Primetime Ratings: ‘Warrior’ Grows for NBC

High-energy offerings from NBC, including Olympic trials and American Ninja Warrior, paced the network to the Monday title among broadcasters. NBC scored a 1.7 in adults 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, with a 6 share. U.S. Olympic trials, featuring swimming, did a 1.2 while American Ninja Warrior grew 6% to 1.9.

ABC was next up at 1.5/6, with The Bachelorette at 1.9 and Mistresses at 0.7, both down a tenth of a point.

CBS showed a 0.7/3, with reruns leading into BrainDead’s flat 0.5.

Fox had a 0.6/2, with So You Think You Can Dance up 13% at 0.9, and Houdini & Doyle at a flat 0.4.

On the CW, repeats of Whose Line Is It Anyway? tallied a 0.4/2.

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.