RATINGS RECAP: 2/23/15

ABC
8:00 The Bachelor
Viewers: 9.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.6
10:00 Castle
Viewers: 7.6 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

CBS
8:00 2 Broke Girls
Viewers: 8.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
8:30 Mike & Molly
Viewers: 8.9 million, 18-49 demo: 2.0
9:00 Scorpion
Viewers: 10.7 million, 18-49 demo: 2.1
10:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
Viewers: 9.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 14.0 million, 18-49 demo: 4.1
10:00 The Night Shift
Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5

FOX
8:00 Gotham
Viewers: 6.5 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3
9:00 Sleepy Hollow
Viewers: 4.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4

Monday night had the return of The Voice to NBC and it went quite well. It tied last fall's premiere which is pretty impressive since it didn't have a huge launching pad this time around like a new fall season, the Olympics, or the Super Bowl. Another good start for TV's top reality franchise. The good news did not extend to 10pm as The Night Shift premiered to very disappointing numbers. It was worse than State of Affairs was doing with a weaker Voice lead-in in late fall. It was a series low in total viewers. I'm pretty surprised by this as I thought it was the type of show that could find a nice audience with the lead-in. I think this is a more shocking disappointment than State of Affairs. Over on ABC, The Bachelor was impressive as it didn't take a hit at all from The Voice and was even with last week. At 10pm, Castle was down nine tenths in viewers and even in the demo.

CBS took a slight hit, but nothing too bad considering how much more competition there was on NBC. 2 Broke Girls was down two tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo and Mike & Molly was down four tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo to start things off. At 9pm, Scorpion was down 1.2 million viewers but just two tenths in the demo. At 10pm, NCIS: Los Angeles was down six tenths in viewers and a tenth in the demo. At a 1.6 demo, it tied Castle to top the hour. Finally on FOX, Gotham has rebounded in a big way in the past two weeks. It was up another three tenths in viewers and two tenths in the demo. The season finale of Sleepy Hollow followed at 9pm and was down a tenth in viewers and even in the demo. We'll see if this show comes back. I think it's 50/50 at this point because FOX seems to have soured a bit on it.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: The Voice (NBC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: The Night Shift (NBC)