Primetime Ratings: Reality Drives ABC, NBC Win

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ABC and NBC split the Monday win in prime, both putting up a 1.3 rating in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, alongside a 5 share. That easily beat the 0.6/2 for both CBS and Fox. 

ABC had The Bachelorette at 1.6, up 14%, followed by a Battle of the Network Stars repeat. 

NBC aired American Ninja Warrior at a flat 1.4, followed by Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge at a level 1.0. 

CBS aired repeats. 

Fox had So You Think You Can Dance at 0.7 and Superhuman at 0.5. Both were down a tenth of a point from last week. 

The CW did a 0.2/1. After a Supergirl repeat, Whose Line Is It Anyway? fell 33% to 0.2. 

Among Spanish-language networks, Univision and Telemundo both scored a 0.5/2.

Michael Malone
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.