Primetime Ratings Monday: ABC, Fox, NBC Tie For Top Spot
‘Hell’s Kitchen’ opens on Fox, ‘Ninja Warrior’ premieres on NBC
ABC, Fox and NBC tied for the ratings title Monday. Each posted a 0.4 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 3 share. It was a soft night for broadcast ratings.
ABC had movie The Princess and the Frog at 0.3, down a tenth from Disney movie Tangled last week, and The Good Doctor down 33% for a 0.4.
Fox had the season starter for Hell’s Kitchen at 0.6. Housebroken premiered at 0.3 and Duncanville did a 0.2.
NBC premiered American Ninja Warrior at 0.4 and 0.5 across two hours. Lil Rel Howery-hosted game show Small Fortune premiered at 0.3.
CBS was just off the pace at 0.3/2. Reruns led into special Tulsa 1921: An American Tragedy at 0.3.
Univision also earned a 0.3/2. Disenando Tu Amor did a 0.4 and 0.3 from 8 to 10 p.m., mostly level with last week’s 0.4, and La Hija Del Embajador got a flat 0.3.
Telemundo did a 0.2/2. Exatlon Estados Unidos got a 0.2 and La Suerte De Loli a 0.3, Exatlon down a tenth and La Suerte level. Cafe Con Aroma De Mujer posted a flat 0.2.
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The CW scored a 0.1/0 with reruns.
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.