Primetime Ratings: ‘Bachelorette’ Is Best on ABC
ABC won broadcast honors Monday, with The Bachelorette leading the way. ABC scored a 1.6 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, alongside a 6 share. The Bachelorette did a flat 1.9 before Democratic convention coverage drew a 1.0 on ABC. (ABC scored a 0.7 on the first day of Republican National Convention coverage last Monday.)
NBC scored a 1.4/5, with American Ninja Warrior at 1.6, down 6%, and convention coverage at 1.0. (It did a 1.1 on opening night of the RNC.)
Fox had a 0.7/2, with So You Think You Can Dance running across primetime, flat with the week before.
CBS drew a 0.6/2, with repeats leading into DNC coverage’s 0.5—same as last week at the RNC.
The CW weighed in at 0.4/1, with repeats of Mad TV’s 20th anniversary celebration and Penn & Teller: Fool Us.
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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.