Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Booming ‘Bachelorette’
ABC won the Monday ratings derby, The Bachelorette leading the net to a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. In second was NBC at 0.8/4.
The Bachelorette did a 1.6 from 8 to 10 p.m. and Grand Hotel a 0.6. Both ticked up a tenth of a point from last week.
NBC had American Ninja Warrior at 0.9 from 8 to 10 and then Dateline NBC at 0.7, both level with last week.
Fox and Telemundo both rated a 0.5/3. Fox had Beat Shazam at 0.6 and So You Think You Can Dance at 0.5, both flat.
Telemundo had Betty en NY at a flat 0.5 and La Reina del Sur up a tenth from last week at 0.7.
CBS got a 0.4/2. Love Island lost 17% for a 0.5 and The Code slid 25% to 0.3, with a Bull repeat leading out.
Univision did a 0.3/2, La Reina Soy Yo leading at 0.4.
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The CW rated a 0.3/1. Penn & Teller: Fool Us grew 50% to 0.3 and Whose Line Is It Anyway? a flat 0.2.
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.