Primetime Ratings: ‘Dancing’ Leads ABC to Win

ABC was the top broadcaster on Monday, putting up a 1.8 rating in viewers 18-49, per Nielsen’s overnights, and a 7 share. Dancing With the Stars did a 1.8, up 29%, as did the premiere of The Bachelorette. The Bachelorette finished with a 2.5 last summer.

NBC scored a 1.6/6, with The Voice ticking up 6% to 1.9, then Running Wild with Bear Grylls a 0.9.

Fox had a 0.9/3 on the night. Gotham grew 11% to 1.0 and Lucifer was a flat 0.8.

CBS weighed in at 0.7/3. Princess Diana: Her Life, Her Death, The Truth did a 0.8 across two hours. The Late Late Show Carpool Karaoke special had a 0.7.

The CW was at 0.5/2, with Supergirl climbing 20% to 0.6 and Jane the Virgin up 100% over last week at 0.4. Both were season finales.

Among the Spanish-language players, Univision did a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/1.

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.