Primetime Ratings Monday: ABC and Fox Split the Win

L-R: Natacha Karam, Brian Michael Smith, Rob Lowe and Ronen Rubinstein in the “Back in the Saddle” season premiere episode of 9-1-1: Lone Star
(Image credit: CR: Kevin Estrada/FOX)

ABC and Fox split the Monday ratings title, ABC powered by The Bachelor and Fox by the return of drama 9-1-1. Both networks had a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. Runners-up were CBS and NBC at 0.5/3. 

The Bachelor shot up 18% to 1.3 across two hours and The Good Doctor lifted 20% to 0.6. 

The season starter for 9-1-1 got a 1.2 on Fox and the premiere of 9-1-1: Lone Star a 0.9. 

CBS had The Neighborhood up 14% to 0.8 and Bob Hearts Abishola at a level 0.6. Special Let’s Make a Deal Primetime got a 0.5 and Bull a flat 0.5. 

NBC had Ellen’s Game of Games up 14% to 0.6, The Wall at 0.5 and Weakest Link at 0.5, the latter two staying level. 

Univision got a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/2. Univision had Vencer El Desamor up 25% to 0.5 and Imperio de Mentiras at a flat 0.3, then Dulce Ambicion down 33% to 0.2. 

On Telemundo it was El Domo del Dinero at 0.2 and Todo Por Mi Hija at 0.4. Falsa Identidad got a 0.3. All three stayed flat. 

The CW did a 0.3/1. The season premiere of All American, about high school, and high school football, in Beverly Hills, got a 0.4. A Batwoman rerun followed. 

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.