Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With ‘The Bachelorette’
ABC took top honors in Monday prime ratings, The Bachelorette leading to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 1.0/4 that NBC posted.
ABC had The Bachelorette down 7% at 1.3 and The Proposal at a flat 0.7.
NBC saw American Ninja Warrior go up 10% to 1.1 and Dateline at a level 0.8.
Telemundo scored a 0.6/3. El Senor de los Cielos drew a 0.8.
Fox rated a 0.5/2, with So You Think You Can Dance at a flat 0.6 and a repeat of 9-1-1.
CBS scored a 0.4/2, with repeated comedies leading into Salvation at 0.3 and Elementary at 0.4. Both dramas were flat with last week.
Univision rated a 0.4/2.
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The CW 0.3/1. Penn & Teller: Fool Us scored a 0.3, as did Whose Line Is It Anyway. Both shows were 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.