NBC Shines in First Day of Fall TV Season

The Voice, Blacklist bulldoze through Monday night ratings

The echo of the starter’s gun is still reverberating in the runners’ eardrums, and already the 2013-14 network ratings race promises to be a stunner.

NBC played the spoiler on the first night of the new broadcast TV season, as The Voice returned with a flourish, providing a strong lead-in for the new James Spader drama The Blacklist. Per Nielsen live-plus-same-day data, Cycle 5 of The Voice bowed to 15.0 million viewers and a 5.1 in the 18-49 demo, marking a 21 percent increase versus last fall’s premiere (4.2).

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