Primetime Ratings Monday: ‘Bachelor’ Leads ABC

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ABC won the Monday ratings derby, with The Bachelor setting the pace. ABC rated a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. In second was NBC at 0.5/3. 

The Bachelor posted a 1.1 across two hours after last week’s 1.3 and 1.2, and The Good Doctor slid 29% to 0.5.

On NBC, it was 0.5s for Ellen’s Game of Games, The Wall and Weakest Link. Ellen’s was  down from its 0.6/0.5 two-hour run a week ago while The Wall and Weakest Link stayed level. 

CBS, Fox and Univision all rated a 0.4/2. CBS and Fox had reruns across prime. 

Univision had Vencer El Desamor down 20% to 0.4 and Imperio de Mentiras and Dulce Ambicion both at a flat 0.3. 

Telemundo got a 0.3/2. El Domo del Dinero got a 0.2 and Todo Por Mi Hija a 0.4, both flat. Falsa Identidad shot up 50% to 0.3. 

The CW got a 0.1/0. Special All American Stories, hosted by Yogi Roth and Spencer Paysinger, got a 0.1. A Penn & Teller: Fool Us 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.