Primetime Ratings: ‘Bachelorette’ Up as ABC Wins

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ABC took the top broadcast ratings Monday, with The Bachelorette up 25% to 2.0 across two hours. Mistresses grew 29% to 0.9, pacing ABC to a 1.6 rating in adults 18-49, and a 6 share.

NBC was runner up at 1.3/5, with Game 4 of the NHL Stanley Cup Final running throughout prime. The opening game of the Cup a week before drew a 1.2.

CBS and Fox both scored a 0.8/3. CBS was in repeats, while Fox had So You Think You Can Dance at a flat 1.0 and Houdini & Doyle up 20% at 0.6.  

The CW weighed in at 0.3/1, with Reign at 0.3 and Whose Line Is It Anyway? at 0.4, both flat, then a repeat episode of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

Michael Malone
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.