Primetime Ratings Monday: Holiday Music Specials Lead ABC
‘Disney Holiday Singalong’ does nice number
ABC won the Monday ratings race, with a couple musical specials setting the pace. ABC rated a 0.9 in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That beat NBC’s 0.8/4.
ABC had The Disney Holiday Singalong, hosted by Ryan Seacrest, at 1.2 and CMA Country Christmas at 0.8. The Good Doctor shot up 17% to 0.7.
NBC had two hours of The Voice virtually flat at 0.9 and 0.8 and Weakest Link grew 20% to 0.6.
CBS got a 0.6/3. The Neighborhood increased 13% to 0.9 and Bob Hearts Abishola tallied a flat 0.6. All Rise and Bull both got a level 0.5.
Univision scored a 0.4/2 and Telemundo a 0.3/2. Univision had Vencer El Desamor at 0.5 and Imperio de Mentiras at 0.4. Dulce Ambicion posted a 0.3. All three were up a tenth.
For Telemundo it was El Domo del Dinero at 0.2 and Todo Por Mi Hija at 0.4. Falsa Identidad got a 0.3. All three stayed flat.
Fox rated a 0.3/1. LA’s Finest and the Filthy Rich finale both got a flat 0.3.
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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.