Primetime Ratings: ABC, NBC Split the Crown

ABC and NBC split the ratings title Monday, both scoring a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, and a 5 share. In second was Fox at 1.1/4.

ABC had the Dancing with the Stars finale at 1.3, up 44%, then The Good Doctor at 1.2, up 20%.

On NBC, The Voice lost 18% for a 1.4, and Manifest was a flat 1.1.

The broadcast nets were up against tough Monday Night Football competition on ESPN, as the Rams played the Chiefs, and took the epic game 54-51, representing the highest scoring game in Monday Night Football history.

Fox had The Resident down a tenth at 0.9 and 9-1-1 at a flat 1.2.

CBS rated a 0.8/3. The Neighborhood was a flat 1.1 and Happy Together grew 13% for a 0.9. Magnum P.I. was a level 0.8 and Bull was a repeat.

Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.4/2.

The CW was at 0.3/1. Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow both did a 0.3. Arrow lost 40% and DC’s Legends slid 25%. 

Michael Malone

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.