Primetime Ratings: ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Premiere Paces ABC

ABC won the Monday prime trophy as the season premiere of Bachelor in Paradise led the net to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat the 0.7/4 that NBC scored.

Bachelor in Paradise did a 1.3 from 8 to 10 p.m. and Grand Hotel fell 29% to 0.5. Bachelor in Paradise premiered to a 1.1 last summer.

On NBC, two hours of American Ninja Warrior got a 0.8 and Dateline NBC did a 0.6, both shows flat.

Fox scored a 0.5/3. Beat Shazam got a 0.6 and So You Think You Can Dance a 0.5, both up a tenth of a point.

Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.4/2. Telemundo had Un Poquito Tuyo down 25% at 0.3, Betty en NY at a flat 0.5 and Preso No. 1 at a flat 0.4.

Univision saw La Reina Soy Yo go up 33% for a 0.4. A news special and Sin Miedo a la Verdad both got a 0.3, Sin Miedo flat.

CBS scored a 0.3/2. Love Island rated a flat 0.4 and led into repeats.

The CW rated a 0.2/1, as Penn & Teller: Fool Us and Whose Line Is It Anyway? both posted a level 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.