Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Bullish ‘Bachelorette’
ABC got the top ratings score Monday thanks to The Bachelorette. The show led ABC 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 ticked up 6% for a 1.7 from 8 to 10 p.m., and Grand Hotel fell 17% to 0.5.
NBC had American Ninja Warrior at 0.8 from 8 to 10 and Dateline NBC at 0.6. Both lost a tenth of a point from last week.
Fox and Telemundo both did a 0.5/3. On Fox, Beat Shazam got a flat 0.6 on Fox and So You Think You Can Dance fell 20% to 0.4.
Telemundo was led by Betty en NY at 0.5 and La Reina del Sur at 0.7, both level with last week.
CBS and Univision both rated a 0.3/2. CBS had Love Island down 20% at 0.4 and The Code at a flat 0.3. A Bull repeat closed out prime.
For Univision, La Reina Soy Yo, La Rosa de Guadalupe and Por Amar Sin Ley all got a 0.3.
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The CW did a 0.2/1. Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Whose Line Is It Anyway? both did a 0.2. Penn & Teller was down a tenth and Whose Line? was flat.
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.