At 10pm, Smash dropped a tenth to a season/series low 1.9 adults 18-49 rating, vs. a season/series low 2.0 rating last week.

Dancing with the Stars slid two tenths to a series low for a performance show 2.8 adults 18-49 rating, vs. a 3.0 rating last week. After a week off, Castle returned up a tenth to a 2.2 adults 18-49 rating, vs. a 2.1 rating in its last new episode.

Series lows for all of our shows last night…

8:00PM NBC The Voice (8-10p) 3.6 10 9.939
ABC Dancing with the Stars (8-10p) 2.8 7 16.338
CBS How I Met Your Mother 3.0 9 7.272
FOX Bones 2.1 6 6.970
CW Gossip Girl 0.6 2 1.118

8:30PM

CBS 2 Broke Girls 3.3 9 8.436

9:00PM

CBS Two and a Half Men 3.7 9 11.038
FOX House 2.0 5 5.622
CW Hart Of Dixie 0.6 1 1.324

9:30PM

CBS Mike & Molly 3.1 8 9.561

10:00PM

ABC Castle 2.2 6 11.495
NBC Smash 1.9 5 5.958
CBS Hawaii Five-0 -R 1.6 4 6.114

 
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  • Anonymous

    Very sad for SMASH, otherwise, since I don’t watch the others, it doesn’t bother me. I find it strange through about SMASH, ( Which I did’t get to watch until after midnight) is that my facebook page is awash in folks posting about las night’s episode, so I thought the viewership must be up!

    Granted I have a lot of theatre friends on FB, but todays’ posts about the show are probably at least three times what I’ve seen in the past.

    Sad, because I think the show is just getting better and better.

  • http://www.twitter.com/slimymeatballs Nick

    Looking back, I am very shocked SMASH got a second season pick-up so easily. Frankly, if I was the head of NBC and pumped our entire marketing budget into that show and it was performing how it has–I would expect to be fired. But they renewed it? Hmmm… Not to say that I’m not personally happy with the decision, because I’m a Kat fan, but I feel like something else is at play.

    Maybe they asked the showrunner to step down so they could keep the show, but do a massive revamp for season 2. The only problem I see with that is no matter what they do to fix the show, how will they get viewers to give it another chance? If no one watched the first season, why would they pile in front of the TV to see what season 2 has to offer? They won’t.

    But maybe I’m wrong. Maybe they’ll see the flaws and fix them, have an amazing season 2, and build up purely by word-of-mouth until it becomes a… Smash! (Sorry, couldn’t help it.)

  • Anonymous

     The thing that is at play is that NBC is struggling to find any kind of hit drama.  They have had modest success with Parenthood (a favorite of mine), but overall – they just can’t find the next big thing.

    If Smash was on CBS and performing like it is on NBC, it would be gone – they don’t have room for a freshman drama that is pulling in “eh” ratings.

    Eventually, this can help NBC – because it gives them a chance to allow shows to grow, while CBS doesn’t have as much room to do that.

  • Anonymous

    I think the show will always be an acquired taste no matter what. It has its loyal fans, Like Firefly and Arrested Development, etc. but wil never appeal to the mass market, which seems to prefer legal procedures, car chases and murder to drama on and behind the Broadway stage. This is one of those shows where you have to think to keep up and viewers of network TV at least do not seem to like that very much.

    The reason for the renewal, I think, is the name power behind it. It’s show runner was the sacrificial lamb for the deal to be renewed most likely. I do see a major revamp coming though next season. Of course, I think the show is oging to win osome Emmy nominations for Megan Hilty and Christian Boyle – maybe Angelica Houston. Having those creds will at least put a feather in NBC’s cap.

    Starting last night with the timid little “Karen as Marilyn” number probably did very little to draw in channel surfers and may have even driven some casual viewers away. I think it needs to have a “grab ‘em by the balls” number at the beginning for awhile to keep viewers hooked through the first few minutes of the show.

  • Anonymous

    All of CBS’s 9/10  oclock hour shows have pretty much the same formula, just different stars and locations. They must save a lot of money recycling scripts!

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SYFK77IYLRQIVATQ2MJKSW2J7Y Pam

    As much as I grumble about Idol from time to time, it’s still has a better format than the Voice.  The judges manipulations with the Voice and front and center and they of course get more benefits (as far as sales bumps go) than the current crop of contestants do.  One thing I wish AI would do is show us the rankings for the contestant performances.  That is one thing that Voice does that I do like.  The talent that is left on the Voice is becoming more lackluster as the eliminations continue which obviously isn’t good for ratings. 

  • Anonymous

    I’m glad that AI doesn’t tell us the Itunes rankings, or the percentage of votes that the contestants get, like The Voice did last year.  I noticed that The Voice didn’t give the percentages last week.  I think it takes a lot away from the show, if people believe that the Itunes rankings are showing who the favorites are.  Plus, I don’t want that information to have an effect on the contestants’ performances.

  • Anonymous

    I think Smash got a renewal is because NBC would have total egg on their face after spending millions in advertisement, only to have the show flop, which it did. 

  • http://twitter.com/youtweetmetoo it’s me

    the show hasn’t flopped!  it’s rated quite a high in the scripted show area for nbc.  also, the 7-day dvr ratings are almost double the live rating.

  • http://twitter.com/youtweetmetoo it’s me

    i read somewhere that ALL the shows last night were down in ratings which include CBS comedies & ABC shows.  So it’s not just NBC.  i think the nice weather keeps people outdoors instead of indoors watching TV.

  • Anonymous

     Its a hit for NBC, anything on NBC that gets above a 2 is good. Its not a flop.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_SYFK77IYLRQIVATQ2MJKSW2J7Y Pam

    Here are last night’s final ratings from tvbythenumbers.

    The Voice,  How I Met Your Mother, Bones, 2 Broke Girls, Two and a Half Men & Dancing with the Stars were each adjusted up a tenth while Castle was adjusted down a tenth among adults 18-49 versus Monday’s preliminary ratings.

    8:00PM
    NBC The Voice (8-10p) 3.7 10 10.028
    ABC Dancing with the Stars (8-10p) 2.9 7 16.646

  • http://twitter.com/KariannHart Kariann Hart

    If following “Smash” from the beginning, it is very addicting.  Maybe with summer reruns, it will pick up new fans?  Yes, I see several Emmy nominations from the show.  Angelica Houston seems quite likely.  Maybe Steven Spielberg can come up with a new angle next season?

    I don’t think “The Voice” should be on in the Fall, but they may need to fill that spot.  There seems to be more game playing and manipulations this season.  At least two of the mentors should change in the coming year.

  • http://twitter.com/TylerWV TylerWV

    Two of my fav shows are going down the tube for me this week.  I hated Smash this week.  Is Uma supposed to be comedy relief?  Surely they didnt seriously cast her as any kind of a Marilyn figure.  The Voice is now so NOT about the voice that I can barely stand to watch it once I have recorded it.  When CeeLo kept Erin and Blake kept Rae Lyn over Jordis I almost barfed.  Its kill or be killed among the coaches to see who wins this thing and Im not talking about the contestants.  Also, CeeLo seems to be phoning it in this season and did we need a near naked Xtrina performing with a childrens choir? I will give Blake props for always letting his team shine when the coaches perform with them in a group number.

  • http://twitter.com/TylerWV TylerWV

    I wonder if the instant elimination is a way for NBC to cut the number of episodes since the Voice is declining in ratings?

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