Monday Overnights: ABC Wins; ‘Love Island’ Plummets on CBS

Monday, July 15, 2019

Household Rating/Share
ABC: 3.9/ 7, NBC: 2.9/ 5, CBS: 2.1/ 5, Fox: 1.9/ 3, CW: 0.8/ 1

Percent Change Vs. the Comparable Year-Ago Week:
Fox: + 6, ABC and CBS: + 5 each, NBC: – 6, CW: -11

Ratings Breakdown:
It was an easy Monday overnight victory for ABC, with healthy “The Bachelorette” topping the night at a 4.8 rating/ 9 share in households from 8-10 p.m. Comparably, the first hour of “The Bachelorette” squashed the Monday 8-9 p.m. time period premiere of “Love Island” on CBS (#4: 1.4/ 3). This was a series low for “Love Island,” which dipped by 44 percent from the two repeat installments of sitcom “The Neighborhood” last week (avg. 2.5/ 4 on July 8).

On NBC, “American Ninja Warrior” was on the overnight map with a 3.0/ 5 from 8-9 p.m. That led into a dominant 2.8/ 5 for newsmagazine “Dateline” at 10 p.m., which bested competing “Grand Hotel” on ABC (#3: 2.3/ 4) by 22percent. Not so grand, is it?

Elsewhere, Fox had nothing unusual to report with its pairing of game show “Beat Shazam” (#3: 2.0/ 4 at 8 p.m.) and veteran “So You Think You Can Dance” (#4: 1.7/ 3 at 9 p.m.). Comparably, “So You Think You Can Dance” was down by 19 percent from the 2.1/ 4 in the Monday 8 p.m. hour on the year-ago evening. Canceled CBS drama “The Code” finished third in the 9 p.m. hour with a 2.5/ 5 in households. And The CW was also at typical Monday summer overnight levels as follows:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Bachelorette”: 4.9/ 9 (#1)
CBS – “Love Island” (time period premiere): 1.6/ 3 (#4)
NBC – American Ninja Warrior”: 3.0/ 6 (#2)
Fox – “Beat Shazam”: 2.0/ 4 (#3)
CW – “Penn & Teller: Fool Us”: 1.0/ 2 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Bachelorette”: 4.6/ 8 (#1)
CBS – “Love Island” (time period premiere): 1.2/ 2 (#4)
NBC – American Ninja Warrior”: 2.9/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “Beat Shazam”: 2.0/ 4 (#3)
CW – “Penn & Teller: Fool Us”: 0.9/ 2 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Bachelorette”: 4.7/ 8 (#1)
CBS – “The Code”: 2.4/ 4 (#3)
NBC – American Ninja Warrior”: 3.1/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “So You Think You Can Dance”: 1.7/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Whose Line is it Anyway?”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Bachelorette”: 4..8/ 9 (#1)
CBS – “The Code”: 2.5/ 4 (#3)
NBC – American Ninja Warrior”: 2.9/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “So You Think You Can Dance”: 1.7. 3 (#4)
CW – “Whose Line is it Anyway?” (R): 0.6/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “Grand Hotel”: 2.4/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Bull” (R): 2.5/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.8/ 5 (#1)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “Grand Hotel”: 2.1/ 4 (#3)
CBS – “Bull” (R): 2.6/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “Dateline”: 2.8/ 6 (#1)

Source: Nielsen Media Research