Primetime Ratings: Steady ‘Bachelorette’ Paces ABC
ABC scored highest in Monday’s prime ratings, riding The Bachelorette to a 1.2 across prime in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That topped the 0.8/4 that NBC rated.
The Bachelorette did a flat 1.4 from 8 to 10 p.m. on ABC. The Proposal rated a 0.8, level with its premiere.
On NBC, Running Wild With Bear Grylls got a 0.6 and American Ninja Warrior a 0.9 from 9 to 11 p.m. Both shows were down a tenth of a point from last week.
Telemundo rated a 0.6/3 with strong showings for Sin Senos Si Hay Paraiso and El Senor de los Cielos.
CBS, Fox and Univision all did a 0.5/2. On CBS, it was repeated comedies before the season premiere of asteroid-approaching drama Salvation at 0.4, down 43% from last summer’s debut. Elementary fell 17% to 0.5.
On Fox, So You Think You Can Dance lost 25% for a 0.6 and was followed by a 9-1-1 rerun.
The CW scored a 0.3/1. The season premiere of Penn & Teller: Fool Us scored a 0.3, down 25% from last summer’s opener, and Whose Line Is It Anyway was a flat 0.3.
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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.