Primetime Ratings Monday: ‘Bachelor’ Boosts ABC

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ABC had the winning score in Monday prime, with The Bachelor setting the pace. ABC scored a 1.1 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 7 share. In second was Fox at 0.9/5. 

The Bachelor got a flat 1.4 across two hours and led into a Good Doctor rerun. 

Fox had 9-1-1 down 25% at 0.9 and 9-1-1: Lone Star fell 20% to 0.8. 

NBC was next at 0.6/4. Ellen’s Game of Games rated a flat 0.6, and The Wall went up a tenth to 0.6. Weakest Link got a flat 0.5. 

Univision scored a 0.4/2 and CBS and Telemundo both got a 0.3/2. On Univision, Vencer El Desamor shot up 25% to 0.5 and Imperio de Mentiras and Dulce Ambicion both rated a level 0.3. 

CBS had reruns across prime. 

On Telemundo, Exatlon Estados Unidos did a virtually flat 0.4 and it was flat 0.3s for La Suerte De Loli and Buscando a Frida

The CW rated a 0.2/1. Special All American Stories did a 0.2 and a Batwoman repeat followed.

Michael Malone

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.