Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins Convention Coverage
ABC and NBC split the Monday ratings title among broadcasters, both with a 1.5 rating in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 5 share. ABC’s The Bachelorette scored a flat 1.9 while its Republican convention coverage did a 0.7.
NBC’s American Ninja Warrior notched a flat 1.7, while its convention coverage in Cleveland scored a 1.1.
Fox was good for a 0.7/3, with So You Think You Can Dance covering all of its prime. Dance too rated a 0.7 a week ago.
On CBS, repeats led into convention coverage at 0.5.
Monday was the first night of the RNC gala, featuring a speech from Melania Trump about a side of her husband, Donald, that viewers may not get to see.
The CW had the 2011 feature film 10 Years at 0.2.
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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.