Primetime Ratings: ‘Bachelor in Paradise’ Paces ABC

ABC won the Monday ratings derby, Bachelor in Paradise setting up a 0.9 score in viewers 18-49, per the Nielsen overnights, and a 5 share. That got by the 0.8/4 that NBC tallied.

Bachelor in Paradise lost 15% from its premiere for a 1.1 from 8 to 10 p.m. and Grand Hotel got a flat 0.5.

On NBC, American Ninja Warrior scored a 0.9 from 8 to 10 and Dateline NBC did a 0.7, both up a tenth of a point.

Fox got a 0.6/3 and CBS a 0.4/2.

Fox had Beat Shazam at 0.6 and So You Think You Can Dance at 0.5, both level with last week.

CBS had all reruns.

Telemundo also did a 0.4/2. Un Poquito Tuyo got a flat 0.3 and the Betty en NY finale grew 20% for a 0.6. Preso No. 1 lost 25% for a 0.3.

Univision scored a 0.3/2. La Reina Soy Yo got a 0.4 and two hours of Sin Miedo a la Verdad a 0.3, both flat.

The CW rated a 0.2/1 with repeats. 

Michael Malone

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.