Primetime Ratings Monday: ABC Receives Final Rose With ‘Bachelor’ Finale
By Michael Malone published
NBC's 'The Voice' stayed the same

ABC won the Monday ratings race thanks to the finale of The Bachelor. ABC scored a 1.3 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. In second was NBC at 0.9/5.
ABC had The Bachelor across prime. Bachelor Matt James gave his final rose to...spoiler coming...Rachael Kirkconnell, who stirred up controversy when photos surfaced of her at a plantation-themed fraternity event in 2018. Last week’s two hours of Bachelor got a 1.2.
NBC had two hours of The Voice at 1.0 and 1.1, up a tick from last week’s 1.1, then Debris at a flat 0.4.
CBS tallied a 0.5/3 and Fox a 0.4/2. CBS had The Neighborhood down 13% to 0.7 and Bob Hearts Abishola at a level 0.6. All Rise and Bull both got their usual 0.4s.
Fox had a 9-1-1 rerun and the premiere of America’s Most Wanted at 0.4.
Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.3/2. Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos, La Suerta De Loli and Buscando A Frida all at a level 0.3.
On Univision, Vencer El Desamor was down 20% to 0.4 and Te Acuerdas De Mi scored a flat 0.3. La Hija Del Embajador went up 50% to 0.3.
The CW was at 0.1/1. The season starter for Bulletproof got a 0.1, as did Black Lightning, which lost a tenth.
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.
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