Primetime Ratings: NBC Holds Off ABC for the Win

NBC won a narrow victory in ratings Monday, posting a 2.0 in viewers 18-49, and a 7 share. ABC was a close runner-up at 1.9/7.

NBC had The Voice from 8-10 at 2.5, down a tenth of a point from last week, then The Brave fell 14% to 1.2.

ABC had Dancing With the Stars across two hours at 1.6, down a tenth of a point, then The Good Doctor at an ample 2.4, same as last week. Freddie Highmore plays a young surgeon with autism and savant syndrome on The Good Doctor.

CBS did a 1.5/5. The Big Bang Theory lost 23% for a 3.0, then the series premiere of comedy 9JKL scored a 1.6. Kevin Can Wait slipped 39% to a 1.4 and Me, Myself and I fell 41% from its premiere for a 1.0. Scorpion dropped 18% from its season opener to a 0.9.

Fox scored a 1.3/5, as Lucifer premiered at 1.1, up from its 0.9 spring finale, and The Gifted debuted at a decent 1.5.

Telemundo rated a 0.7/2 and Univision a 0.5/2.

The CW, with repeats of Supergirl and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, did a 0.2/1.

Michael Malone

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.