Primetime Ratings: ‘Bachelorette’ Premiere on ABC Beats NBC’s ‘Voice’
ABC and NBC were virtually tied in Monday prime ratings, ABC at 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share, and NBC at 1.0/4. ABC had The Bachelorette and NBC had The Voice.
Fox got a 0.9/4 and CBS a 0.7/3.
Telemundo and Univision both rated a 0.5/2.
The CW did a 0.3/1.
The premiere of The Bachelorette got a 1.3 on ABC and The Fix a flat 0.4. The Bachelorette opened to a 1.4 a year ago.
On NBC, two hours of The Voice went up 9% to 1.2 and The Enemy Within was a level 0.6.
On CBS, a couple Big Bang Theory repeats led into The Code at 0.6. The Bull finale got a 0.7. Both dramas grew a tenth of a point.
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Fox had the 9-1-1 finale up 18% at 1.3 and Paradise Hotel at 0.4, off a tenth from its premiere.
On The CW, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow rated a 0.3 and the Arrow finale got a 0.2, both flat.
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.