GOOD WEEK: "THE VOICE"NBC has been having a terrible season but there is one bright shining light and that came courtesy of The Voice. After a surprisingly strong season last spring/summer, The Voice came back after the Super Bowl and delivered the best numbers for a post-Super Bowl show since Grey's Anatomy in 2006. It followed that up with a very strong Monday night performance in its regular timeslot - its 17.8 million viewers and 6.6 demo easily eclipsed anything NBC has done with any regular shows this season. Even if the glow of the debut fades a bit, NBC has a bonafide hit on its hands. They should be careful about not overdoing it because it could be the key to rebuilding their lineup slowly.
There were two new debuts this week - NBC's Smash and ABC's The River. While Smash showed some promise even as it dropped over the hour, ABC's The River does not look like a long term player. Its 7.6 million and 2.4 demo with drops across the two hour premiere was very ho-hum. ABC has had a lot of success with new shows this fall and Once Upon a Time and Revenge have broken ABC's string of failed new dramas. But this one feels like one that would have debuted on ABC - a show with no real pop that can't find an audience. Maybe they will have more success with the upcoming GCB or Missing.
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