THE VOICE fall finale had no trouble dominating the night, but that doesn’t mean it’s healthy.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
NBC: After a subpar 1.3 for the new holiday special ELF: BUDDY’S MUSICAL CHRISTMAS, the fall finale of THE VOICE was at 3.2, down 20% from last fall’s finale 4.0.
CBS: The only other network with an all-new slate started the evening at 2.3 for NCIS (down 0.2 from last week), then fell to 1.9 for NCIS: NEW ORLEANS (down 0.4 for a series low) and 1.3 for PERSON OF INTEREST (also down 0.4).
ABC: The roughly one millionth run of A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS was at 1.7 (handily beating the new competition on NBC), and then a pair of PREP & LANDING holiday reruns were at 1.3/1.2, before a FOREVER rerun managed 0.7.
FOX: A new MASTERCHEF JR gained 0.1 to 1.7, followed by sitcom reruns at 0.8/0.6.
CW: After 0.5 for a rerun of THE FLASH, a run of CBS’s VICTORIA’S SECRET FASHION SHOW was at 0.4.
CBS has the SURVIVOR cycle finale tonight, and NBC counters with a Michael Buble holiday special and the season premiere of THE SING-OFF. CW’s THE 100 has its midseason finale.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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