Primetime Ratings: ABC Wins With Potent ‘Dancing’

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ABC had the winning score in Monday primetime, with Dancing with the Stars leading the Alphabets to a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That topped NBC’s 0.8/4. 

Two hours of Dancing with the Stars rated a 1.1, up a tenth from last week. New unscripted show Emergency Call, hosted by Luke Wilson and about the people who field 911 calls, posted a 0.7.

NBC had Stanley Cup hockey across prime. 

CBS, Fox, Telemundo and Univision all scored a 0.3/2. CBS had comedy reruns and Love Island at 0.4. Manhunt: Deadly Games got a 0.2. Both lost a tenth of a point. 

Fox had L.A.’s Finest at 0.4 and Filthy Rich at 0.3, both down a tenth of a point. 

Telemundo had Exatlon Estados Unidos and Todo Por Mi Hija at 0.3s, Exatlon down a tenth and Todo flat. Falsa Identidad got a level 0.2. 

On Univision it was Medicos and Imperio de Mentiras at 0.4 and Dulce Ambicion at 0.3, all three level with their last airings. 

The CW posted a 0.2/1 with IHeartRadio Festival

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.