Primetime Ratings: ‘Bachelor’ Finale Bolsters ABC

ABC won the Monday broadcast battle on the strength of The Bachelor’s finale. The Alphabet posted a 2.8 rating in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 9 share. NBC was runner-up at 2.5/8, then CBS at 1.4/5, Fox at 1.3/4 and The CW at 0.2/1.

The Bachelor did a 2.7 in its first hour, a 3.0 in its second, and a 2.7 for its after-show. It rated a 2.2 last week, while last spring’s Bachelor finale averaged a 2.7.

NBC’s The Voice did a 3.0 and Blindspot a 1.7, both down 6%.

On CBS, Supergirl rated a 1.3, down 7%, and Scorpion a flat 1.5 while NCIS: Los Angeles ticked up 8% to 1.3.

Over Fox’s way, Gotham fell 13% to 1.3, and Lucifer slid 8% to 1.2.

On The CW, it was reruns of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend and Jane the Virgin.

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.