Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Dynamic ‘Dancing’
ABC was the narrow winner in Monday prime, posting a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. NBC, which won the previous Monday, was second at 1.6/6.
ABC had Dancing with the Stars up 7% at 1.5 and The Good Doctor down 5% at 1.9.
NBC had The Voice at a flat 1.9 and The Brave at a flat 1.0.
Fox did a 1.0/3, as Lucifer rated a flat 1.0 and The Gifted was off 18% at 0.9.
CBS was at 0.9/3. Kevin Can Wait did a flat 1.2 and the premiere of Man With a Plan rated a 1.0, same as its season one finale. Superior Donuts decreased 10% to 0.9 and 9JKL did a flat 0.8. Scorpion was a level 0.8.
Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.5/2.
The CW was at 0.3/1. Supergirl did a 0.5 and Valor fell 33% to 0.2.
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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.