NBC's 'Voice,' 'Smash' grow Monday

NBC's Broadway drama 'Smash' came 7.9 million audiences Monday, up 17% from a week ago.Benefiting from much softer than normal competition , including repeats on CBS , NBC's new Monday tandem of ''The Voice'' and ''Smash'' increased nicely week to week to guide the internet for an easy rankings victory.As ''The Voice'' joined the Battles Models, it shot up to and including 6.1 rating/16 be part of grown ups 18-49 and 16.7 million audiences overall from eight to ten p.m., based on Nielsen it increased by 13% over last week's auditions round (that was opposed through the strong Daytona 500 Dale earnhardt jr . race on Fox) for that show's best amounts since its Monday premiere four days ago. And also at 10, ''Smash'' (2.7/7 in 18-49, 7.9 million audiences overall), facing repeat dramas on ABC and CBS the very first time, increased 17% week to week for any three-week high and brought the ten o'clock hour overall.Not including nights with major sports, NBC has won four straight Mondays in grown ups 18-49 after not prevailing around the evening with regular series in 4 years.Somewhere else, ABC's ''The Bachelor'' (2.5/6 in 18-49, 8.a million audiences overall) was consistent with a week ago, placing second to NBC from eight to ten p.m. but lower nearly 20% in the same evening last year the show systems its season in a few days. And also at 10, a repeat ''Castle'' did single.4/4 in 18-49 and 6.7 million audiences overall.Fox drama ''Alcatraz'' is constantly on the set up sluggish amounts (1.8/5 in 18-49, 5.7 million audiences overall), this time around having a two-hour episode. In 18-49, it lagged the 8-10 p.m. average of repeat CBS comedies ''How I Met Your Mother'' (2./6 in 18-49, 6.two million audiences overall), ''2 Broke Girls'' (2.1/5 in 18-49, 7. million audiences overall), ''Two . 5 Men'' (2.1/5 in 18-49, 8. million audiences overall) and ''Mike and Molly'' (1.8/4 in 18-49, 7. million audiences overall). Closing things out for CBS would be a repeat ''Hawaii Five-0'' (1.5/4 in 18-49, 6.5 million audiences overall).Preliminary 18-49 earnings for that evening: NBC, 4.9/13 ABC, 2.1/6 CBS and Fox, 1.8/5 Univision, 1.3/3 CW, .4/1.As a whole audiences: NBC, 13.7 million ABC, 7.six million CBS, 6.9 million Fox, 5.7 million Univision, 3.3 million CW, 1.two million. Contact Ron Kissell at ron.kissell@variety.com