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[07/07/15 - 08:44 AM]
Monday's Broadcast Ratings: "The Bachelorette" Sparks Victory for ABC
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

Primetime Preliminary Fast National Nielsen Data
(includes all DVR playback through 3:00 am)

Here are the highlights of the 12 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks last night (7/6/15):

ABC (5.778 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.6, #1) was the network to beat on Monday with originals from "The Bachelorette" (6.921 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 2.0, #1) and "The Whispers" (3.491 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5).

The silver then went to NBC (5.237 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.5, #2) with new episodes of "American Ninja Warrior" (6.176 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.8, #2) and "The Island" (3.359 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T3).

Next up was FOX (3.361 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.0, #3) and its latest installment of "So You Think You Can Dance" (3.361 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T3).

Meanwhile, CBS (4.928 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.8, #4) served up repeats of "2 Broke Girls" (4.560 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5), "Mike & Molly" (4.616 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5), "Scorpion" (4.409 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 0.7, #9) and "NCIS: Los Angeles" (5.786 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 0.8, #T5).

And finally, the season premiere of "Penn & Teller: Fool Us" (1.797 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10), a relocated "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (1.482 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T10) and a new "Cedric's Barber Battle" (1.001 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.3, #12) on The CW (1.519 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.5, #5) closed out the evening. In the netlet's target demo (women 18-34), said trio posted a 0.4, 0.4 and a 0.2 rating, respectively.

Week-to-week changes (adults 18-49):
+50.00% - Cedric's Barber Battle
+25.00% - Whose Line Is It Anyway? (vs. 6/19/15)
+11.11% - So You Think You Can Dance
+5.26% - The Bachelorette
0.00% - The Whispers
-5.26% - American Ninja Warrior
-9.09% - The Island

Year-to-year changes (adults 18-49):
+66.67% - Whose Line Is It Anyway? (vs. Beauty and the Beast)
+28.57% - American Ninja Warrior (vs. Last Comic Standing (Repeat)/American Ninja Warrior)
+11.11% - The Bachelorette
0.00% - Cedric's Barber Battle (vs. Beauty and the Beast)
0.00% - Penn & Teller: Fool Us (vs. Whose Line Is It Anyway? (Repeats))
-11.11% - The Whispers (vs. Mistresses)
-41.18% - So You Think You Can Dance (vs. MasterChef/24: Live Another Day)
-44.44% - The Island (vs. American Ninja Warrior)

In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):

TBA


Here are the highlights of the 14 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast networks one year ago (7/7/14):

FOX (5.850 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.7, #1) snagged the top spot on Monday thanks to a new "MasterChef" (5.702 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.9, #1) and the penultimate week of "24: Live Another Day" (5.997 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.5, #5).

ABC (5.804 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.5, #T2) then claimed the silver with originals from "The Bachelorette" (6.832 million viewers, #2; adults 18-49: 1.8, #T2) and "Mistresses" (3.749 million viewers, #11; adults 18-49: 0.9, #11).

Next up was NBC (4.918 million viewers, #4; adults 18-49: 1.5, #T2) with an encore of "Last Comic Standing" (4.039 million viewers, #10; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T8) and a new "American Ninja Warrior" (5.357 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 1.8, #T2).

Meanwhile, CBS (5.776 million viewers, #3; adults 18-49: 1.3, #4) offered up repeats of "2 Broke Girls" (4.721 million viewers, #8; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T8), "Mom" (4.530 million viewers, #9; adults 18-49: 1.1, #7), "Mike & Molly" (5.259 million viewers, #6; adults 18-49: 1.2, #6) and "Two and a Half Men" (4.728 million viewers, #7; adults 18-49: 1.0, #T8) plus a new "Under the Dome" (7.708 million viewers, #1; adults 18-49: 1.7, #4).

And finally, repeats of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (1.454 million viewers, #13; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T12), another "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (1.483 million viewers, #12; adults 18-49: 0.5, #T12) and the season finale of "Beauty and the Beast" (0.876 million viewers, #14; adults 18-49: 0.3, #14) closed out the night on The CW (1.172 million viewers, #5; adults 18-49: 0.4, #5). In the netlet's target demo (women 18-34), "Whose Line" posted a 0.4 rating at 8:00/7:00c and 0.3 rating at 8:30/7:30c while "Beast" managed a 0.3 rating.

In late-night metered market ratings (via NBC's press release):

·In Nielsen's 56 metered markets, household results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 2.6/7; CBS's "Late Show with David Letterman," 2.1/5; and ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 1.6/4 with an encore.

·In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, adult 18-49 results were: "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon," 1.0/4; "Late Show," 0.4/3; and "Jimmy Kimmel Live," 0.4/2 with an encore.

·From 12:35-1:05 a.m. ET, ABC's "Nightline" averaged a 0.9/3 in metered-market households and a 0.2/1 in 18-49 in the Local People Meters.

·From 12:35-1:35 a.m. ET, "Late Night with Seth Meyers" (1.2/4 in metered-market households) beat CBS's "Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (1.0/3). In the 25 markets with Local People Meters, "Late Night" (0.4/3 in 18-49) topped "Late Late Show" (0.2/1).

·At 1:35 a.m., "Last Call with Carson Daly" averaged a 0.7/3 in metered-market households with an encore and a 0.2/2 in adults 18-49 in the 25 markets with local people meters.

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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