Primetime Ratings Monday: ABC Wins With Booming ‘Bachelor’
By Michael Malone published
‘All American’ and ‘Black Lightning’ both up on CW

ABC won the Monday ratings battle, as The Bachelor led the way. ABC rated a 1.0 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 6 share. That barely beat Fox at 0.9/6.
The Bachelor went up 14% to 1.2 across two hours and The Good Doctor shot up 20% to 0.6.
Fox had 9-1-1 at a flat 1.0 and 9-1-1: Lone Star grew 13% to 0.9.
NBC got a 0.8/5. The Voice dropped 9% to 1.0 across two hours and Debris lost 33% from its premiere for a 0.4.
CBS scored a 0.5/3. The Neighborhood tallied a 0.8 and Bob Hearts Abishola a 0.6, both comedies flat. Reruns of The Equalizer and Bull followed.
Telemundo and Univision both did a 0.3/2. On Telemundo, Exatlon Estados Unidos, La Suerte De Loli and Buscando A Frida all got a level 0.3.
On Univision, Vencer El Desamor went up 25% to 0.5. Te Acuerdas De Mi did a flat 0.3 and La Hija Del Embajador dropped 33% to 0.2.
The CW scored a 0.2/1. All American posted a 0.3 and Black Lightning a 0.2, the pair both up a tenth.
Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.
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