“The Bachelor” Colton Underwood did a lot of crying Monday night, but ABC isn’t weeping this morning.
Part 1 of the hit dating competition’s latest season finale was steady with last year’s comparable episode in the key demo’s ratings, and the hours even ticked up a bit in overall audience size. Plus, “The Bachelor” was the highest-rated show on TV last night, beating even “The Voice” blind auditions in the main demographic.
The NBC singing competition was primetime’s most-watched show, however.
ABC was first in ratings with a 1.9 rating/8 share in the advertiser-coveted 18-49 demographic and second in total viewers with an average of 7.9 million, according to preliminary numbers. “The Bachelor” from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. posted a 2.2/10 and 8 million viewers. The “Good Doctor” season finale at 10 put up a 1.4/6 and 7.8 million viewers.
NBC was second in ratings with a 1.6/7 and first in viewers with 8.7 million. “The Voice” from 8 to 10 put up a 2.0/9 and 10.4 million viewers. “The Enemy Within” at 10 had a 1.0/4 and 5.2 million viewers.
CBS and Fox tied for third in ratings, both with a 0.7/3. CBS was third in total viewers with 5.4 million, Fox was fourth with 3.1 million.
For CBS, “The Neighborhood” at 8 got a 1.0/5 and 6.5 million viewers. At 8:30, “Man With a Plan” had a 0.7/3 and 5.3 million viewers. “Magnum P.I.” at 9 received a 0.7/3 and 5.9 million viewers. A rerun followed.
“The Passage” season finale was the only show airing on Fox’s primetime schedule, averaging the network’s above Nielsen numbers over the course of two hours.
Univision was fifth in ratings with a 0.6/3 and in viewers with 1.8 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 0.3/1 and in viewers with 913,000. “Arrow” at 8 had a 0.3/1 and 1.1 million viewers. At 9, “Black Lightning” got a 0.2/1 and 750,000 viewers.