Primetime Ratings: ABC, NBC Split Win

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American Ninja Warrior paced NBC to a tie for broadcast best with ABC, which was powered by The Bachelorette. Both networks posted a 1.5 in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share.

Ninja Warrior was down 6% at 1.7, before a Spartan repeat.

The Bachelorette rated a flat 1.9 while Mistresses drew a 0.8, up 60% from last week’s holiday-affected number.

Fox rated a 0.7/3. Two hours of So You Think You Can Dance was down 22% at 0.7.

CBS pulled a 0.6/2. Repeats led into BrainDead’s 0.4, which was down 20%.

The CW’s Just For Laughs did a 0.3 before a repeat of Whose Line Is It Anyway, pacing CW to a 0.3/1.

Michael Malone
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.