Monday TV Ratings 10/19/20: The Voice Returns on Top, NFL Boosts LA’s Finest, Dancing with the Stars and Emergency Call Rise (UPDATED)

Preliminary Analysis: The 19th season premiere of NBC's 'The Voice' (1.2) came in a dismaying five-tenths below 2019's debut (1.7) but was still the top broadcast of the night. Jane Lynch game show 'Weakest Link' (0.8) was the direct lead-out and improved by two-tenths from what it garnered last Tuesday. As NBC's Monday-night staple faltered, ABC's 'Dancing with the Stars' (1.0) gained a tenth from last week's installment and continued to dramatically improve from last year's numbers. In the 10pm hour, struggling newbie 'Emergency Call' (0.5) inched up alongside 'Dancing'. On CBS, 'Big Brother' (0.9) and the rebroadcasts of 'One Day at a Time' (0.2/0.2) both lost a tenth on a week-to-week basis. 'Manhunt: Deadly Games' (0.2) was flat at the end of the night for its final Monday airing.

Recently-cancelled 'LA's Finest' (0.9) soared to a new season high on Fox thanks to some NFL assistance. Barring a significant downward adjustment in finals, this would be four-tenths above its previous high (0.5) and six-tenths above last week (0.3). The boost was mostly gone by 9pm as lead-out drama 'Filthy Rich' (0.4) could only rise a tenth. The CW's 'Whose Line Is It Anyway?' (0.1) lost a tenth and was outperformed by a repeat of itself (0.2) that came right after. 'Penn & Teller: Fool Us' (0.2) held steady at 9pm.

Finals Update: 'Dancing with the Stars' (0.8, -0.2), 'LA's Finest' (0.6, -0.3), and 'Emergency Call' (0.4, -0.1) all adjusted down.

Time	Show	18-49 Rating/Share	Viewers (mil)	Channel
8 PM	The Voice (P)	1.2/7	8.20	NBC
	Big Brother	0.9/5	3.75	CBS
	Dancing with the Stars	0.8/5	5.75	ABC
	LA's Finest	0.6/4	2.28	Fox
	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	0.1/1	0.83	The CW
8:30 PM	Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)	0.2/1	0.75	The CW
9 PM	Filthy Rich	0.4/2	1.71	Fox
	One Day at a Time	0.2/1	1.36	CBS
	Penn & Teller: Fool Us	0.2/1	0.85	The CW
9:30 PM	One Day at a Time	0.2/1	1.18	CBS
10 PM	Weakest Link	0.8/5	4.26	NBC
	Emergency Call	0.4/2	2.63	ABC
	Manhunt: Deadly Games	0.2/1	1.40	CBS