Primetime Ratings: ABC, NBC Share Top Prize
ABC and NBC split the Monday ratings title, both posting a 1.2 score in viewers 18-49, according to the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. The Bachelorette paced ABC while American Ninja Warrior led NBC.
ABC won last Monday’s title with a 1.3.
The Bachelorette, with a “The Men Tell All” angle to it, had a 1.5, down a tenth of a point from last week. To Tell the Truth did a 0.8, up 33% from its last new airing.
On NBC, American Ninja Warrior scored a flat 1.4 while Midnight, Texas did a 0.8, down 11% from its premiere last week.
Fox scored a 0.6/2. So You Think You Can Dance posted a 0.7 and the Superhuman finale a 0.5. Both were flat with last week.
Among Spanish-language options, Telemundo did a 0.6/3, thanks in part to El Senor de los Cielos, while Univision weighed in at 0.5/2.
CBS was at 0.5/2. It aired repeated comedies before CBSN: On Assignment premiered at 0.4.
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The CW scored a 0.2/1, with a Supergirl repeat followed by Hooten & the Lady at a level 0.2.
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.