‘The Voice’ Tops Viewers, Ties ‘Bachelorette’ Demo; ‘Big Bang Theory’ Finale Repeat Snags Second Largest Crowd

May 21, 2019 9:43am

NBC’s The Voice (1.2 rating in the adults 18-49 demographic, 7.85 million viewers) was Monday’s night’s most watched Big 4 broadcast and tied ABC’s The Bachelorette (1.2, 4.51M) for tops in the demo. The singing competition hit a seven-week high and equaled its best demo rating since April 15.

Week 2 of Bachelorette held up well, but slipping a tenth in the demo allowed The Voice to catch up and tie for tops on the night. This after holding a two tenths edge over NBC’s competition series the previous week.

CBS’s one-hour encore of The Big Bang Theory series finale (1.0, 5.90M) snagged Monday’s second largest broadcast crowd.

Following The Voice, the season finale of NBC’s The Enemy Within (0.6, 4.33M) took 10 PM, hitting a seven-week high in total viewers and holding steady in the demo. ABC’s 10 PM The Fix finale (0.5, 2.92M), meanwhile, closed its season with a tenth demo pop.

CBS’ The Code (0.7, 4.92M) seemed to benefit from its solid Big Bang rerun lead-in, inching up another tenth in the demo.

Also at 10 PM, CBS’ The Late Late Show With James Corden Carpool Karaoke Special (0.5, 3.072M) finished second, clocking its lowest demo rating of four to date – a three tenths drop compared to last year’s special in April 2018.

Fox’s Season 3 debut of Beat Shazam (0.7, 2.48M) dropped a tenth from its year-ago premiere.

The CW’s season finale of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow (0.3, 1.20M) was in line with recent results in the demo, though down a tenth compared with last year’s finale.

NBC (1.0, 6.68M) took the night in total viewers while tying ABC (1.0, 3.98M) in the demo. CBS (0.7, 4.63M) came in No. 2 in total viewers. Fox (0.6, 2.48M) and CW (0.2, 934,000) followed.