FINALS UPDATE: The Bachelor (1.3),
The Neighborhood (0.8),
Ellen's Game of Games (0.7),
Ellen's Game of Games (0.6) and
The Masked Dancer (R)
(0.3) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- ABC dominated the first Monday of 2021 with the season premiere of The Bachelor (1.3/1.2), but the show was down about a third from the premiere of last year's record-setting season. And a preview of Thursday reality effort The Hustler (0.5) did not show a lot of promise at 10/9c.
- Ellen's Game of Games (0.6/0.5) moved to Monday and was about in line with a couple originals it aired early in the fall, and down massively from its winter 2020 premiere (1.0/1.1). It led into The Wall (0.5) at 10/9c.
- CBS also returned to originals with The Neighborhood (0.7), Bob Hearts Abishola (0.6), All Rise (0.5) and Bull (0.5), most of which posted typical fall numbers and up a touch from their last episodes in December.
FINALS UPDATE: Monday Night Football (ABC) (1.5, +0.3),
The Neighborhood (R)
(0.6),
Let's Make a Deal Special (R)
(0.4),
Movie: Dolly Parton's Christmas of Many Colors (0.3),
9-1-1 (R)
(0.3) and
LA's Finest (0.3) adjusted up.
FINALS UPDATE: The Voice (0.9) and
Nurses (0.4, -0.2) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:
FINALS UPDATE: CMA Country Christmas (0.7),
The Good Doctor (0.6) and
The Neighborhood (0.8) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- ABC's third Disney singalong special (1.2) was holiday themed and came within striking distance of the last one in May (1.36). Pending football preemptions, this seemed to help out the rest of the programming, as CMA Country Christmas (0.8) was preliminarily above last year's edition (0.67) and The Good Doctor (0.7) rose from last week.
- On CBS, The Neighborhood (0.9) was up but may be affected by a West Coast preemption, while the rest of the night (0.6/0.5/0.5) was steady. NBC was even-ish with The Voice (0.9/0.8) and a bit better than usual with Weakest Link (0.6).
FINALS UPDATE: Dancing with the Stars (1.0) adjusted up.
FINALS UPDATE: The Good Doctor (0.6) adjusted up while
The Neighborhood (0.8),
All Rise (0.5),
Bull (0.4),
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)
(0.2) and
Penn and Teller: Fool Us (0.1) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- CBS' Monday lineup from last season returned intact with The Neighborhood (0.9), Bob Hearts Abishola (0.7), All Rise (0.6) and Bull (0.5). These numbers could go down due to NFL preemption, but at least preliminarily Neighborhood and All Rise matched their spring finales, while Abishola and Bull were below.
- ABC's Dancing with the Stars (0.8) and The Good Doctor (0.5) each dropped a tenth, basically tying NBC as The Voice (0.9/0.8) went fractional while Weakest Link (0.5) was even. Fox was down with LA's Finest (0.3) and Filthy Rich (0.2).
FINALS UPDATE: Bob Hearts Abishola (R)
(0.4),
LA's Finest (0.4) and
Filthy Rich (0.3) adjusted up while
Dancing with the Stars (0.9),
The Good Doctor (0.6),
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (R)
(0.2) and
Penn and Teller: Fool Us (R)
(0.1) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- ABC was even to up from last week with Dancing with the Stars (1.0/0.9) and The Good Doctor (0.7) but could be affected by football preemptions.
- It was a soft return from a week off for NBC's Weakest Link (0.5), eyeing a new series low, and its lead-in The Voice (1.0/0.9) dropped from last week. Fox's Filthy Rich posted another preliminary 0.2 (though it adjusted up to 0.3 in finals last week).
FINALS UPDATE: Dancing with the Stars (0.8),
The Good Doctor (0.7),
The Voice (1.1) and
Filthy Rich (0.3) adjusted up while
Penn and Teller: Fool Us (R)
(0.1) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- ABC's The Good Doctor (0.6) returned low in the 10:00 hour, off by at least a third from last year's 0.96 premiere. In a reunion with its usual lead-out, Dancing with the Stars (0.7) was also on the low end.
- NBC was steady with The Voice (1.0) and a Saturday Night Live election special (0.6). Fox's dramas (0.3/0.2) both dropped, and CBS had another The Price Is Right special (0.6) at 8/7c.
FINALS UPDATE: Dancing with the Stars (0.8, -0.2) and
Emergency Call (0.4, -0.2) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- Week two of the pairing between The Voice (1.0) and Weakest Link (0.6) saw a two-tenth drop for both shows. The NBC lineup is not meaningfully ahead of ABC's Dancing with the Stars (0.9/1.0) and Emergency Call (0.6) at least in the prelims, though ABC could be affected by football preemptions in finals.
- Fox's LA's Finest (0.4) and Filthy Rich (0.3) came back to earth after football bumps last week, while CBS aired a special on essential workers (0.2) at 9/8c after Big Brother (1.0), bumping One Day At a Time (0.2/0.2) into the 10:00 hour.
FINALS UPDATE: Dancing with the Stars (0.8, -0.2),
Emergency Call (0.4) and
LA's Finest (0.6, -0.3) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- A later-than-usual return for The Voice (1.2) put NBC on top of Monday night, though it was down roughly 30% from last year's fall premiere. The show also helped Weakest Link (0.8), now in a new Monday 10/9c slot, to rebound from last week's ugliness.
- Despite more NBC competition, ABC at least preliminarily edged back up with Dancing with the Stars (1.0) and Emergency Call (0.5), while CBS' Big Brother (0.9) and One Day At a Time (0.2/0.2) were down.
- Fox had a COVID-delayed NFL game in the late afternoon and running slightly into primetime, distorting the early numbers for LA's Finest (0.9) and Filthy Rich (0.4).
FINALS UPDATE: NFL Football (4.0, +0.7),
Big Brother (0.9) and
Decision 2020: Joe Biden Town Hall (0.7, +0.2) adjusted up while
Emergency Call (0.5) and
Penn and Teller: Fool Us (0.1) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:- Originally scheduled for late afternoon Sunday, CBS' Patriots/Chiefs NFL game (4.0/3.1) was bumped into Monday primetime for COVID reasons, and led into a special edition of Big Brother (0.8) at 10/9c.
- More Monday NFL than usual damaged the broadcast competitors. ABC's Dancing with the Stars (0.9) and Emergency Call (0.6) easily finished second, beating NBC with a Joe Biden town hall (0.5) and a 9/8c edition of American Ninja Warrior (0.4/0.3). Fox's LA Finest (0.3) ticked down again, matching its lead-out Filthy Rich (0.3).
FINALS UPDATE: Emergency Call (0.6) adjusted down.
WHAT MATTERS:
FINALS UPDATE: Monday Night Football (2.0, +0.4),
The Neighborhood (R)
(0.4),
Young Sheldon (R)
(0.4) and
Filthy Rich (0.5) adjusted up.
WHAT MATTERS:- On a different kind of Premiere Monday, Fox rolled out a drama lineup of Spectrum acquisition LA's Finest (0.5) and leftover 2019-20 series Filthy Rich (0.4). The pair didn't do much, but they still managed to outrate CBS' own Spectrum series Manhunt: Deadly Games (0.3) at 10/9c.
- ABC dominated with a one-time broadcast simulcast for Monday Night Football (1.6/1.7/1.6), but it would appear much of the audience stayed at its usual ESPN home. Summer series American Ninja Warrior (0.5) and Love Island (0.5) kept rolling into the regular season.
LA's Finest
Mondays, 8/7c, Fox
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