Primetime Ratings: ABC, NBC Lead Broadcast Pack
ABC and NBC split the win in Monday night ratings, both with a 1.3 rating in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 5 share.
ABC had The Bachelorette at 1.4, down 13% from the previous week, and a Celebrity Family Feud repeat at 1.0, rounding the network up to a 1.3. The week before, drama Still Star-Crossed occupied the 10 p.m. slot. It now airs on Saturdays. ABC had a 1.2 on the previous Monday.
On NBC, American Ninja Warrior scored a flat 1.5 and Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge was off 8% at 1.1.
Fox had a 0.7/3, with So You Think You Can Dance off 11% from its premiere at 0.8 and Superhuman at a flat 0.7.
CBS was at 0.6/2. It had repeats throughout prime.
The CW too was in repeats and had baseball on in New York. It scored a 0.3/1.
Univision did a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.5/2.
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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.