Ratings: ‘The Bachelor’ Gives Back an Hour, Takes the Night

ABC dating competition was three hours last week, two hours this Monday

The Bachelor Peter Weber
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On Monday, “The Bachelor” gave up the 10 o’clock hour to “The Good Doctor” — but that’s about all it lost. Filling a shorter window with big Nielsen numbers (and drama), the reality dating competition grew its averages from last week.

ABC was first in ratings with a 1.5 rating/7 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and in total viewers with an average of 6.106 million, according to preliminary numbers. From 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., “The Bachelor” posted a 1.8/9 and 6.4 million viewers. At 10, “The Good Doctor” got a 0.9/5 and 5.6 million viewers.

NBC and Fox tied for second in ratings, both with a 0.9/4. NBC was third in total viewers with 6.025 million, Fox was fourth with 4.4 million viewers.

For NBC, from 8-10, “America’s Got Talent: The Champions” averaged a 1.0/5 and 7.2 million viewers. At 10, “Manifest” had a 0.6/3 and 3.7 million viewers.

For Fox, “9-1-1: Lone Star” at 8 put up a 1.0/5 and 5.7 million viewers. At 9, “Prodigal Son” received a 0.7/3 and 3.1 million viewers.

CBS was fourth in ratings with a 0.7/3 and second in viewers with 6.047 million. “The Neighborhood” at 8 had a 0.9/4 and 6.4 million viewers. At 8:30, “Bob Hearts Abishola” got a 0.7/3 and 6 million viewers. “All Rise” at 9 received a 0.7/3 and 5.6 million viewers. “Bull” at 10 closed primetime out with a 0.7/4 and 6.3 million viewers.

Univision was fifth in ratings with a 0.5/3 and in viewers with 1.6 million.

Telemundo was sixth in ratings with a 0.4/2 and in viewers with 1.1 million.

The CW was seventh in ratings with a 0.2/1 and in viewers with 732,000. “All American” at 8 had a 0.3/1 and 812,000 viewers. At 9, “Black Lightning” got a 0.2/1 and 653,000 viewers.

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