Post-The Voice Drama Launches | Voice & Night Shift Recent Seasons |
3.8 (Smash, 2/6/12, 6.7 The Voice) 4.1 (Revolution, 9/17/12, 4.7 The Voice) 3.8 (The Blacklist, 9/23/13, 5.1 The Voice) 2.7 (Chicago Fire s2, 9/24/13, 4.7 Voice) 2.7 (Believe, 3/10/14, 3.7 The Voice) 2.2 (State of Affairs, 11/17/14, 3.1 Voice) | 5.1 (Voice fall 2013 premiere) 4.7 (Voice spring 2014 premiere) 4.1 (Voice fall 2014 premiere) 1.6 (The Night Shift premiere, 3.0 Talent) 1.36 (The Night Shift season 1 average) |
Since this isn't a brand new series, The Night Shift's premiere probably won't be as inflated as most of the shows in the left column. Beyond that, I saw little during the summer to indicate the series was nearly as strong as even the Chicago series, much less previous occupant The Blacklist. But I think this lead-in still gets The Night Shift to a series high by a fairly comfortable margin.
Over/Under: 2.15.
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