Old standbys drew the majority of Monday eyeballs.
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.
NBC: The season premiere of AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR was at 1.8, up 0.2 from last season’s start. It was followed by a 1.2 debut for THE ISLAND, which slipped from 1.3 to 1.1 through the course of the hour.
ABC: After a 1.1 hour of 500 QUESTIONS (up 0.3 from low-rated Friday), THE BACHELORETTE was at 1.6, which while the 2d highest rated show of the night was down half a point from last week’s season premiere. (However, it was in line with the parallel night in 2014.)
FOX: Reruns of MASTERCHEF at 0.6/0.7.
CBS: Reruns, led by 1.0 for 2 BROKE GIRLS and MIKE & MOLLY.
CW: A run of the appropriately timed movie MEMORIAL DAY at 0.3.
Another summer veteran returns tonight, as AMERICA’S GOT TALENT has its season premiere on NBC, followed by the new I CAN DO THAT. ABC has another hour of 500 QUESTIONS and then EXTREME WEIGHT LOSS, and FOX airs new episodes of ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER? and HELL’S KITCHEN. Meanwhile, CW still has fresh episodes of IZOMBIE to air.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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