Primetime Ratings Monday: ‘Bachelor’ Paces ABC

Matt James
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ABC won the Monday ratings battle, with The Bachelor leading the net to the win. ABC rated a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That topped Fox’s 0.9/5. 

The Bachelor did a 1.3 and 1.4 across two hours, virtually flat with last week’s 1.3, and The Good Doctor lost 14% for a 0.6.

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Fox had 9-1-1 at 1.0 and 9-1-1: Lone Star at 0.8. Both were down a tenth. 

NBC was next at 0.5/3. Ellen’s Game of Games grew 20% to 0.6 and two hours of The Wall went up 25% to 0.5.

CBS and Univision both rated a 0.4/2. CBS had reruns. 

On Univision it was Vencer El Desamor up 25% to 0.5 and Te Acuerdas de Mi and Dulce Ambicion at 0.3s, Te Acuerdas virtually flat with its premiere and Dulce level with its last airing. 

Telemundo had a 0.3/2. Exatlon Estados Unidos scored a 0.3, as did La Suerte de Loli and Buscando a Frida. All three were level with last week. 

The CW rated a 0.2/1. All American posted a flat 0.3 and Black Lightning lost a tenth from its premiere for a 0.1. 

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.