RATINGS RECAP: 3/5/12

ABC
8:00 The Bachelor: The Women Tell All
Viewers: 8.2 million, 18-49 demo: 2.5
10:00 Castle (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

CBS
8:00 How I Met Your Mother (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
8:30 2 Broke Girls (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:00 Two and a Half Men (Repeat)
Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
9:30 Mike & Molly (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.9 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8
10:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat)
Viewers: 6.7 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 16.9 million, 18-49 demo: 6.2
10:00 Smash
Viewers: 7.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.7

FOX
8:00 Alcatraz
Viewers: 5.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
9:00 Alcatraz
Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.8 

On Monday night, it was all about NBC as The Voice was up 2 million viewers and eight tenths in the demo for its best numbers since the first Monday episode. This is a great showing because last season the ratings started going south after the blind auditions while this year, it spiked back up on the first night of the battle rounds. At 10pm, the news was good too as Smash was up 1.2 million viewers and four tenths in the demo. Though the competition was light and the retention was terrible out of The Voice, a 2.7 for any NBC drama is impressive these days. 

Over on ABC, The Bachelor Women Tell All special was up a tenth in viewers but down a tenth in the demo from last week's regular episode. The finale is next week. FOX aired a double dose of Alcatraz. The 8pm episode was down two tenths in viewers and up a tenth in the demo from its last airing while the 9pm episode was a bit lower than 8pm. Some Alcatraz fans are hoping the cancellation of Terra Nova is good news but Alcatraz is going to need to show some signs of life in the next couple weeks.