Ratings: Smash Opens Strong, The Voice Doesn't Falter

Smash Smash were living around its title, winning the best hour of Monday's prime time, and fresh in the Voice's Season 2 debut following a Super Bowl, it released formidable amounts, creating a massive evening for NBC. Read our recap in the Voice Smash attracted inside an audience three-and-a-half occasions bigger than time slot predecessor, Rock Center with John Williams. (It's good news for NBC, that's been particularly lizard-bitten because slot, quickly deleting The Playboy Club after its premiere.) Nielsen overnight data signifies the Voice elevated its rating inside the coveted 18-to-49 demo throughout each half-hour it broadcast. Decoding Mount McPhee: Can it be a Smash spoiler? NBC's solid showing throughout Monday needed a toll on a lot of the competition. Fox's two shows, House and Alcatraz, were each lower nearly twenty percent, while CBS' sitcoms sustained their viewership amounts, but experienced decreases inside the demo. Against Smash, Castle and Hawaii Five- fell 13 percent and 9 %, correspondingly. ABC's The Bachelor, however, ongoing to become remarkably constant. See the relaxation in the day's news on TVGuide.com 8 p.m.CBS: Generate An Income Met Your Mother 9.99 million audiences (4. demo rating) 2 Broke Women 11.42 million (4.3)ABC: The Bachelor 8.24 million (2.6) Fox: House 7.16 million (2.4)NBC: The Voice 17.69 million (6.6)CW: Gossip Girl 1.28 million (.6) 9 p.m.CBS: two and a half Males 12.90 million audiences (4.2 demo rating) Mike & Molly 11.02 million (2.3) Fox: Alcatraz 6.78 million (2.2)CW: Hart of Dixie 1.50 million (.6) 10 p.m.CBS: Hawaii Five- 9.80 million audiences (2.7 demo rating)ABC: Castle 8.72 million (2.)NBC: Smash 11.50 million (3.8)