Primetime Ratings: Strong ‘Young Sheldon’ Leads CBS to Win
CBS took top ratings honors Monday, as Young Sheldon helped the network to a 2.3 rating in viewers 18-49, and an 8 share. That was a wee bit better than NBC’s 2.2/8.
The premiere of The Big Bang Theory on CBS rated a 3.9 and the debut of spinoff Young Sheldon a promising 3.7, with 16.57 million total viewers. Premieres continued, with Kevin Can Wait at 2.3, Me, Myself and I at 1.7 and drama Scorpion at 1.1.
On NBC, The Voice premiered to a 2.6, up 37% over its season finale, while new drama The Brave did a 1.4.
ABC scored a 1.8/6. Dancing With the Stars dropped 12% to a 1.5 and The Good Doctor opened to a robust 2.4.
Telemundo did a 0.6/2, and Univision a 0.5/2.
Fox rated a 0.5/2, with So You Think You Can Dance across two hours at a level 0.6.
The CW was at 0.2/1, with a repeat of Supergirl, then Penn & Teller: Fool Us at 0.2. The last Fool Us rated a 0.4.
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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.