Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Strong ‘Bachelor’

ABC took top prize in Monday’s ratings, as The Bachelor led the network to a 1.7 in viewers 18-49, and a 6 share. CBS and Fox were runner-up, both at 1.0/4.

Two hours of The Bachelor scored a 1.8 and The Good Doctor a 1.7, both shows flat with last Monday.

On CBS, Kevin Can Wait rated a 1.3 and Man With a Plan a 1.2, both series flat. Superior Donuts was down 9% at 1.0 and 9JKL decreased 20% to 0.8. Drama Scorpion fell 11% to 0.8.

On Fox, Lucifer grew 29% to 0.9 and The Resident rated a 1.0. The medical drama premiered Sunday, with a football playoffs lead-in, at 2.7.

NBC posted a 0.9/3. The Wall did a level 1.2 and Better Late Than Never lost 10% for a 0.9, then The Brave fell 14% to 0.6.

Telemundo and Univision both scored a 0.5/2.

The CW did a 0.3/1. Supergirl dropped 17% to 0.5 and Valor posted its usual 0.2.

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.