Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Buoyant ‘Bachelor in Paradise’

ABC won the Monday ratings race, Bachelor in Paradise leading to a 1.0 for the network in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That topped the 0.7/4 put up by NBC.

Bachelor in Paradise climbed up 18% to 1.3 from 8 to 10 p.m. and Grand Hotel scored a flat 0.5.

NBC had two hours of American Ninja Warrior down 11% at 0.8 while Dateline NBC slipped 29% to 0.5.

Fox got a 0.6/3 and CBS a 0.5/2.

Fox had the Beat Shazam finale at 0.6 and So You Think You Can Dance at 0.5, both flat.

CBS had comedy reruns leading into Carpool Karaoke: When Corden Met McCartney at 0.4. A Carpool Karaoke special in May got a 0.5.

Telemundo got a 0.4/2 and Univision a 0.3/2.

For Telemundo, the premiere of Exatlon Estados Unidos got a 0.5, as did a flat El Final Del Paraiso. Preso No. 1 rated a flat 0.3.

For Univision, La Reina Soy Yo rated a 0.4 and Juntos, El Corazon Nunca Se Equivoca a 0.3. Sin Miedo a la Verdad also got a 0.3, all three shows flat.

The CW scored a 0.2/1. Penn & Teller: Fool Us got a 0.2 and Whose Line Is It Anyway? a 0.2, both shows flat. 

Michael Malone

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.