Primetime Ratings: NBC Wins With Potent ‘ANW’
NBC got top score in the Monday prime ratings, with American Ninja Warrior leading to a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 4 share. That topped the 0.8/4 that ABC rated.
American Ninja Warrior grew 22% to 1.1 and The 2019 NBC Primetime Preview special did a 0.5.
ABC had the premiere of Dancing With the Stars at 1.0, level with last fall’s opener, and special Beyonce Presents: Making the Gift at 0.4.
CBS, Fox, Telemundo and Univision all rated a 0.4/2.
CBS had repeats and Fox had the So You Think You Can Dance finale, level with last week’s episode.
Telemundo aired Exatlon Estados Unidos and El Final Del Paraiso, both flat at 0.4. Preso No. 1 was also flat at 0.3.
On Univision, La Rosa de Guadalupe and the premiere of La Usurpadora got 0.5s, La Rosa up a tenth. Sin Miedo a la Verdad did a level 0.3.
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The CW did a 0.2/1 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.