Monday Overnights: Season 2 of CBS Drama ‘Salvation’ Left at the Starting Gate

MONDAY, JUNE 25, 2018

Household Rating/Share
ABC: 3.7/ 7, CBS: 2.7/ 5, NBC: 2.4/ 4, Fox: 1.9/ 3, CW: 0.9/ 2

-Percent Change From the Year-Ago Evening:
CW: +29, CBS: + 4, ABC: no change, Fox: -10, NBC: -20

-Ratings Breakdown:
In season-premiere news, season two of CBS scripted drama “Salvation” was left at the 9-10 p.m. ET starting gate, with a 2.4/ 4 in households. Comparably, that was 25 percent below its 3.2/ 6 debut in the Wednesday 9 p.m. hour (out of “Big Brother”) on July 12, 2017. And concerning was a loss of 12 percent in household rating in the 9:30 p.m. half-hour (2.6/ 4 to 2.3/ 4).

CBS got a minor uptick in the Monday 10 p.m. hour care of older skewing “Elementary” at a 2.8/ 5 (#1).

Healthy “The Bachelorette” led ABC to another Monday overnight victory (and a certain win in adults 18-49 and all the key demos), with a 4.3 rating/7 share in households from 8-10 p.m. Comparably, that was five percent above the 4.1/ 7 on the year-ago week. And it led into week two of non-scripted “The Proposal” at a 2.6/ 5 (#2), which was on par to its week-ago debut.

NBC, on the flipside, has sprung an unexpected leak, with summer staple “American Ninja Warrior” dipping to a 2.5/ 5 in households from 9-11 p.m. Comparably, that was 26 percent below the 3.4/ 6 one year earlier (from 8-10 p.m.).

Earlier in the evening was NBC’s perennially low-rated “Running Wild with Bear Grylls” at a 2.1/ 4 in the 8 p.m. hour, which trailed competing “So You Think You Can Dance” on Fox (2.4/ 4) by 12 percent.

Also original last night was “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” in the 9 p.m. half-hour at a modest 0.8/ 1.

What follows are the household overnight ratings for Monday, June 25 broken out by half-hour:

8:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Bachelorette”: 4.4/ 8 (#1)
CBS – “Mom” (R): 3.1/ 6 (#2)
NBC – “Running Wild with Bear Grylls”: 2.w/ 4 (#4)
Fox – “So You Think You Can Dance”: 2.4/ 4 (#3)
CW – “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (season premiere): 1.0/ 2 (#5)

8:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Bachelorette”: 4.2/ 7 (#1)
CBS – “Man With a Plan” (R): 2.6/ 5 (#2)
NBC – “Running Wild with Bear Grylls”: 2.0/ 4 (#4)
Fox – “So You Think You Can Dance”: 2.3/ 4 (#3)
CW – “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” (season premiere): 1.0/ 2 (#5)

9:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Bachelorette”: 4.2/ 7 (#1)
CBS – “Salvation” (season premiere): 2.6/ 4 (#2)
NBC – “American Ninja Warrior”: 2.4/ 4 (#3)
Fox – “9-1-1” (R): 1.5/ 3 (#4)
CW – “Whose Line is it Anyway?”: 0.8/ 1 (#5)

9:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Bachelorette”: 4.2/ 7 (#1)
CBS – “Salvation” (season premiere): 2.3/ 4 (#3)
NBC – “American Ninja Warrior”: 2.7/ 5 (#2)
Fox – “9-1-1” (R): 1.4/ 2 (#4)
CW – “Whose Line is it Anyway?”: 0.7/ 1 (#5)

10:00 p.m.
ABC – “The Proposal”: 2.6/ 5 (#2t)
CBS – “Elementary”: 2.8/ 5 (#1)
NBC – “American Ninja Warrior”: 2.6/ 5 (#2t)

10:30 p.m.
ABC – “The Proposal”: 2.6/ 5 (#2)
CBS – “Elementary”: 2.9/ 5 (#1)
NBC – “American Ninja Warrior”: 2.4 5 (#3)

Source: Nielsen Media Research