Primetime Ratings: ABC, NBC in Virtual Tie

By Michael Malone
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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ABC and NBC virtually split the Monday ratings race. Both had a 1.0 score in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, while ABC had a 5 share, and NBC a 4.

Bachelor in Paradise did a 1.2 from 8 to 10 p.m. on ABC, and The Proposal finale scored a 0.5. Both were down a tenth of a point from last week.

NBC’s American Ninja Warrior went up 10% for a 1.1 from 8-10, and an America’s Got Talent rerun followed.

Fox scored a 0.6/3, with So You Think You Can Dance up 20% from 8 to 10.

Telemundo did a 0.5/2.

CBS was at 0.4/2. Comedy reruns led into Salvation at a level 0.3 and Elementary up 25% for a 0.5.

Univision was also at 0.4/2.

The CW got a 0.3/1. Penn & Teller: Fool Us scored a flat 0.3 and Whose Line is it Anyway lost a tenth for a 0.3.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.