Primetime Ratings: ABC, NBC in Virtual Tie
ABC and NBC virtually split the Monday ratings race. Both had a 1.0 score in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, while ABC had a 5 share, and NBC a 4.
Bachelor in Paradise did a 1.2 from 8 to 10 p.m. on ABC, and The Proposal finale scored a 0.5. Both were down a tenth of a point from last week.
NBC’s American Ninja Warrior went up 10% for a 1.1 from 8-10, and an America’s Got Talent rerun followed.
Fox scored a 0.6/3, with So You Think You Can Dance up 20% from 8 to 10.
Telemundo did a 0.5/2.
CBS was at 0.4/2. Comedy reruns led into Salvation at a level 0.3 and Elementary up 25% for a 0.5.
Univision was also at 0.4/2.
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The CW got a 0.3/1. Penn & Teller: Fool Us scored a flat 0.3 and Whose Line is it Anyway lost a tenth for a 0.3.
Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.