Monday TV Ratings: ‘The Voice’ Premiere Gets the Edge on ‘DWTS’
It was a tough choice for music competition fans Monday night: The Voice Season 19 premiere or Dancing With the Stars? NBC’s singing (1.2 ratings, 7.88 and 8.04 million viewers) just edged out ABC’s dance (1.0 ratings, 6.12 and 6.08 million viewers) in both hours. However, The Voice was down from last fall’s premiere (by 10 percent and 29 percent in viewers and rating, respectively), and DWTS reached a three-week high with both numbers.
Elsewhere on the night, with the NFL game overrun, L.A.’s Finest matched its high with its 0.5 rating, while Big Brother and One Day a Time were slightly down from last week.
Here’s the breakdown for Monday, October 19, 2020 (numbers are fast-affiliate based):
| Time | Show | Adults 18-49 Rating | Total Viewers (millions) |
| 8 p.m. | Dancing With the Stars (ABC) | 1.0 | 6.12 |
| Big Brother (CBS) | 0.9 | 3.7 | |
| The Voice (NBC) | 1.2 | 7.88 | |
| L.A.’s Finest (Fox) | 0.5 | 2.0 | |
| Whose Line Is It Anyway? (CW) | 0.1 | 882,000 | |
| 8:30 p.m. | Whose Line Is It Anyway? (CW) | 0.2 | 801,000 |
| 9:00 p.m. | Dancing With the Stars (ABC) | 1.0 | 6.08 |
| One Day at a Time (CBS) | 0.2 | 1.3 | |
| The Voice (NBC) | 1.2 | 8.04 | |
| Filthy Rich (Fox) | 0.4 | 2.2 | |
| Penn & Teller: Fool Us (CW) | 0.2 | 836,000 | |
| 9:30 p.m. | One Day at a Time (CBS) | 0.2 | 1.1 |
| 10 p.m. | Emergency Call (ABC) | 0.5 | 3.0 |
| Manhunt: Deadly Games (CBS) | 0.2 | 1.4 | |
| Weakest Link (NBC) | 0.8 | 4.3 |
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No surprise that Voice was outwatched by the Voice. So long as TB is hosting (if you could call it that, with her choppy and/or run-together speech) I for one can't watch anymore.
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The NFL lead in didn't help LA's Finest much on Fox. DWTS will have a much tougher road this season now that it has competition. The shortcomings that Tara Banks brings to hosting will be all the more apparent from now on.