Primetime Ratings Monday: ‘Bachelor’ Leads ABC
‘All American Stories’ hosted by former NFLer Spencer Paysinger on CW
ABC won the Monday ratings derby, with The Bachelor setting the pace. ABC rated a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. In second was NBC at 0.5/3.
The Bachelor posted a 1.1 across two hours after last week’s 1.3 and 1.2, and The Good Doctor slid 29% to 0.5.
On NBC, it was 0.5s for Ellen’s Game of Games, The Wall and Weakest Link. Ellen’s was down from its 0.6/0.5 two-hour run a week ago while The Wall and Weakest Link stayed level.
CBS, Fox and Univision all rated a 0.4/2. CBS and Fox had reruns across prime.
Univision had Vencer El Desamor down 20% to 0.4 and Imperio de Mentiras and Dulce Ambicion both at a flat 0.3.
Telemundo got a 0.3/2. El Domo del Dinero got a 0.2 and Todo Por Mi Hija a 0.4, both flat. Falsa Identidad shot up 50% to 0.3.
The CW got a 0.1/0. Special All American Stories, hosted by Yogi Roth and Spencer Paysinger, got a 0.1. A Penn & Teller: Fool Us rerun followed.
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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.