Ratings: The Voice and Relocated NCIS Lead Monday, The Big Leap Stumbles

In the first batch of TV ratings from Premiere Week 2021, CBS’ NCIS led the night in total viewers, with its big move to Mondays, while NBC’s The Voice dominated in the demo.

In adjusted national ratings, NCIS opened Season 19 with 8.5 million total viewers and a 0.7 demo rating (and a TVLine reader grade “A-“), easily delivering Monday’s biggest audience and down just a tick from last season’s averages. Leading out of that, NCIS: Hawai’i debuted with the night’s third largest audience (6.6 mil) and a 0.5 rating — the strongest retention of any Monday newbie. (Read recap.)

Opening CBS’ night were The Neighborhood (5.3 mil/0.6, reader grade “B+”) and Bob Hearts Abishola (5.4 mil/0.5, reader grade “A”).

NBC’s The Voice season premiere (7.2 mil/1.1, read recap) was right on par with its Fall 2020 averages, and led Monday in the demo. Leading out of that, Ordinary Joe retained 3.9 mil and a 0.5 (read recap).

Elsewhere:

FOX | 9-1-1 returned to 5.1 mi/0.8 (reader grade “A-“). It was followed by the premiere of The Big Leap (1.5 mil/0.3), whose first two episodes released early on streaming.

ABC | Dancing With the Stars’ season opener (5.5 mil/0.9, read recap) placed second in the demo, while a Time 100 special did 1.8 mil/0.3.

THE CW | Roswell NM (470K/0.1) dropped some eyeballs while steady in the de,o.

In TVLine reader polls, The Big Leap averaged a grade of “B+,” with 86 percent planning to stay tuned… Ordinary Joe averaged a “B”/84 percent… and NCIS: Hawai’i averaged a “C-“/56 percent.

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The Live+Same Day numbers reported in our ratings column do not reflect a show’s overall performance, given the increased use of delayed playback via DVR and streaming platforms, plus out-of-home viewing. These numbers (Nielsen fast nationals, unless denoted as finals) instead aim to simply illustrate trends or superlatives. Warning: Contents may be hot!

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