Labor Day was lethargic for the networks.
DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over the age of 2).
Ratings analysis and comparisons follow the chart.
ABC: The season finale of BACHELOR IN PARADISE slipped 0.1 to 1.4, and the post-show AFTER PARADISE gained 0.1 to 1.1.
NBC: AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR fell half a point to 1.6, setting things up badly for the season finale of RUNNING WILD, down 0.2 to 1.0.
FOX: SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE lost 0.1 to 0.7.
CW: Reruns of its usual summer Monday slate were topped by 0.4 for PENN & TELLER: FOOL US.
CBS: Amidst its Monday reruns (led by THE BIG BANG THEORY, naturally, at 1.3), the network threw a half-hour FALL PREVIEW promo into the line-up at 1.0.
EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS and USA’s PLAYING HOUSE air their season finales tonight, but the excitement will be after primetime, when THE LATE SHOW WITH STEPHEN COLBERT makes its long-awaited debut.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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