America is apparently not “Ready for Love.”<\/p>\n
Based on the overnight metered market ratings, the premiere of NBC’s new dating series greatly squandered its “The Voice” lead-in. While the red-hot music competition posted an 4.2 adults 18-49 rating and 12.95 million viewers Tuesday, “Love” only managed a 1.6 with 3.85 million.<\/p>\n
Particularly scary is how significantly the show’s declined throughout its two-hour premiere. After opening to a viewership average of 5.37 million from 9-9:30PM, it dropped all the way to 3.72 million in the next half hour. By 10:30-11, the audience was a mere 3.05 million.<\/p>\n
In struggling so notably to retain its lead-in, especially as a premiere airing that should have had an additional curiosity spike, “Ready for Love” indirectly made another case for “Revolution.”<\/p>\n
Critics of “Revolution” note that its respectable ratings are only achievable due to the Monday night “Voice” lead-in, but while that might true, it is clear that simply airing after “The Voice” does not assure success.<\/p>\n
Efforts to build “Go On” (recently, the lead-in worked in the fall) and “Ready for Love” out of “The Voice” have not been nearly as fruitful.<\/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