Primetime Ratings: ABC, NBC Lead Broadcast Pack
ABC and NBC split the win in Monday night ratings, both with a 1.3 rating in viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen’s overnights, and a 5 share.
ABC had The Bachelorette at 1.4, down 13% from the previous week, and a Celebrity Family Feud repeat at 1.0, rounding the network up to a 1.3. The week before, drama Still Star-Crossed occupied the 10 p.m. slot. It now airs on Saturdays. ABC had a 1.2 on the previous Monday.
On NBC, American Ninja Warrior scored a flat 1.5 and Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge was off 8% at 1.1.
Fox had a 0.7/3, with So You Think You Can Dance off 11% from its premiere at 0.8 and Superhuman at a flat 0.7.
CBS was at 0.6/2. It had repeats throughout prime.
The CW too was in repeats and had baseball on in New York. It scored a 0.3/1.
Univision did a 0.6/2 and Telemundo a 0.5/2.
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Michael Malone, senior content producer at B+C/Multichannel News, covers network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television. He hosts the podcasts Busted Pilot, about what’s new in television, and Series Business, a chat with the creator of a new program, and writes the column “The Watchman.” He joined B+C in 2005. His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, Playboy and New York magazine.