Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With ‘Bachelor’

ABC won the Monday ratings derby with a 1.8 in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 6 share. The Bachelor scored a 2.3, down 4% from last week, while Quantico was down 11% at 0.8.

Fox was next at 1.2/4, as Gotham fell 8% to 1.1 and Lucifer was a flat 1.2.

CBS weighed in at 1.0/4, with repeated comedies leading in to a double run of The Odd Couple at 1.1 and 0.9, then a repeated Scorpion. Odd Couple’s last airing was a 1.1.

NBC’s 0.9/3 came from Celebrity Apprentice at 1.0 and Timeless at 0.9, both flat.

The CW did a 0.5/2, with Supergirl at 0.7 and Jane the Virgin at 0.3. Both were down a tenth of a point from last week.

Among Spanish-language broadcasters, Univision rated a 0.7/2 while Telemundo pulled a 0.6/2.

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.