Preliminary Ratings: Monday 03/21/2016

The spring premiere of DANCING WITH THE STARS was not enough to push ABC to the #1 position of the night, but it did put a dent into the ratings for NBC. The dancing premiere drew 12.3 million viewers and a slid 1.8 rating in Adults 18-49.that is 2.7 million more viewers than last week's THE BACHELOR finale, but the A18-49 demo was down over a full point. Compared to last spring's premiere, was down 1.8 million viewers and 15% in the demo.

NBC was easily the #1 network of the night, but it did take a hit. THE VOICE was down 1.5 million viewers, but just 7% in the A18-49 demographic. Blind spot was mostly flat, week-to-week, winning the hour in the three key demos.

CBS took its usual third place finish on the night, with all three dramas performing similar numbers to last week. SUPERGIRL and NCIS: LA was down in total viewers, while SCORPION was off by a tenth of a point, in the A18-49 demo.

FOX was again a fourth place network, with both series dropping below four million viewers.

Preliminary L+SD Network Averages:

	Total viewers	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
ABC	10.40 million	1.0	1.6	2.3
CBS	7.10 million	0.7	1.4	2.0
CW	0.70 million	0.2	0.3	0.3
FOX	3.90 million	0.9	1.3	1.6
NBC	9.40 million	1.4	2.4	3.2

Time	Net	Program	Viewers*	A18-34	A18-49	A25-54
8:00	ABC	DWTS (SP)	12.30	1.2	1.8	2.7
10:00	ABC	Castle	6.60	0.7	1.1	1.5
8:00	CBS	Supergirl	6.00	0.7	1.3	1.8
9:00	CBS	Scorpion	8.50	0.8	1.5	2.2
10:00	CBS	NCIS: LA	6.70	0.7	1.3	1.9
8:00	CW	Crazy Ex-Girlfriend	0.70	0.2	0.2	0.2
9:30	CW	Jane the Virgin	0.80	0.3	0.3	0.3
8:00	FOX	Gotham	3.90	0.9	1.3	1.6
9:00	FOX	Lucifer	3.80	0.8	1.2	1.5
8:00	NBC	The Voice	11.00	1.7	2.8	3.8
10:00	NBC	Blindspot	6.10	0.9	1.6	2.1

* - in millions