So much for FOX’s extended edition of “Glee” taking a bite out of NBC’s “The Voice.”<\/p>\n
What most predicted would be a close battle between the fading FOX flagship and the excessively-promoted new NBC music competition series turned into a landslide for the latter. “The Voice” opened to a 5.1 adults 18-49 rating with 11.77 million viewers, easily topping the season low 3.4 and 8.54 million viewers for the “Glee” episode.<\/p>\n
The night’s clear demo winner (“Dancing with the Stars” still won in total viewers, averaging 15.40 million and a healthy 3.6 in the demo), “The Voice” also impressively built its viewership for three out of its four half-hours. Starting with a 4.6, it advanced to a 5.1 for 9:30-10PM and then held at a 5.4 for the entire second hour.<\/p>\n
Though no one figured “Glee” would rival its ratings from earlier this season, the hope was that the extended “Born this Way” episode, the show’s second Lady Gaga-themed segment, would recover from last week’s season low. It, instead, dug the basement deeper.<\/p>\n
Especially disappointing is the fact that “Glee” lost viewers at 8:30PM, a rare occurrence for the show. Most critics viewed “Born this Way” as one of the stronger episodes this season, but that quality is not reflected by a drop-off during the episode.<\/p>\n
During the head-to-head portion at 9-9:30PM, “The Voice”‘s 4.6 with 11.00 million viewers topped the 3.4 and 8.59 million for “Glee.”<\/p>\n
FOX’s “Glee” lead-out “Raising Hope” averaged a terrible 1.9 with 4.60 million at 9:30PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"yoast_head":"\n