Primetime Ratings: Freestyle Skiing Leads NBC
NBC rated a 3.7 in viewers 18-49 in Monday’s prime, according to the Nielsen overnights, and a 13 share of audience. NBC is of course airing the Olympics from Pyeongchang; Monday’s offerings included ice dancing, figure skating and freestyle skiing; NBC said women’s freestyle skiing led ratings.
In second was ABC at 1.3/5. The Bachelor went up 7% to 1.6 and a repeat of The Good Doctor closed out prime.
CBS did a 0.8/3. Big Brother: Celebrity Edition was down a tenth of a point to 1.2 and was followed by repeats.
Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.5/2.
Fox was at 0.4/1. It aired repeats of Lucifer and The Resident.
The CW rated a 0.3/1. Legends of Tomorrow was down 20% to 0.4 and was followed by repeats.
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