Primetime Ratings: ‘Bachelorette’ Finishes Strong

ABC was a big winner Monday, with two hours of the Bachelorette season finale rating a 2.5 in adults 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights. That was up from 1.6 last week, and the 2.4 in last year’s finale. Add in the Bachelorette after-show at 2.3, and ABC did a 2.4 for the night, with a 9 share.

NBC scored a 1.4/5, as American Ninja Warrior rated a flat 1.6 and Running Wild With Bear Grylls a 1.1, down 15% from last summer’s debut.

CBS and Fox were at 0.7/2. CBS was in repeats while Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance did a flat 0.7 across prime.

The CW had a pair of repeated episodes of Supergirl. Formerly on CBS, the show has moved to The CW.

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.