“The Ellen DeGeneres Show” returned steady in TV ratings on Monday, the Season 18 premiere that will forever be better known as “the apology episode.”
Steady these days is a win.
“Ellen” drew a 1.9 overnight rating, flat with the prior September’s premiere. That was good enough to finish second to “The View” (a 2.7 rating in these earliest-available Nielsen numbers, which focus on 56 metered markets).
“Ellen” was able to grow a bit year over year among adults 25 to 54, posting a 0.9 rating. That was up from a 0.8 last year.
Daytime talk shows skew more towards women, and DeGeneres beat or tied the competition among those categories.