Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Three-Hour ‘Bachelor’

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ABC won the Monday ratings race, riding Bachelor in Paradise to a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 0.8/4 posted by NBC.

ABC had Bachelor in Paradise at 1.1 from 8 to 11 p.m. It was down 8%.

NBC had American Ninja Warrior down 9% at 1.0 and an America’s Got Talent repeat.

Fox was next at 0.5/2. So You Think You Can Dance took up all of its prime.

Telemundo too did a 0.5/2 while Univision was at 0.4/2. Both were flat with last Monday.

CBS was at 0.4/2 as well. Repeats led into Salvation at 0.3 and Elementary at 0.5. Both dramas were flat.

The CW was at 0.3/1. Penn & Teller: Fool Us rated a 0.3 and Whose Line Is It Anyway a 0.3. Both shows were flat.

Michael Malone
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.