From 8:00-10:00 p.m., ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” finished as Monday’s most-watched TV series for the 5th week in a row, topping NBC’s “The Voice” in head-to-head competition by a best-of-season 2.5 million viewers (14.2 million vs. 11.7 million). “Dancing” also posted its most competitive finish this season with “The Voice” in Adults 18-49, pulling within one rating point (2.3/7 vs. 3.3/10). In fact, “Dancing” took 2nd in the 2-hour time period over CBS and Fox across all key Adults (AD18-34/AD18-49/AD25-54) and Teens 12-17, while beating “The Voice” in Kids 2-11 for the broadcast lead. “DWTS” was the No. 1 most social broadcast series on Monday night with 129,774 tweets.
- On a night celebrating the music of Disney’s animated movies, “DWTS” was up week to week by 5% in Adults 18-49 to tie its 2nd-highest rating this season, whileearning new season highs with Teen 12-17 and Kids 2-11.In addition, the show was up over the same night last year (13.4 million and 2.2/6 on 4/14/13) in Total Viewers(+6%) and Adults 18-49 (+5%), marking its 3rd straight week of year-to-year growth on both measures.