Primetime Ratings: ‘Bachelor’ Premiere Drives ABC
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Bachelor-driven ABC seized ratings honors Monday, putting up a 1.2 score in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. That beat the 0.8/3 posted by CBS and the 0.8/2 that NBC rated.
The premiere of The Bachelor did a 1.5 from 8 to 10 p.m. and was followed by a Good Doctor repeat. The Bachelor opened to a 1.8 last January.
CBS had repeated comedies before a SEAL Team rerun.
On NBC, The Wall scored a 0.8 and Better Late Than Never at 0.7 across two hours. Better Late rated a 1.1 Dec. 11.
Fox was at 0.7/2. Lucifer did a 0.7 and The Gifted a 0.7. Both were down 13% from their last original airings.
Univision rated a 0.5/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1.
The CW did a 0.2/1, with a Supergirl repeat, then Valor at a flat 0.2.
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