Primetime Ratings: Blazing ‘Bachelorette’ Paces ABC

ABC rode a hot Bachelorette to a 1.5 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and an 8 share. That beat the 0.7/4 put up by NBC to win Monday prime ratings for ABC.

The Bachelorette went up 12% to 1.9 from 8 to 10 p.m. and Grand Hotel grew 40% to 0.7.

On NBC, American Ninja Warrior got a 0.8 from 8 to 10 and Dateline NBC rated a 0.6, both shows flat.

Telemundo was just behind NBC at 0.6/3. Un Poquito Tuyo went north 33% to 0.4 and Betty en NY did a flat 0.5, before the La Reina del Sur season two finale grew 14% to 0.8.

Fox had a 0.5/2. Beat Shazam fell 17% to 0.5 and So You Think You Can Dance was a flat 0.4.

Univision rated a 0.4/2. La Reina Soy Yo did a flat 0.3 and two hours of La Rosa de Guadalupe grew 33% to 0.4.

CBS scored a 0.3/2. Love Island got a level 0.4 and was followed by repeats.

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

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.