RATINGS RECAP: 3/17/15

ABC
8:00 Fresh Off the Boat (Repeat)
Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0
8:30 Repeat After Me (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7
9:00 Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Viewers: 4.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
10:00 Forever (Repeat)
Viewers: 2.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7

CBS
8:00 NCIS (Repeat)
Viewers: 10.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
9:00 NCIS: New Orleans (Repeat)
Viewers: 9.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.1
10:00 Person of Interest (Repeat)
Viewers: 5.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

NBC
8:00 The Voice
Viewers: 12.8 million, 18-49 demo: 3.2
9:00 Undateable
Viewers: 6.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.9
9:30 One Big Happy
Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6
10:00 Chicago Fire
Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6

FOX
8:00 Hell's Kitchen
Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3
9:00 New Girl (Repeat)
Viewers: 1.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6
9:30 The Mindy Project
Viewers: 2.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9

On St. Patrick's Day, NBC premiered its new comedy block after The Voice. First at 8pm, The Voice was down nine tenths in viewers and six tenths in the demo from last week's two hour edition. Then at 9pm, a new multi-camera sitcom block premiered. Undateable hit a series high at 9pm and did an OK 1.9 demo. It was weaker than Marry Me's premiere in the fall but solid considering how the other summer series, The Night Shift, is doing after The Voice on Mondays. At 9:30pm, the series premiere of One Big Happy was modest at best. It wasn't a colossal flop but not very promising. At 10pm, Chicago Fire came crashing back without the lead-in from The Voice. It was down 1.6 million viewers and half a demo point. This doesn't bode well for the rest of its season as it should have done better with no competition. Over on ABC, only Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was new and it was up half a million viewers and a tenth in the demo. Finally on FOX, Hell's Kitchen was up three tenths in viewers and even in the demo while The Mindy Project was up two tenths in viewers and even in the demo.

WINNER OF THE NIGHT: Undateable (NBC)
LOSER OF THE NIGHT: Chicago Fire (NBC)

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