Two of summer’s strongest veterans squared off.
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: Despite strong competition from THE BACHELORETTE on ABC, AMERICA’S GOT TALENT took the night with a 2.2 rating, although that was down 0.4 from last week. The two shows had very different ratings trajectories, with BACHELORETTE remaining relatively steady through its 2 hours, while TALENT climbed from 1.8 in the first half-hour to 2.6 in the last. MAYA & MARTY fell 0.3 from last week’s premiere to 1.2.
ABC: THE BACHELORETTE held Monday night’s 2.0. A special 20/20 featuring an interview with Bobby Brown won the 10PM hour at 1.4.
FOX: HOTEL HELL slipped 0.1 to 0.7, and COUPLED remained at 0.5.
CBS: After 0.8/0.7 reruns, PERSON OF INTEREST was steady with last Tuesday at 1.0.
CW: Reruns at 0.4, although those numbers could drop in finals due to a Chicago baseball preemption.
The NBA FINALS will give tonight to ABC. For a much smaller group of viewers, the night’s highlight will be the season finale of FX’s THE AMERICANS.
COMPARISONS TO SIMILAR NIGHTS: Preliminary adult 18-49 ratings versus the same night last year and same night last week.
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