Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Buoyant ‘Bachelorette’

ABC took the ratings title Monday, The Bachelorette leading to a hearty 1.8 in viewers 18-49, according to the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. That doubled the 0.9/4 of runner-up NBC.

The Bachelorette finale rated a 1.8 across ABC’s prime, up 38% from last week.

On NBC, American Ninja Warrior did a 1.0 and Dateline a 0.7, both shows down a tenth of a point.

Fox and Telemundo rated a 0.6/3. On Fox, it was So You Think You Can Dance reruns.

On Telemundo, El Senor de los Cielos was good for a 0.8, same as it did last week.

CBS did a 0.4/2. Repeated comedies led into Salvation at 0.3 and Elementary at 0.4, both shows flat.

Univision was at 0.3/1.

The CW did a 0.2/1 with Penn & Teller: Fool Us at a level 0.3 and Whose Line Is It Anyway down 33% to 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.