'Bachelorette' Makes 'Dating' Scene
These days, few if any TV shows can rise to their previous levels. With that in mind, give ABC's "The Bachelorette" some credit this summer.
The two-hour finale of the reality show hit a Nielsen preliminary 3.4 rating/10 share, matching last summer's finale result. Plus, it struck a 3.9 rating/11 share in its 9 p.m. hour, one of the best-performing hourly results for a show this summer.
All this lifted ABC's new reality-relationship show "Dating in the Dark," which posted a nice 2.5/7 in the 10 p.m. hour -- about the same as its premiere rating a week ago.
The only other network to offer fresh programming on the night was NBC with "Great American Road Trip," "The Wanted" and "Dateline NBC" -- which barely registered any pulse, posting a collective 0.8/2 among 18-49 viewers.
NBC landed in a low fifth-place spot, behind all English-language networks and Univision.
ABC easily led the way with a 3.1/9 among 18-49 viewers and an almost equally strong 2.9/10 among the younger 18-34 crowd. Those young results were virtually double that of its nearest competitor.
CBS, with its cost-effective reruns of its comedies in tow, continued to sport good results, coming in at econd place on Monday with a 2.2/6 among 18-49 viewers.
CBS' "Big Bang Theory" -- on the back of a "Two and a Half Men" lead-in -- grabbed a strong 2.7/7, with "Men" earning a 2.6/7.
Fox and Univision were next, tied with a 1.4/4. After NBC's 0.8/2, CW earned a 0.4/1, coming from repeats of "One Tree Hill" and "Gossip Girl."
Here are Monday's ratings and share information for the broadcast networks:
| Time | Network | Program | 18-49 Rating | 18-49 Share | 18-34 Rating | 18-34 Share | Viewers (million) |
| 8:00 | ABC | The Bachelorette (finale) | 3.0 | 10 | 2.8 | 10 | 8.850 |
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| CBS | How I Met Your Mother (repeat) | 1.7 | 6 | 1.3 | 5 | 5.172 |
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| FOX | House (repeat) | 1.4 | 5 | 1.3 | 5 | 4.207 |
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| NBC | Great American Road Trip | 1.0 | 3 | 0.6 | 2 | 3.562 |
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| CW | One Tree Hill (repeat) | 0.4 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 0.959 |
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| 8:30 | CBS | Rules of Engagement (repeat) | 1.8 | 6 | 1.3 | 4 | 5.210 |
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| 9:00 | ABC | The Bachelorette (finale) | 3.9 | 11 | 3.7 | 11 | 11.007 |
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| CBS | Two And A Half Men (repeat) | 2.6 | 7 | 1.7 | 5 | 8.932 |
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| FOX | Lie To Me (repeat) | 1.4 | 4 | 1.2 | 4 | 4.233 |
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| NBC | The Wanted (finale) | 0.5 | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | 2.174 |
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| CW | Gossip Girl (repeat) | 0.3 | 1 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.773 |
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| 9:30 | CBS | The Big Bang Theory (repeat) | 2.7 | 7 | 1.6 | 5 | 8.264 |
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| 10:00 | ABC | Dating in the Dark | 2.5 | 7 | 2.3 | 7 | 6.360 |
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| CBS | CSI: Miami (repeat) | 2.0 | 6 | 1.5 | 5 | 7.988 |
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| NBC | Dateline NBC | 1.0 | 3 | 0.4 | 1 | 3.952 |
Source: The Nielsen Company
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