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“The Voice” isn’t the tremendous hit it was when it first debuted in 2011, but it still packs bite. The singing competition — known more for the interaction between its coaches than for actually discovering the next American singing idol — has settled into a healthy groove, with ratings that haven’t varied much since fall 2016. For a show now in its 14th cycle, and having undergone multiple residents of those spinning chairs, that’s remarkable.
It’s extra notable this winter as ABC attempts to revive “American Idol,” the music show that dominated on Fox in the mid-2000s, but was already on a downward slide when “The Voice” came on the scene. The arrival of this new franchise hastened “Idol’s” decline, and Fox ended the show in 2016.
Perhaps the end of “Idol” helped keep “The Voice” steady since then, as fans of music competitions found a home there. But regardless of the reason, the 14th edition of “The Voice” — with coaches Adam Levine, Blake Shelton, Kelly Clarkson, and Alicia Keys — averaged a 2.8 rating in its return on Feb. 26, a number that eventually went up to a 3.3 rating after three days’ worth of DVR and VOD usage. That’s up from the fall, and just 0.3 ratings points from last spring.
Here’s a ratings tracker of “The Voice” from the beginning:
Cycle (Date)…18-49 rtg…p2+ viewers (x000)
Voice 14 (02/26/18)…2.8..12313
Voice 13 (09/25/17)…2.6…10570
Voice 12 (02/27/17)…3.1…13029
Voice 11 (09/19/16)…2.7…10340
Voice 10 (02/29/16)…3.4…13332
Voice 09 (09/21/15)…3.5…12371
Voice 08 (02/23/15)…4.1…13968
Voice 07 (09/22/14)…4.1…13240
Voice 06 (02/24/14)…4.7…15858
Voice 05 (09/23/13)…5.1…14983
Voice 04 (03/25/13)…4.8…13636
Voice 03 (09/10/12)…4.2…12285
Voice 02 (02/06/12)…6.7…17844 *
Voice 01 (04/26/11)…5.1…11775
*The day after a post-Super Bowl preview, which averaged a 16.3 in 18-49 and 37.611 million viewers.
Meanwhile, the Oscars got a slight bump from additional DVR and VOD viewing, to a 7.0 rating among adults 18-49 and 27.3 million viewers overall. The premiere of NBC’s “Good Girls” and return of CBS’ “Survivor” also made it into the Top 25.
On Xfinity’s ranker of top video on-demand shows last week, “The Walking Dead” returns to the list, thanks to its midseason premiere.
Here are this week’s rankers:
RANK |
SHOW & NETWORK |
LIVE+3 RATING |
WATCHED RATING |
1 |
The Oscars ABC |
7.0 |
6.9 |
2 |
The Walking Dead AMC |
4.3 |
2.9 |
3 |
This Is Us NBC |
4.0 |
2.5 |
4 |
The Big Bang Theory CBS |
3.7 |
2.5 |
5 |
The Voice (Monday) NBC |
3.3 |
2.8 |
6 |
Grey’s Anatomy ABC |
3.2 |
2.0 |
7 |
Young Sheldon CBS |
3.1 |
2.1 |
8 |
The Voice (Tuesday) NBC |
2.8 |
2.4 |
9 |
Live From the Red Carpet ABC |
2.7 |
2.7 |
10 |
The Good Doctor ABC |
2.6 |
1.3 |
11 |
9-1-1 Fox |
2.5 |
1.5 |
12 |
Survivor CBS |
2.3 |
1.7 |
13 |
The Bachelor ABC |
2.2 |
1.8 |
tie |
Modern Family ABC |
2.2 |
1.3 |
tie |
Chicago Med NBC |
2.2 |
1.4 |
16 |
Scandal ABC |
2.0 |
1.2 |
tie |
Chicago PD NBC |
2.0 |
1.2 |
18 |
The Goldbergs ABC |
1.9 |
1.3 |
tie |
How To Get Away With Murder ABC |
1.9 |
1.1 |
tie |
Mom CBS |
1.9 |
1.5 |
tie |
Good Girls NBC |
1.9 |
1.5 |
tie |
Chicago Fire NBC |
1.9 |
1.1 |
tie |
Will & Grace NBC |
1.9 |
1.1 |
24 |
Law & Order: SVU NBC |
1.8 |
1.1 |
25 |
NCIS CBS |
1.7 |
1.2 |
Adults 18-49; ratings points. Source: Nielsen Media Research |
RANK |
SHOW & NETWORK |
LIVE+3 |
WATCHED |
1 |
The Oscars ABC |
27.30 |
26.62 |
2 |
The Big Bang Theory CBS |
17.33 |
13.76 |
3 |
Young Sheldon CBS |
15.73 |
12.42 |
4 |
NCIS CBS |
15.40 |
12.46 |
5 |
The Voice (Monday) NBC |
14.26 |
12.32 |
6 |
This Is Us NBC |
14.02 |
9.74 |
7 |
Bull CBS |
13.79 |
10.70 |
8 |
The Good Doctor ABC |
13.03 |
7.83 |
9 |
Blue Bloods CBS |
12.69 |
9.05 |
10 |
The Voice (Tuesday) NBC |
12.46 |
10.84 |
11 |
Live From the Red Carpet ABC |
11.71 |
11.60 |
12 |
NCIS: New Orleans CBS |
11.56 |
8.27 |
13 |
Mom CBS |
10.93 |
8.95 |
14 |
Grey’s Anatomy ABC |
10.61 |
7.53 |
15 |
Hawaii Five-0 CBS |
10.49 |
8.00 |
16 |
Chicago Med NBC |
10.37 |
7.28 |
17 |
Survivor CBS |
10.10 |
10.03 |
18 |
The Walking Dead AMC |
9.89 |
6.84 |
19 |
Chicago PD NBC |
9.53 |
6.09 |
20 |
9-1-1 Fox |
9.33 |
5.95 |
21 |
Chicago Fire NBC |
9.00 |
5.67 |
22 |
MacGyver CBS |
8.48 |
6.92 |
23 |
S.W.A.T. CBS |
8.31 |
5.32 |
24 |
Seal Team CBS |
8.12 |
4.97 |
25 |
Life in Pieces CBS |
8.06 |
6.50 |
Total viewers; in millions. Source: Nielsen Media Research |
Here is this week’s Xfinity On Demand ranker:
RANK |
SHOW |
NETWORK |
1 |
This Is Us |
NBC |
2 |
Game of Thrones |
HBO |
3 |
The Good Doctor |
ABC |
4 |
9-1-1 |
Fox |
5 |
Homeland |
Showtime |
6 |
The Bachelor |
ABC |
7 |
The Simpsons |
Fox |
8 |
The Chi |
Showtime |
9 |
The Voice |
NBC |
10 |
The Big Bang Theory |
CBS |
11 |
The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story |
FX |
12 |
The Walking Dead |
AMC |
13 |
A.P. Bio |
NBC |
14 |
The Resident |
Fox |
15 |
Divorce |
HBO |
16 |
Keeping Up with the Kardashians |
E! |
17 |
The Alienist |
TNT |
18 |
Celebrity Big Brother |
CBS |
19 |
Family Guy |
Fox |
20 |
Married At First Sight |
FYI |
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