Primetime Ratings: ‘Bachelor’ and ‘America’s Got Talent’ Tie

ABC and NBC were virtually tied in Monday’s prime ratings, with The Bachelor leading to a 1.5 in viewers 18-49 on ABC, and a 7 share. NBC got a 1.5/6 thanks to America’s Got Talent: The Champions.

The Bachelor grew 13% to a 1.8 from 8 to 10 p.m. and The Good Doctor fell 8% to 1.1.

On NBC, America’s Got Talent: The Champions climbed 13% to 1.8 and Manifest rated a flat 1.0.

Fox was at 0.9/4. The Resident and The Passage both scored a 0.9, both down a tenth of a point.

CBS got a 0.8/4. Big Brother: Celebrity Edition fell 21% to 1.1 and Magnum P.I. did a flat 0.7, before a Bull repeat.

Telemundo and Univision both had a 0.4/2.

The CW did a 0.3/1 with Arrow at 0.4 and Black Lightning at 0.3, both shows level. 

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.