Primetime Ratings: Strong ‘Ninja Warrior’ Leads NBC

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NBC was the top scorer in Monday ratings, putting up a 1.2 score in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, alongside a 5 share. That topped ABC’s 1.1/4.

NBC had American Ninja Warrior at a flat 1.5, matching its season high, before Midnight, Texas fell 22% to 0.7.

On ABC, which won the previous Monday, Bachelor in Paradise slipped 19% to a 1.3. A repeat of To Tell the Truth got that network to the end of prime.

CBS and Fox were at 0.6/2. CBS had a Big Bang Theory repeat, then a fall preview special at 0.8, then repeats of Mom, Life in Pieces and Scorpion.

On Fox, two hours of So You Think You Can Dance scored a 0.6, down 25% from last week.  

The CW rated a 0.2/1 with Supergirl and Hooten & the Lady repeats.

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.