Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With ‘Bachelor’
ABC won the Monday ratings derby, Bachelor in Paradise leading the network to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That squeaked by the 0.9/4 that NBC tallied.
Bachelor in Paradise did a flat 1.3 on ABC from 8 to 10 p.m., and The Proposal rated a level 0.6.
On NBC, American Ninja Warrior grew 11% to 1.0 from 8 to 10, before an America’s Got Talent rerun.
Telemundo did a 0.6/2 with El Senor de los Cielos leading the way.
Fox posted a 0.5/2. So You Think You Can Dance dropped 17% to 0.5 from 8 to 10.
CBS was at 0.4/2. Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney got a 0.6 and Salvation a flat 0.3. Elementary did a level 0.4.
The CW too rated a 0.4/2. Penn & Teller: Fool Us fell 25% to 0.3 and Whose Line Is It Anyway? was a flat 0.4.
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Univision also did a 0.4/2.
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.