Primetime Ratings: ‘Dancing’ Opener Down, But ABC Wins the Night

ABC took top ratings honors Monday, riding the premiere of Dancing With the Stars to a 1.4 rating in viewers 18-49, and a 5 share. NBC was a close second at 1.3/5.

Dancing With the Stars posted a 1.7, down considerably from last year’s 2.6 season premiere. To Tell the Truth grew 29% to 0.9.

On NBC, the American Ninja Warrior finale fell 6% to a 1.5 and Midnight, Texas leaped 14% to 0.8.

CBS did a 0.7/3. It had repeated comedies before a Scorpion rerun.

Telemundo rated a 0.7/2, with El Señor de los Cielos at a potent 0.9.

Fox was at 0.6/2. So You Think You Can Dance took up all of Fox’s prime and was flat with last week.

Univision scored a 0.5/2.

The CW did a 0.3/1. It ran repeats of Supergirl and Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

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.